National Deaf Awareness Week Culture/religion: National observance Date: September 20-24 International Week of the Deaf was started by the World Federation of the Deaf in 1958 in Rome, Italy. It is celebrated each year by the global Deaf community on the last week of September, commemorating the same month the first World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf … [Read more...] about Cultural and religious observances – September 20-26, 2021
LGBT History Month Culture/religion: National observance Date: October LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. It is observed during October in the United States, to include National Coming Out Day on October 11. LGBT History Month … [Read more...] about Cultural and religious observances – October 1-11, 2020