Community Calendar
Calendar and Organization Key
Coalition of Rainbow Alliances (CORAL)
LGBTQ Holidays and Commemorations
Holidays and Other Community Events
Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Church
LBTQ+ Women
AIDS Walk Springfield
LLCC - Gay-Straight Alliance
Brothers and Sisters Together
PFLAG - Decatur
Decatur Pride
PFLAG - Springfield
Fifth Street Renaissance/SARA Center
Phoenix Center
First Church of the Brethren
SIU SoM Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
First Presbyterian Church
Springfield Pridefest
Gay and Lesbian Association of Decatur
UIS - Gender & Sexuality Student Services
Heartland Metropolitan Community Church
CORAL Core Events
CORAL hosts three annual core events. Those events traditionally take place on the following dates:
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The Ritz (the last Saturday of March)
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Pride Picnic (the third Saturday of June)
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Thanksgiving Dinner (the last Saturday before Thanksgiving)
LGBTQ Holidays, Commemorations, and Days of Awareness
The LGBTQ community recognizes numerous holidays, commemorations, and days of awareness each year.
Those include:
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Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (First full week after February 14th)
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Trans Day of Visibility (March 31st)
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International Asexuality Day (April 6th)
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Lesbian Visibility Day (April 26th)
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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (May 17th)
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Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day (May 24th)
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Pride Month (June)
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Anniversary of Stonewall Riots (June 28th)
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International Non-Binary People's Day (July 14th)
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Non-Binary Awareness Week (Week of July 14th)
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Bisexual Awareness Week (September 16th - 22nd)
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Bisexual Visibility Day (September 23rd)
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LGBTQ History Month (October)
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National Coming Out Day (October 11th)
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International Pronouns Day (October 17th)
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Asexuality Awareness Week (last full week of October)
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Intersex Awareness Day (October 26th)
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Intersex Day of Remembrance (November 8th)
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Trans Awareness Week (week leading up to November 20th)
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Trans Day of Remembrance (November 20th)
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World AIDS Day (December 1st)
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