LGBT History Month and National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11)

October is LGBT History Month. This annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer history and related civil rights movements recognizes the people who have advanced gender and sexual minority rights throughout time. The observance began in 1994 with Missouri high school teacher Rodney Wilson. He chose October because school would be in session and because the first two Marches on Washington for lesbian and gay rights (1979 and 1987) were in October, as is National Coming Out Day, which is celebrated on Oct. 11. Take a moment to read about the contributions of some LGBTQ+ icons in recent history, here.

Interested in joining WHOI’s new LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group PRIDE, or the Woods Hole community group GLOW? Email Ben Weiss (bweiss@whoi.edu) for more information and to join the listservs. Ben is also a CDEI co-chair!