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The days in the below table are commonly | The days in the below table are commonly observed holidays, memorial days, days of awareness, and otherwise important days for people who are [[transgender]], [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[intersex]], or [[gender-variant identities worldwide|members of traditional gender identities that do not fit into the Western gender binary]]. | ||
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|UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/]</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/</ref> | |UK<ref>[https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about https://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/]</ref>, Hungary<ref>http://www.lmbttortenetihonap.hu/</ref> | ||
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|Femminiello Pride<ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms">Danielle Oteri. "Femminiello Pride." ''Roads and Kingdoms'' (magazine). December 30, 2015. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/femminiello-pride/</ref> | |||
|2nd February | |||
|Montevergine, Italy | |||
|Since the thirteenth century CE, the Catholic festival of Candlemas on February 2 also honors the [[gender-variant identities worldwide#femminiello|femminiello]], a traditional gender-variant role in Italy. Pilgrims make their way to the remote mountain church at Motevergine, whose icon, the Madonna of Transformation, Mamma Schiavona, is said to have miraculously saved the lives of victims of homophobic violence in 1256 CE. The festival is celebrated with the long and energetic tammurriata dance, and a candle-lit procession, by pilgrims who are visibly gender nonconforming. Historically, this has been called ''juta dei femminielli.'' Since 2002, it has also been called Femminiello Pride.<ref name="femminiello huffpost">Giuseppe Melillo. "Una storia antica: Napoli, i femminielli e la figliata." ''Huffington Post'' (magazine). January 24, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.it/giuseppe-melillo/una-storia-antica-napoli-i-femminielli-e-la-figliata_a_23339374/</ref><ref name="RoadsAndKingdoms" /> | |||
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|''Dies Sanguinis'' (Day of Blood) | |||
|24th March | |||
|Originating in Phrygia (where Turkey is today), spreading across the ancient Roman empire, as far as Roman London | |||
|From 2,300 years ago to the 6th century CE, this was celebrated by the gender-variant [[gender-variant identities worldwide#Gallae|Gallae]] priests of the goddess Cybele and the god Attis. The Day of Blood was celebrated by dancing around a felled and decorated pine tree, symbolizing the death and rebirth of Attis. As part of this ritual, any new Gallae initiates would voluntarily castrate themselves, as part of transitioning to a feminine appearance.<ref name="kaldera 174">Raven Kaldera. ''Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook.'' Hubbardston, Massachusetts: Asphodel Press, 2008. P. 174-179.</ref><ref name="seabrook gallae about">Laura Anne Seabrook, "About this comic." ''Tales of the Gallae.'' http://totg-mirror.thecomicseries.com/about/</ref> | |||
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|Trans Day of Visibility | |Trans Day of Visibility | ||