International Celebrate Bisexuality Day
September 23 has been celebrated around the world as Bi Visibility Day or International Celebrate Bisexuality Day since 1999. The day aims to provide a platform to the bisexual community and their supporters and to bring global attention to the social, economic and cultural prejudices and challenges faced by bisexual people.
Celebrate Bi Visibility Day
Events to celebrate Bi Visibility Day include discussions, workshop and conferences that highlight the history and culture of the bisexual community and address the issues faced by it. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations hold public outreach and education programs where they inform the public about the rights of bisexual people.
These organizations also hold lobbying events where they reach out to local governments and representatives to consider issues facing the bisexual community as part of their policy agenda.
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day is not an official holiday so businesses, schools and government offices are open.
About Bi Visibility Day
Three bisexual right activists in the US started the International Celebrate Bisexuality Day in 1999. The main purpose of the day was to bring visibility to a community that has for long been ignored, marginalized and discriminated against. This was the first time that an observance solely for the bisexual community was instituted.
The day aims to celebrate the bisexual community, its culture, history and norms. It is also aimed towards bringing more visibility to bisexual persons and the challenges they face in the world because of such identification.
While records have shown that several cultures throughout history openly embraced bisexuality, in recent years the LGBT community and especially the bisexual community has been marginalized.
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day Observances
|Weekday||Date||Year||Name||Holiday Type||Where it is Observed|
|Thu||Sep 23||2010||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Fri||Sep 23||2011||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Sun||Sep 23||2012||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Mon||Sep 23||2013||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Tue||Sep 23||2014||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Wed||Sep 23||2015||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Fri||Sep 23||2016||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Sat||Sep 23||2017||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Sun||Sep 23||2018||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Mon||Sep 23||2019||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
|Wed||Sep 23||2020||International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||Worldwide observance|
Quick FactsInternational Celebrate Bisexuality Day, also known as Bi Visibility Day, promotes the rights of bisexual people around the world.
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day 2016Friday, September 23, 2016
International Celebrate Bisexuality Day 2017Saturday, September 23, 2017
Name in other languages
|International Celebrate Bisexuality Day||English|
|Día Internacional de la Bisexualidad||Spanish|
|ום ביסקסואליות הבינלאומי||Hebrew|
|يوم ثنائية الجنس الدولية||Arabic|
|국제 양성애 일||Korean|
|Welttag der Bisexualität||German|