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  • National Coming Out Day

    National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ+ awareness day on October 11th, celebrating the act of "coming out" (sharing one's sexual orientation or gender identity) as a courageous […]

  • Matthew Shepard Remebrance Day

    October 12th is widely recognized as a day to remember Matthew Shepard, the date he died in 1998 from injuries sustained in a brutal anti-gay hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming, […]

  • October JPN Board Meeting

    Realty Executives Success 700 W Jefferson St, Shorewood, IL, United States

    Monthly board meeting.

  • International Pronouns Day

    International Pronouns Day, held annually on the third Wednesday of October (October 15, 2025), is a global observance to normalize sharing, respecting, and educating about personal pronouns, affirming basic human […]

  • October Gayme Night

    Critical Grind 852 Sharp Dr. Unit L, Shorewood, IL, United States

    The Joliet Pride Network hosts a regular “gayme” night at the Critical Grind Board Game Cafe in Shorewood, IL on the third Thursday of the month from 7-9pm. The “gayme” […]

  • Spirit Day

    Spirit Day is an annual observance, held on the third Thursday of October, where millions wear purple to stand against bullying and show support for LGBTQ youth, especially transgender and […]

  • October Wallyball

    Joliet Pride Network is Proud to sponsor Wallyball every third Saturday of the month from 11am – 1pm at the Annerino Community Center in Bolingbrook. The event is free to […]

  • Asexual Awareness Week

    Asexual Awareness Week (Ace Week) is an international campaign held annually in the last full week of October to educate the public, build community, and advocate for asexual, aromantic, demisexual, […]

  • Intersex Awareness Day

    Intersex Awareness Day, celebrated annually on October 26, is a global day for grassroots activism to end shame, secrecy, and non-consensual surgeries on intersex people, advocating for bodily autonomy, physical […]

  • Trans Awareness Month

    Trans Awareness Month is celebrated every November to educate about transgender and non-binary people, raise visibility, and advocate for their rights, culminating in the solemn Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) […]

  • Intersex Day of Remembrance

    Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Day of Solidarity, is observed annually on November 8th, marking the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a 19th-century French intersex person. The day […]