Encourages honesty and openness about being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Commemorates October 11, 1987, when 500,000 people marched on Washington, DC, for gay and lesbian equality.**

Source:
“Calendar of Observances.” Anti-Defamation League, 2019, www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-s.trategies/calendar-of-observances. Accessed 25 Sept. 2020