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Highlighting global events relating to love, marriage, dating and human sexuality.

Romance, love, and sexuality events celebrate love, romance, courtship, or address human sexuality

Kiss Your Mate Day: April 28

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Kiss Your Mate Day is an excuse to kiss your wife, husband, girlfriend, or boyfriend. Show your love this day by kissing your partner. Kiss Your Mate Day is an unofficial event with no sponsor.

January

Childfree Day, Intl.: August 1

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Created in 1973 by the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, International Childfree Day is a celebration of adults who choose not to have children and their unique contributions to society.

January

Girlfriends Day, Ntl.: August 1

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National Girlfriends Day celebrates your BFF of the female kind. National Girlfriends' Day isn't a romantic or lesbian holiday; it celebrates the unique relationships women create when they bond togethe...

January

Read-a-Romance Month: August

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Read-a-Romance Month was launched in 2013 by freelance writer Bobbi Dumas to celebrate and focus on the genre of romance novels. Each day features a collection of different authors. August is the summer...

January

Relationship Awareness Month: August

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August is Relationship Awareness Month, a month to focus on your romantic relationship before the holiday craziness arrives. During this month, couples engage in relationship-building activities, plan for...

January

Romance Awareness Month: August

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August is the Romance Awareness Month. During this month, couples put more emphasis on their relationships via small gestures that help improve their relationship. Foreign currency, actions that increase...

January

Friendship Day, World (IN/US): August 3*

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World Friendship Day was first proposed by Hallmark in 1919 as part of a marketing campaign to celebrate friendship by sending out cards of appreciation. In 1935, the first Sunday of August was declared...

January

Single Working Women's Day: August 4

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Single Working Women's Day and Single Working Women's Week honor women who work, bringing home their bacon without support. Often single women face casual discrimination such as being judged on their look...

January

Single Working Women's Week: August 4-10

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Single Working Women's Day and Single Working Women's Week honor women who work, bringing home their bacon without support. Often single women face casual discrimination such as being judged on their look...

January

Shravana Putrada Ekadashi (H): August 5

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Ekadashi is a sacred observance in the Hindu faith celebrated twice a month. The focus of Ekadashi is the worship of the Lord Vishnu. Shravana Putrada Ekadashi falls on the 11th day of the waxing moon d...

January

Underwear Day, Ntl.: August 5

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To publicly shine a light on “unmentionables,” Freshpair founded National Underwear Day on August 5th, 2003. Since, New York City has celebrated this event annually with massive underwear giveaways, a pop...

January

15th of Av (J): August 8/9

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Love, glorious love! The 15th of Av is a holiday in the Jewish faith, often referred to as the Jewish Valentine's day, and it is a celebration of love and future redemption. The tradition comes from The...

January

Varalakshmi Vrat (H): August 8

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Varalakshmi Vrata celebrates the reincarnation of the goddess Lakshmi. Reincarnation is a central belief in Hinduism. Married women fast on this day, praying for their family's well-being and, specifical...

January

Raksha Bandhan (Siblings Day) (H): August...

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Raksha Bandhan can also be called Siblings Day. It is a celebration of sibling love observed on the Purnima of Sawan in the Hindu calendar. Raksha Bandhan is an ancient observance ripe with myth and his...

January

Send an E-card Day: August 9

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Send an E-card Day aims to show how as small as sending an e-card to someone can create a positive effect on that person. People send a personalized e-cards to show their appreciation to friends and famil...

January

Resurrect Romance Week, Ntl.: August 10-16

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National Resurrect Romance Week occurs six months after Valentine's Day. National Resurrect Romance Week was established in 1995 by Michael Webb, an author, and romance expert. During this week, Webb s...

January

Kajari Teej (H): August 12

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Kajari Teej (Badi Teej) is a Hindu holiday celebrated in the lunar month of Bhadrapud. Women observe a day-long fast for their husbands. In the evening, they worship the goddess Parvati and pray for the...

January

Kiss and Make-up Day, Ntl.: August 25

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Kiss and Make-up Day comes every year before the start of the school year. If you’ve been holding a grudge, today is the day to bring it out in the open, kiss, and let animosity fall by the wayside. Crea...

January

Hartalika Teej (H): August 26

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Hartalika Teej is the combination of two words, “Harat” and “Aalika,” which means abduction of a female friend. Legend says that friends of Goddess Parvati took her to the forest so that her father coul...

January

Just Because Day: August 27

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Just Because Day is a day where people are free to do whatever they want because they want to.

January
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