Google Calendar Removes Cultural Holidays, Including Pride and Black History Month, Following Trump’s Executive Orders

Google has removed several cultural holidays, including Black History Month and LGBTQ+ Pride Month, from its calendar app.

For years, the tech giant’s online and mobile calendar marked these observances on the first days of February and June. However, for 2025, both months are now blank.

Other removed holidays include Women’s History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Currently, the calendar app only displays default public holidays and national observances, such as Christmas Day.

Users noticed the change and raised concerns on the Google Calendar Help Community board, where product experts confirmed the update.

The decision to exclude these cultural and heritage celebrations has sparked backlash among users.

One user, Grace Spence, said: “I understand that posting here will do absolutely nothing but I need to express just how sick and absolutely disgusting this company is for removing these holidays

“History will never be on your side.”

Another added: “I am disappointed that you have removed cultural events from your calendar. I always envisioned Google as a force for good in the world, and not racially or culturally biased. Poor show, Google.”

In response, Google product experts suggested that users manually add the cultural holidays or submit feedback through the Calendar app.

A Google spokesperson said that the company collaborated with TimeAndDate.com, a time-keeping website, to incorporate public holidays and national observances into the Calendar software.

“We got feedback that some other events and countries were missing – and maintaining hundreds of moments manually and consistently globally wasn’t scalable or sustainable.

“So in mid-2024, we returned to showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments.”

The company also confirmed that the changes to Google Calendar will not affect Google Doodles, the redesigned versions of its logo on the search engine’s homepage used for celebrations.