--- title: Geek Pride Day: What You Should Know About the Holiday description: Geek Pride Day is May 25th, and here's what you need to know about the celebration for nerds worldwide. canonical: https://time.com/3895549/geek-pride-day/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-25T13:39:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:31.947Z og:title: Geek Pride Day: What You Should Know About the Holiday og:description: Geek Pride Day is May 25th, and here's what you need to know about the celebration for nerds worldwide. og:url: https://time.com/3895549/geek-pride-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0070428e6e5ba8f8/6988518c3c1639af9c4580c3/geek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: geek.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Geek Pride Day: What You Should Know About the Holiday twitter:description: Geek Pride Day is May 25th, and here's what you need to know about the celebration for nerds worldwide. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0070428e6e5ba8f8/6988518c3c1639af9c4580c3/geek.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What to Know About Geek Pride Day by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 25, 2015 1:39 PM UTC  Man writing on blackboard Man writing on blackboardGetty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 25, 2015 1:39 PM UTC Geek Pride Day is May 25, and here’s what you need to know about the celebration for nerds worldwide. The date was reportedly chosen to coincide with the first Star Wars film, _Episode IV: A New Hope,_ which was released on May 25, 1977\. The day also marks “Towel Day,” which is celebrated by fans of _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_ author Douglas Adams. Fans carry a towel in his honor. Lastly, the day _also_ marks The Glorious 25th of May, which fans of author Terry Pratchett’s _Discworld_ celebrate, often with a sprig of lilac. On Geek Pride Day, which is a worldwide celebration of nerdom, there may be meet-ups or parties to celebrate anything and everything worth geeking-out over. 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