- Left Handers Day video
- How Will You Celebrate Left Handers Day?
- What Happened In Previous Years?
- Share Left Handers Day
- Graphics to Share
- Famous Left Handers on Twitter
- Create Your Own Lefty Zone
- Posters to Print
- Club Members’ Artwork
Left-Handers Day History
On 13th August 1992 the Club launched International Left-Handers Day, an annual event when left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality and increase public awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of being left-handed. This event is now celebrated worldwide, and in the U.K. alone there have been more than 20 regional events to mark the day in recent years – including left-v-right sports matches, a left-handed tea party, pubs using left-handed corkscrews where patrons drank and played pub games with the left hand only, and nationwide “Lefty Zones” where left-handers creativity, adaptability and sporting prowess were celebrated, whilst right-handers were encouraged to try out everyday left-handed objects to see just how awkward it can feel using the wrong equipment!
These events have contributed more than anything else to the general awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience in everyday life, and have successfully led to improved product design and greater consideration of our needs by the right-handed majority – although there is still a long way to go!!
The Left-Handers Club
The Left-Handers Club was formed in 1990 aiming to keep members in touch with developments, make their views known to manufacturers and others, provide a help & advice line, to promote research into left-handedness and development of new left-handed items.Since its formation the Club has gone from strength to strength with members all over the world and is highly regarded as the foremost pressure group and advice centre on all aspects of left-handedness.
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My name is Michelle Dartis, I’m one of 9 children in my family, both parents were right-handed and all of my siblings are right-handed so that makes me extremely unique and I’ve always been very proud of that fact 😄
Ashley 30 years old left handed and so is my mother
I grew up with my entire immediate family being left handed. I had no idea it was uncommon until I was older. 1 out of 3 of my children are left handed and one of my grand daughters are lefties.
Thanks to the founders of this group for making us southpaws more visible. I have always been proud and grateful to be left-handed, and have created a long list of famous lefties. We are a special collection.
This is so great! I’m so happy to join the left handlers club
I remember growing up and not doing so well with sports bc I am left handed as well as drawing. I am very good with painting and other crafts though.
It was tuff when I was a kid growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, they did not have left handed mitts at school and I had to take the glove off my left hand to throw the ball, none of the kids wanted me on their team, I took to long to throw the ball. My aunt sent me to a tutor to change me to right handed, but the tutor said I was a lost cause.
I’m very happy to find out there is a left handed club that has promoted awareness of our needs and beauty. I didn’t know about the international left handedness day. From now on I will never forget to celebrate it. Thanks!
Lefties unite!
I heard 12 percent of the population is left handed. Not sure if that is correct or not. Let me know!
Estimates vary – as a minimum its 10% – though anecdotal evidence indicates that current classrooms have a higher % than this