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Announcing May 17 2019 global focus : Justice and Protection for all

Justice and Protection for All Over the past decades, protection of LGBTQI+ people and all people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics has greatly expanded. This progress is well worth celebrating, and this is why May...

Vicky November 24, 2018

The 2018 Photo Album – A Magic Flying Carpet around the World

This year’s global focus on “Alliances for Solidarity” resonated across the world, with many organisations taking ownership of the theme to reach out to allies and supporters. Alliances are definitely the backbone of our struggles. In a world where traditional...

Vicky June 18, 2018

May 17 marked across China despite bans and intimatidation

Many events took place throughout the country The Day was particularly marked in numerous Universities [divider] Theme: Voice for Love Organizer: Cai Fan Union Event Description: Conducted outdoor advocacy on university campuses, including taking photos with slogan cards, writing down best...

Vicky June 1, 2018

TOP NEWS Uncategorised

Turkey – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Reporting on events by KAOS GL: There is an ongoing state of emergency in Turkey as well as a ban on LGBTI events in Ankara, LGBTI organizations and initiatives are under great pressure to organize such events and demonstrations. But...

Vicky May 31, 2018

EY in full swing for workplace equality on IDAHOTB 2018

IDAHOTB is a key annual landmark for Unity - EY’s professional network for LGBT+ professionals and their allies. Unity has more than 4,600 members globally, hailing from all four of EY’s geographic Areas (Americas, Asia-Pacific, EMEIA [Europe, Middle East, India and...

Vicky May 29, 2018

Nepal – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

From Wave Mag Anjel Lama from Kavreplanchok district, Province 3, was crowned Miss Pink 2018 during the grand finale of the pageant at Rastriya Nach Ghar, Kathmandu, on May 17 that was organised to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia,...

Vicky May 26, 2018

Brazil Establishes National Pact Against LGBT Violence on IDAHOTB eve

From Riotimesonline By Melissa Van Brunnersum, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Human Rights established a National Pact against LGBT-POV (violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, and transvestites) last week on Tuesday, May 15th, which aims...

Vicky May 25, 2018

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Same-sex couples tie the knot in Cambodia in a stunning IDAHOTB ceremony

From Gaystarnews There were smiles all around as the same-sex couples felt proud to show off their relationships in public Couples in Cambodia entered in a civil partnership to raise awareness about LGBTI rights. | Photo: Facebook/RoCK 24 May 2018...

Vicky May 25, 2018

MAY 17 events celebrated all through the Middle East and North Africa

The Arab Foundation for Equality publishes an impressive list of creative and brave events. In 2018, 30 events were registered, up from 18 the previous year. A sign that the LGBT civil society is growing in strength, courage and visibility,...

Vicky May 25, 2018

Armenia – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Report by Pink Armenia Foreign embassies in Armenia celebrated IDAHOT On 17th of May, the Embassy of Argentina in Armenia hosted PINK Armenia’s President Nvard Margaryan and Executive Director Mamikon Hovsepyan on the occasion of International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and...

Vicky May 24, 2018

Philippines – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

From the organisers The Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines celebrated IDAHO 2018 by distributing infographic poster version of the Commission's Protocol on 'Handling Cases Involving Persons of Diverse SOGIE' especially for the guidance of frontline officers. Staff also...

Vicky May 23, 2018

Ukraine – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

From event organisers: "Visible and brave: traditional Rainbow flasmob took place in Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, a city in south-eastern Ukraine, for the first time in its history held an absolutely open and a widely announced IDAHOT event in front of...

Vicky May 23, 2018

IDAHOTB in the UK makes it into Primary School in …Drag!

From The Northern Echo “THE most important thing in life is firstly to be happy and secondly to be kind”. Those are the words of former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt as she visited schoolchildren when they launched their PRIDE week...

Vicky May 23, 2018

Nigeria – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Report from the organisers "Here in Nigeria, the International Centre for Advocacy on Right to Health (ICARH) had a three day event to commemorate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia IDAHOT 2018. Based on this year’s Theme; Alliance...

Vicky May 22, 2018

Sudan – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Report from the organisers Masahat Foundation for Sexual and Gender Diversity (Egypt and Sudan) and Shades of Ebony Group celebrated the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia IDAHOTB under the international theme of this year Alliances for solidarity The...

Vicky May 22, 2018

Moldova Pride March on IDAHOTB week end protected by tear gas

Fom Pinknews.co.uk Police in Moldova fired tear gas at anti-LGBT protesters to keep them away from a Pride march. LGBT activists feared a repeat of violent scenes at the annual Moldova Pride solidarity march, which took place in the country’s...

Vicky May 22, 2018

Lithuania Takes IDAHOTB Over the Rainbow

Lihuania Gay League reports Vilnius Celebrates the Opening of the Rainbow Crosswalk To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), the National LGBT* Rights Organization LGL decorated the crossing outside its office at Pylimo St. 21 (Vilnius)...

Vicky May 22, 2018

IDAHOTB 2018 First Photo Album

As we are still compiling info on IDAHOTB activities from around the world, we already wanted to give you a glimpse of some of the events that unfolded and which we did not yet report on on this homepage Take...

Vicky May 21, 2018

British Authorities in Myanmar combine IDAHOTB and Royal Wedding celebrations!

From MMTimes How Myanmar responded to the royal wedding ZUZAKAR KALAUNG 21 MAY 2018 Myanmar paralympians eat elderflower cupcakes during the reception for the royal wedding at the British Ambassador’s residence in Yangon. Aung Khant/The Myanmar Times With a mix...

Vicky May 21, 2018

Namibian organisation opens first LGBTI drop-in center on IDAHOTB

Excerpts From the Namibian OUTRIGHT Namibia opened the first outreach health centre for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community (LGBTI) in Windhoek last week. This coincided with the celebration of the international day against homophobia, transgender and biphobia...

Vicky May 21, 2018

Fiji hosts first Pride Parade on IDAHOTB

From GayStarNews Fiji became the first country in the Pacific to host a Pride parade. | Photo: Rainbow Pride Foundation 4 LGBTQ Rights and Equality in Fiji 21 May 2018 Shannon Power Fiji has just made history as the first...

Vicky May 21, 2018

All the way to Bhutan – Activists Celebrate IDAHOTB 2018

LGBT community in Bhutan observes IDAHOT From Kuenseonline.com Penjor, the 44-year-old transgender has been selling thukpa (rice porridge) on the streets of Thimphu to support her family. She faces discrimination of kinds and kinds every day. She doesn’t care. Members...

Vicky May 21, 2018

Trinidad and Tobago – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

From Newsday ‘Homophobia, biphobia, transphobia affect us all’ Supporters of the LBGTI movement in a recent protest outside of the Parliament.IT has been 28 years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. In 2004, the...

Vicky May 20, 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The Dutch Embassy hosted an IDAHOTB reception

Vicky May 20, 2018

Coverage of IDAHOTB actions

There are far too many events worldwide for us to be able to report on them all. We're listing in our country pages the events which were directly brought to our attention. We also bring on our home page articles...

Vicky May 20, 2018

Lebanon: Police Crackdown on IDAHOTB events – Human Rights Watch reports

This article was originally published by Human Rights Watch. Read the original HERE (Beirut) – The Lebanese Internal Security Forces arrested a prominent LGBT rights activist and pressured him to cancel Beirut Pride events, Human Rights Watch said today. The crackdown...

Vicky May 20, 2018

Covering LGBTQ issues brings risk of threats and retaliation for journalists and their sources

For IDAHOTB, the Committee for the Protection of Journalists examines what it means to cover IDAHOTB events photo - Michael Schick By Jacquelyn Iyamah/ CPJ Gender and Media Freedom Fellow on May 17, 2018 10:00 AM ET To mark the annual...

Vicky May 20, 2018

French minister comes out as gay on IDAHOTB to combat homophobia

From The Telegraph Henry Samuel, paris France’s digital minister Mounir Mahjoubi has come out as gay on the International Day Against Homophobia, saying it was important to speak out as a public figure himself subjected to prejudice in the past. Mr...

Vicky May 20, 2018

Uganda Minister Cracks Down on IDAHOTB event

Report from Gaytimes Uganda is one of the deadliest places in the world to be LGBTQ, however brave activists still fight for their right to a peaceful life. On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), Sexual Minorities...

Vicky May 20, 2018

A VR Platform Did a Social Experiment with Chinese LGBTQ Participants

From intomore.com VeeR VR, one of the biggest virtual reality/360 content platforms, has put together some interesting social experiments with LGBTQ folks. Based in Beijing, the platform collaborated with the Beijing LGBT Center on May 17, the International Day Against...

Vicky May 19, 2018

Memorial mural inaugurated on #IDAHOTB in Brussels

From Brussels Time Several hundred people took part yesterday in a silent march to commemorate the murder of Ihsane Jarfi, whose death in 2013 was seen as the first clear case of a homophobic hate crime in Brussels. The ceremony...

Vicky May 19, 2018

TOP NEWS Uncategorised

Riot Creates Special ‘League of Legends’ Icon to Celebrate IDAHOTB

from Variety.com May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), and “League of Legends” developer Riot Games is releasing a special in-game icon to celebrate. The icon, available from now until the end of May, depicts...

Vicky May 19, 2018

FIJI – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

From Fiji Times Event to raise awareness on LGBTQI challenges Members of the LGBT Rainbow Pride Group . Picture: BALJEET SINGH DISCRIMINATION and harassment endured by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community is still...

Vicky May 19, 2018

Cuba goes all out in IDAHOTB celebrations

A report from the Washington Blade by Michael Lavers HAVANA — The transgender actress Daniela Vega who starred in “A Fantastic Woman” on Saturday participated in a march that commemorated the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in Havana....

Vicky May 18, 2018

Español TOP NEWS

Indian TV celebrities stand in solidarity against discrimination on IDAHOTB

From International Business Times International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) is celebrated around the world each year to bring attention to the discrimination and violence LGBTQ people still face, as well as to recognize advancements in LGBTQ equality....

Vicky May 17, 2018

Small gay rights IDAHOTB rally held in Tbilisi amid fears of violence

Report by Eurasianet The original reports contain more pics and videos, not reproduced here Activists ceded the streets to homophobic priests and neo-Nazis. Giorgi Lomsadze May 17, 2018 Gay rights groups in Georgia called off a planned rally on May...

Vicky May 17, 2018

UN Free and Equal Campaign Releases Heart Warming Video

Being an ally is about more than silent acceptance. It’s about being there for your lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex (LGBTI) family members, friends, colleagues and neighbours. It’s about striving to understand their experiences, and helping them to understand...

Vicky May 17, 2018

2018 Posters to share

Once again this year, creative campaigners will come up with great designs for posters, memes, placards or leaflets. But if you're in a hurry, or just don't feel that inspired, we created a few posters to share. We hope you...

Vicky May 17, 2018

ARTWORKS TOP NEWS

Leave no LGBT person behind

Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2018 Banjul/Geneva/Strasbourg/Washington, D.C., 16 May 2018 On the eve of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May, a group of...

Vicky May 16, 2018

Russia – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

There are far too many events worldwide for us to be able to report on them all. Also, for security reasons many events cannot be announced ahead of time. We're listing in our pages the events which were directly brought to...

Vicky May 16, 2018

Pakistan – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

An interactive session, in continuation of the ongoing celebrations of #IDAHOT was organized by Dareecha male health society on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Dareecha secretariat. The audience included prominent faces from Transgender community and main stream civil society. Dareecha`s...

Vicky May 16, 2018

Romania – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

On #IDAHOT2018 MozaiQ is organizing an event meant to raise awareness on homophobia, transphobia and biphobia in Romania. People are invited to bring a pair of shoes in the name of those LGBT people that are still hidden and cannot...

Vicky May 16, 2018

Worldwide IDAHOTB events coverage

What is happening for IDAHOTB around the world in 2018? Check out what your country is doing in this handy guide for 17 May compiled by GayStarNews with information from this site and other sources

Vicky May 16, 2018

Beirut Pride faces Challenges – Take Action!

The Beirut Pride organisers have issued a statement announcing the suspension of the Beirut Pride actions under threats from authorities. Meanwhile, other organisations in Lebanon continue with the planned activities but suspend the use of "Beirut Pride" brand. The situation...

Vicky May 16, 2018

NEWS & EVENTS TOP NEWS

Trinidad and Tobago – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Stand With Us! in Port Of Spain

Vicky May 16, 2018

Sri Lanka – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

To commemorate the 2018 International Day Against Homophobia, Trans-phobia & Bi-phobia, EQUAL GROUND will be hosting a discussion around the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) related UPR recommendations made to the Government of Sri Lanka during...

Vicky May 16, 2018

Australia – How the Public Sector participates in May 17 celebrations

Article on The Mandarin By Harley Dennett • 17/05/2018 A growing tradition in public sector engagement is celebration and recognition of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia — IDAHOT or IDAHOBIT — held every year on May 17. This year’s...

Vicky May 16, 2018

El Salvador – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to be consolidated in El Salvador with multiple activities. Throughout the country, different government agencies and organizations organized events for the Day. Starting at 9:30 a.m. The Forum will...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Portugal – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

Lisboa: Information by QueerIST (a student-led GSA at Instituto Superior Técnico faculty) The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia will be celebrated on 17 May. We take this opportunity to analyze issues of the current panorama of LGBTI + rights in...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Costa Rica – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia consolidates more and more in the region and Costa Rica is not the exception. On May 16 at 12 noon. the Conference "Advisory Opinion Oc-24/12 of the CoIDH" will be held within...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Guatemala – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to take center stage in Guatemala. Civil society organizations, government agencies and the LGBT population organized multiple events to celebrate the Day. Different LGBT organizations grouped under the Guatemalan...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Uruguay – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia consolidates more and more in the region and Uruguay is no exception. In the framework of the activities of the Day, the Departmental Assembly of Montevideo will hold a debate table "For...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Dominican Republic – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia consolidates more and more in the region and the Dominican Republic is no exception. The United States Agency for International Development, the Delegation of the European Union, the Memorial Museum of the...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Venezuela – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to take the main stage in Venezueka. Civil society organizations, government agencies and the LGBT population organized multiple events to celebrate the Day. The organization will make next Tuesday...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Honduras – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia consolidates more and more in the region and Honduras is not the exception. The organization Kukulcanhn Tegucigalpa has organized a full week of activities which ends with a great march against the...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Mexico – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to take the main stage in Mexico. Civil society organizations, government agencies and the LGBT population organized multiple events to celebrate the Day. Yaaj Mexico, Embassy of the Netherlands...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Bolivia – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia consolidates more and more in the region and Bolivia is no exception. The organization Tlgb Colectivo Department of La Paz will hold the event "La china morena memoria historica travesti" on May...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Paraguay – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

As is already traditional in Paraguay, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia will be celebrated with love, kisses and a claim that is stronger every day in the country, the same rights with the same names for all....

Vicky May 15, 2018

Chile – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to take center stage in Chile. Civil society organizations, government agencies and the LGBT population organized multiple events to celebrate the Day. 46 organizations have confirmed so far their...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Argentina – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia # IDAHOTB2018 continues to consolidate in Argentina with multiple activities. Throughout the country, different government agencies and organizations organized events for the Day. On May 17 at 11:30 am in the Government...

Vicky May 15, 2018

Serbia – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

There are far too many events worldwide for us to be able to report on them all. We're listing in our pages the events which were directly registered on our site IZAĐI do Nubla

Vicky May 14, 2018

ILGA Europe publishes the annual benchmarking of EU countries on LGBT rights

The 2018 Rainbow Europe Map and Index reveal that fewer countries are moving up the country ranking; many are stagnating, including countries that are traditionally perceived as equality ‘frontrunners’. ILGA-Europe’s annual benchmarking tool, which ranks 49 countries in Europe on...

Vicky May 14, 2018

Annual Crucial Report on Trans Rights in Europe released

TGEU's Trans Rights Europe Map monitors the conditions imposed upon trans people in European states for legal gender recognition. These conditions include the requirement to obtain a mental health diagnosis, still imposed in 34 countries, and the requirement for a...

Vicky May 14, 2018

Switzerland – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

The University of Geneva announces the following programme 12H - Hall d'Uni Mail - Droits LGBT à l'université et ailleurs Travaux de la Law Clinic Signature de la Charte de la diversité par l'Université de Genève, en présence du Recteur...

Vicky May 14, 2018

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