Spain In Spain, a huge wave of mobilisation was registered for IDAHOT 2014, with numerous groups and organisations taking action in at least 10 cities and provinces, including Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, Valencia, Alicante, Melilla, Oviedo, Ávila, Sitges and Seville. Just...

Croatia As in Serbia, many thousands of people were affected by floods in Croatia, in the lead up to May 17, making some actions non-viable, and shifting activists' attentions to supporting relief work. Nevertheless, various events did take place around...

Sweden The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014, was marked by various actions in different cities in Sweden, including Stockholm, Örebro and Halmstadt. Aside from this, the Swedish government also co-hosted the International IDAHO Forum 2014, together with the...

Lesotho LGBTI communities and their allies came together to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Lesotho, for only the second year running in 2014. Over 200 people came together for a march through the the centre of...

United States In the United States, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice-President Joe Biden released statements and tweets of support for the worldwide May 17 mobilisations this year. A nationwide initiative to demand full and equal...

Brazil According to final figures released by ABGLT - the Brazilian national umbrella group for LGBT associations - a total of 183 events were held in Brazil around the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in 2014. Actions were held...

Cameroon In Cameroon, despite laws criminalising same sex relationships and a recent uptick in violent hate crimes against LGBTI communities, various actions were held in commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014. Sexual, gender and human rights...

As in previous years, the United Kingdom saw over 100 events in all parts of the UK in celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Events were registered in at least 34 towns and cities in England, Scotland,...

Dominican Republic The organization UNIDI Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic organized the 2nd GLBTH University Forum, in commemoration also of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014. Progressive communities of faith as well as LGBTI family groups also...

Ireland Across Ireland, LGBTI and other civil, political and faith groups organised a variety of events in at least five different cities in celebration of the IDAHOT 2014. Actions included religious services, online panel discussions, music events and a campaign...

Cyprus Cyprus's first ever LGBT Pride March was held at the end of a two week festival this year, which started on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. A very much unprecedented level of mobilisation took place this year,...

Moldova The country's first ever LGBTI pride march was organized in Moldova in commemoration of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014, with the support of the UN Human Rights Office. About 300 participants - including some members of...

La organización SASOD de Guyana organizo un festival de cine titulado SASOD. La Campaña SASOD Cine es una innovadora campaña destinada a poner de relieve los temas de la homofobia y la transfobia que afectan a las personas LGBT tales...

Kenya An unprecedented level of mobilisation around the IDAHOT took place this year in Kenya. The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (GALCK), together with its 14 member and affiliate organizations, prepared a landmark series of actions around the International...

Belgium Every year, Brussels Pride is organised on the Saturday closest to May 17, to mark the importance of fighting homophobia, biphobia and transphobia even in contexts which might appear supportive of sexual and gender diversity. [caption id="attachment_6486" align="aligncenter" width="300"]...

La organización UNIDI de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana organizó para celebrar el 17 de mayo el 2do foro de universitario GLBTH. El 2do Foro de Universitarios por la Diversidad UNIDI tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Santo Domingo bajo el...

Iceland In Iceland, the organisation Samtökin '78 used the occasion of May 17, 2014, to question the candidates for the upcoming elections about their stands on LGBTIQ issues & Human Rights. The city of Akranes also marked the day by...

Palestine Palestinian women’s groups held a day long program to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia 2014. The programme included a session with the participation of students and school authorities. Palestinian women’s/LBTQI group ASWAT had a study day...