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Nicaragua IDAHO Report 2012

Activists in Nicaragua organized an extensive program to commemorate IDAHO 2012 and discussed measures to address harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity and homo/lesbo/transphobic violence. Activities included two press conferences; a march against harassment and hate crimes; a...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Portugal IDAHO Report 2012

The Portuguese LGBT network Rede ExAequo marked the Day with a free hugs public event destined to promote affection and respect beetween LGBT and non-LGBT people.

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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South Africa IDAHO Report 2012

Activists based at the University of Witwatersrand have been mentoring young LGBT people in campaign-building around the issues that affect them. As a result, students put together a comprehensive campaign for IDAHO 2012 which included a silent protest at University...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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United Kingdom IDAHO Report 2012

An unprecedented level of action took place in the UK to commemorate IDAHO 2012, involving a host of high-profile people and a range of organizations, from city councils and trade unions to schools and universities. British Foreign Office Minister Jeremy...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Croatia IDAHO Report 2012

The Government’s office for gender equality of Croatia, following the formal recognition of the Day by the government in 2011, marked IDAHO for first time by holding a meeting with the organisation Zagreb Pride and by promoting the Day on...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Trinidad and Tobago IDAHO Report 2012

In commemoration of IDAHO 2012, Trinidad and Tobago’s LGBT community focused on equal opportunity legislation that has been stalled in Parliament for the past year. Repeating a 2011 “walkabout” to government offices, they went from the Equal Opportunity Commission to...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Belize IDAHO Report 2012

In Belize, a country which has laws criminalizing same-sex relationships, activists launched online actions on Facebook tackling the issue of homophobia. LGBT groups also organised a media conference and reached out to various ministries to promote legislative change.

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Cambodia IDAHO Report 2012

Cambodia’s LGBT community again held their annual Pride celebrations to coincide with IDAHO. Under the slogan “different but the same”, the celebrations included a week long LGBT film festival, an international arts festival titled ‘Proud out Lout”, a workshop on...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Iran IDAHO Report 2012

LGBT rights activists in Iran distributed brochures in the capital Tehran, carried rainbow flags and banners, and released colored balloons in commemoration of this IDAHO 2012. Meanwhile, the organisation Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees Inc. (IRQR), caring for the Iranian community...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Latvia IDAHO Report 2012

A flash mob was held in the capital Riga in which floating flowers of all colors were set adrift on the Daugava River. The gesture represented the importance of the LGBT community in Riga and all over Latvia.

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Nigeria IDAHO Report 2012

Nigerian activists used IDAHO 2012 as an opportunity to call on the National Human Rights Commission to promote and protect the human rights of all Nigerian citizens and to speak up against the discrimination and violence being suffered on the...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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Puerto Rico IDAHO Report 2012

Activists staged a public demonstration in front of the Education Department in San Juan to highlight the need to include a gender perspective within the country’s education system. The Education Department has just approved and put into practice a new...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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