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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
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SUMMARY:Trans-Allyship in Action
DESCRIPTION:Cork marks May 17th\, the International Day Against Homophobia\, Lesbophobia\, Transphobia\, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) each year with LGBTI+ Awareness Week\, reaffirming our commitment to equality\, inclusion\, and solidarity. \nThis year’s theme\, “Trans Allyship in Action\,” highlights the urgent need for meaningful and active support for trans and non-binary people. At a time when trans rights are increasingly under attack globally\, allyship must go beyond statements of support. It must be a commitment to advocacy\, protection\, and empowerment. \nWe invite you to attend\, engage\, and stand in unwavering solidarity with trans and non-binary people in Cork and beyond. Through a series of events\, discussions\, and community gatherings\, Cork LGBTI+ Awareness Week 2025 will explore what it means to be a true ally in policy\, workplaces\, schools\, healthcare\, and everyday life. \nNearly a decade after the Gender Recognition Act 2015 granted legal recognition to trans male and trans female people in Ireland\, many still face barriers to healthcare\, safety\, and full social inclusion. Hate crimes and transphobic rhetoric are on the rise\, highlighting the need for strong protections and meaningful allyship. While discussions around hate speech legislation continue to evolve\, it remains vital to ensure that all communities feel supported and safeguarded. Together\, we can build a future where trans people are not just accepted but celebrated and protected.
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-trans-allyship-in-action/
LOCATION:Fitzgerald’s Park\, Mardyke\, Mardyke\, Cork City\, Ireland
CATEGORIES:Community gathering
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
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SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT 2025 – Window Display Competition Entry Macedon Ranges
DESCRIPTION:We’re proud to take part in Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health’s IDAHOBIT Window Display Competition\, standing in solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities across the Macedon Ranges and beyond. \nIDAHOBIT—the International Day Against Homophobia\, Biphobia\, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia—is held every year on May 17. It’s a day to raise awareness\, spark conversations\, and take a stand against discrimination in all its forms. Now also known as the Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination\, it affirms the importance of inclusion for lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, intersex\, queer\, asexual and other diverse identities. \nAt HMS Community\, we’re committed to:\n🟣 Welcoming people of all genders\, sexual orientations\, backgrounds\, and abilities.\n🟣 Partnering with LGBTI+ organisations to ensure respectful and informed support.\n🟣 Promoting inclusive care through policy\, practice\, and lived experience—including within our leadership. \nOur display is a public commitment to equity\, inclusion\, and dignity for all. \nThanks to Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health for creating space to celebrate visibility and allyship in our region.
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-2025-window-display-competition-entry-macedon-ranges/
LOCATION:HMS Community\, 2/18\, Gisborne\, VIC\, 3071\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity,Art or creative expression
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DTEND;TZID=America/Jamaica:20250530T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250519T053049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T053644Z
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SUMMARY:Equality Jamaica - IDAHOT 2025 Essay Competition
DESCRIPTION:The IDAHOT 2025 Essay Competition is an event organized by Equality for All\, inviting Jamaicans over 18 to submit essays addressing barriers to inclusion in education and the workplace for LGBTQ+ individuals. The competition is open to all Jamaicans aged 18 and above\, with essays required to be between 1\,500-2\,000 words\, informed by the 2023 Social and Institutional Barriers to Inclusion Research by IDEA Research Centre. The deadline for submissions is Friday\, May 30\, 2025\, at 5 pm\, with prizes ranging from $20\,000 to $50\,000 for the top three entries.
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-equality-jamaica-idahot-2025-essay-competition/
LOCATION:Jamaica\, Kingston\, Jamaica
CATEGORIES:Art or creative expression
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250517T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250531T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250514T124429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T124429Z
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SUMMARY:Info campaign: We already know each other
DESCRIPTION:Informational campaign in Ukraine. “We Already Know Each Other” is a campaign about the LGBT+ people who are already part of our lives — friends\, neighbors\, colleagues. It explains how to support them in everyday situations: at work\, in school\, or during casual conversations. The campaign sheds light on what coming out means and why not everyone can do it safely. It helps recognize everyday homophobia\, understand how jokes can hurt\, and why equality needs public support\, not just private acceptance. By fostering empathy and awareness\, the campaign encourages everyone to be active allies and create a more inclusive and respectful society.
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-info-campaign-we-already-know-each-other/
LOCATION:Ukraine\, Ukraine
CATEGORIES:Media or campaign
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20250517T120000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Cairo:20250630T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250512T143056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T143056Z
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SUMMARY:Communion
DESCRIPTION:Communion or Queer Communion is a project dedicated to remembering and celebrating the lives of marginalised queer people who were murdered for living as themselves. The project is a rejection of the attempts to dismiss\, defile or simply erase LGBTQIA+ people. It started from a need to process on a personal level the emotional impact of news reports of hate crime murders that became increasingly frequent during the Covid pandemic. It has continued in part because of the engagement of those in the community who have reacted positively and encouraged me to continue. \nI believe that hate crime and the manner in which authority and society respond to it act to create an environment of fear\, as well as the sense that LGBTQIA+ lives are disposable and shameful. In spite of this queer people continue to live openly in defiance of attempts to control or police them into compliance. The works are meant to celebrate the simultaneously incandescent and ordinary lives that have been lost\, as well as mourning\, they also are a refusal of the tendency to place the inflicted pain\, death and violence at the centre of how we remember them.  \nThe project is also about visibility\, asking us who is deserving of commemoration and who we are content to erase\, sweep under the carpet. Many of these were create using photographs that were blurry or overly cropped\, and in some sense the accessibilty of photographs has dictated the choice of portraits.  \nThe project consists of a series of portraits that evoke a sense of the sacred through references to spiritual iconography to create spaces for contemplation and stillness. There are currently three forms of the project that are ongoing.  \nAn installation consisting of a 14 sided metal framework that holds 13 portraits that are hand painted on cast acrylic sheeting and act in a similar way to stained glass windows\, was first exhibited at the Spier Light Art Festival in 2021\, and later at the Kopano gathering.  This installation included portaits of Nonhlanhla Kunene; Sphamandla Khoza; Motshidi Pascalina (Pasca); Kirvan Fortuin; Sam Mbatha; Buhle Poswa; Lindokuhle Mapu; Nare Mphela; Bonang Gaelae; Lonwabo Jack; Phelokazi Mqathana; Lindokuhle Cele; Liyabona Mabishi. \nA series of watercolour paintings on paper that aim to act as a commemorative archive. The watercolour paintings allow for a more responsive archive and will continue to evolve and grow in response to the environment as much as is possible.
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-communion/
LOCATION:Seth Deacon Art Studios\, 66 Albert Road\, Woodstock\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 7925\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Community gathering,Awareness activity,Art or creative expression
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DTSTART;TZID=Indian/Reunion:20250518T133000
DTEND;TZID=Indian/Reunion:20250518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250523T115038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T115048Z
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SUMMARY:Marche des Visibilités de Saint-Denis
DESCRIPTION:La cinquième édition de la Marche des Visibilités se tiendra le 18 mai à Saint-Denis. Une marche symbolique et engagée pour les droits LGBTQIA+ dans l’Océan Indien\, sous le slogan :\n« Zanfan la mer\, nou lé kwir é fiyèr »\nRendez-vous à 13h30 au Jardin de l’État\, puis direction le Barachois\, départ de la marche 14h\, avec des prises de parole tout au long du parcours portées par l’association Timize et Pilon\, pour faire entendre les voix et les vécus de nos communautés.\nÀ 16h\, prise de parole au Barachois\, clôture de la Marche et ouverture du Mois des Visibilités\, suivie d’un concert live de Kelly Carpaye et DJ MG.\nCette année\, nous avons l’immense honneur d’accueillir des allié·es et militant·es venu·es de l’Océan Indien :\nune association de Madagascar\, une de Maurice\, ainsi que Beverly Ditsie\, icône sud-africaine des luttes LGBTQIA+ et figure historique de la première Pride africaine.\nCette marche est le fruit de plusieurs mois de co-construction avec les associations locales\, ancrée dans leurs luttes\, leurs vécus\, et leurs espoirs. Elle se veut collective\, inclusive et résolument politique.\nAFTER au Carré Cathédrale de 19h à 22h30 pour continuer à célébrer\, ensemble\, nos fiertés.\nVyin marcher\, chanter\, danser\, revendiquer. Nou lé là.
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-marche-des-visibilites/
LOCATION:Jardin de l’État\, 9 Rue Malartic\, Saint-Denis\, 97400\, Reunion
CATEGORIES:Demonstration or protest
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250518T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250518T183000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250506T165925Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Skate
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday 18th May from 4:30pm – 6:30pm join the UQU Queer Collective & GAY SKATE for some super fun time on wheels \nNo experience is necessary and everyone is welcome! 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩵🩷🤍 \nEntry is $14.50 plus Skate/Blade Hire $6.50\nPay at the door only \nAll ages\nAll welcome
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-queer-skate/
LOCATION:Skateaway Albany Creek Village\, 700 Albany Creek Rd\, Albany Creek\, QLD 4035\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Sports or well-being activity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250518T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250518T180000
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SUMMARY:Why we need to talk about queer displacement on IDAHOBIT
DESCRIPTION:In this episode of the Center for Migration\, Gender\, and Justice’s Conversation Series\, “Gender Justice Beyond Borders\,” Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (Founder and Executive Director of the Center) and Francois Zankih\, Founder of the Guardians of Equality Movement\, the first Syrian LGBTQIA+ organization\, will discuss why we need to talk about queer displacement on the International Day Against Homophobia\, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). \nStructured in a conversation style with open Q&A\, this LinkedIn audio live event offers participants an opportunity to engage with experts on the topic as we reflect on the importance of raising awareness around the discrimination and violence faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals worldwide.
URL:https://may17.org/event/why-we-need-to-talk-about-queer-displacement-on-idahobit/
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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LOCATION:https://may17.org/event/why-we-need-to-talk-about-queer-displacement-on-idahobit/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250518T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250518T183000
DTSTAMP:20260426T052015
CREATED:20250514T163941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T163957Z
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SUMMARY:Nabożeństwo IDAHOBIT 2025
DESCRIPTION:W niedzielę 18 maja o godz. 17:00 zapraszamy do wspólnego świętowania Międzynarodowego Dnia Przeciwko Homofobii\, Bifobii i Transfobii. Podczas nabożeństwa chcemy stworzyć bezpieczną przestrzeń\, dając świadectwo otwartości i sprzeciwu wobec dyskryminacji i wykluczenia.\nNiedziela 18 maja\, godz. 17:00.\nKościół ewangelicki św. Marcina \nOn Sunday\, 18 May at 17:00\, we invite you to join us in celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia\, Biphobia\, and Transphobia. During the service\, we want to create a safe space\, bearing witness to openness and opposition to discrimination and exclusion.\nSunday\, 18 May\, 17:00.\nEvangelical-Augsburg Church of St. Martin
URL:https://may17.org/event/2025-nabozenstwo-idahobit/
LOCATION:Kościół św. Marcina w Krakowie\, Grodzka 58\, Kraków\, 31-044\, Poland
CATEGORIES:Institutional or corporate initiative
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