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SUMMARY:EXISTER / RÉSISTER : Existences queers – résister à l’effacement !
DESCRIPTION:En mobilisant des slogans historiques\, la Ville de Genève invite la population\, du 7 au 17 mai\n2026\, à refuser la normalisation des postures réactionnaires et des discours de haine afin de\nse positionner contre les violences envers les personnes LGBTIQ+.\nEn marge de la Journée internationale de lutte contre l’homophobie\, la biphobie et la transphobie du\n17 mai\, la Ville de Genève propose chaque année une campagne combinant un affichage public et\nun programme d’évènements et de rencontres visant à sensibiliser la population aux discriminations\nen lien avec l’orientation sexuelle et affective\, l’identité et l’expression de genre et les\ncaractéristiques sexuées. L’édition 2026 rappelle que les personnes LGBTIQ+ ont toujours existé et\ncontinuent de résister à l’effacement et au poids des normes dominantes. Elle permet de mettre en\nlumière les ressources développées par les personnes LGBTIQ+ pour survivre et s’épanouir. \nLa programmation\, réalisée en partenariat avec de nombreuses associations et institutions locales\,\npropose\, en plus de la traditionnelle commémoration du 17 mai en hommages aux victimes de\nLGBTIQ+phobies\, des rencontres publiques et ateliers qui valorisent les pratiques d’entraide et les\nsavoirs développés par les communautés LGBTIQ+ pour se protéger\, se soutenir et défendre leurs\nexistences (manifestations\, actions militantes\, plaidoyers\, engagements associatifs ou encore\nartistiques. \nLe programme complet est disponible sur www.17mai-geneve.ch.
URL:https://may17.org/event/exister-resister-existences-queers-resister-a-leffacement/
LOCATION:various locations\, Geneva\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Maputo:20260514T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Maputo:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260514T133534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T170509Z
UID:10000382-1778745600-1778778000@may17.org
SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT 2026: Visibilidade\, reflexão e participação cívica
DESCRIPTION:É com enorme orgulho que apresentamos a agenda deste ano! Sob o lema “No Coração da Democracia”\, celebramos a nossa existência e o nosso direito à participação cívica plena. Este ano\, a nossa força multiplica-se através do esforço conjunto de todas as redes\, coletivos e organizações LGBTQIA+ moçambicanas\, que trabalham incansavelmente para traduzir o desejo de inclusão em realidade. \nDe Maputo à Manhiça\, de Chimoio passando pela cidade da Beira\, até Quelimane incluindo a Cidade de Nampula: as nossas actividades foram pensadas para envolver toda a sociedade e reflecte a pluralidade da nossa luta\, combinando: \nIniciativas Lúdicas e de Convivência:\n• Manas Party e Sessões de Cinema para celebrar a nossa cultura e a nossa alegria em espaços seguros. \nEspaços de Reflexão e Debate:\n• A grande Conferência de Direitos Humanos da Comunidade LGBTQIA+.\n• Rodas de Conversa e Debates essenciais sobre Inclusão no Local de Trabalho.\n• Café Network sobre as vidas LGBTQIA+ em contexto de Emergência Climática. \nEste convite é para tod@s! \nAlargamos o espaço de debate sobre os direitos humanos das minorias sexuais e de género. Por isso\, este convite estende-se além da nossa comunidade: convidamos familiares\, amig@s\, aliad@s e a sociedade no geral a juntar-se a nós. Uma democracia forte constrói-se com a participação cívica de tod@s. \nConfere a nossa Programação e planifica a tua participação!
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-2026-visibilidade-reflexao-e-participacao-civica/
LOCATION:Mozambique\, Maputo\, Manhiça\, Beira\, Chimoio\, Quelimane e Nampula\, Mozambique
CATEGORIES:Community gathering,Awareness activity
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T091500
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T103000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260511T155840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T122617Z
UID:10000329-1778750100-1778754600@may17.org
SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT 2026 – In Conversation with Dr Yves Rees (Wyndham City)
DESCRIPTION:Join Wyndham City to Acknowledge IDAHOBIT Day\nIDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia\, Biphobia\, Intersexism and Transphobia) is a day to stand against LGBTQIA+ discrimination. It’s a day for the whole community to come together to activate\, educate and drive change! \nWyndham City invite you to join together to raise the Rainbow Flag to show solidarity with the LGBTIQA+ Community and hear from Dr Yves Rees (they/them)\, an award winning writer\, historian and editor. \nFollowed by morning tea. \nProgramme: \n\n9:15am flag raising;\n\n9:30am IDAHOBIT welcome;\n9:35am keynote in conversation with Dr Yves Rees (they/them) — award-winning writer\, historian and podcaster\, Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University\, author of ‘All About Yves: Notes from a Transition’;\n10:25am light refreshments and morning tea.\n\nFree. \nAbout the Speaker: \nDr Yves Rees (they/them) is an award-winning writer\, historian and podcaster based in Naarm/Melbourne\, and a Senior Lecturer in History at La Trobe University. They are the author of Travelling to Tomorrow (NewSouth\, 2024) and All About Yves (Allen & Unwin\, 2021)\, co-host of the Archive Fever history podcast\, and co-editor of History Australia. Rees is a recipient of the ABR Calibre Essay Prize and the Serle Award\, and a finalist for the 2025 Marilyn Lake Prize. Their writing has appeared in the Guardian\, The Age\, Meanjin\, Griffith Review and Australian Book Review\, among others.
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-2026-in-conversation-with-dr-yves-rees-wyndham-city/
LOCATION:Wyndham Civic Centre\, 45 Princes Highway\, Werribee\, 3030\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T110000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260511T160922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T163828Z
UID:10000216-1778752800-1778756400@may17.org
SUMMARY:Rooted in Rights: LGBTI Communities and the Future of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:On the occasion of IDAHOBIT 2026 — “At the Heart of Democracy” — the UN LGBTI Core Group invites member states\, UN entities\, and civil society to a high-level panel conversation on the indispensable role of LGBTIQ communities in democratic life.\nAs 2024’s global “super election year” made clear\, anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric has become a signature tool of anti-democratic movements worldwide. But the story of LGBTIQ communities and democracy is not only one of targeting — it is one of leadership. LGBTIQ people have long modeled the principles democracy aspires to\, sounded early alarms about authoritarian trends\, and shown up to defend democratic institutions when they came under threat.\nThe programme will open with a keynote video statement by Erika Hilton\, Brazil’s first Black transgender woman elected to national office and current Chair of the Chamber’s Commission on the Defense of Women’s Rights — speaking to what LGBTIQ political representation means for democracy\, from the inside. The panel will also feature Ari Shaw (Williams Institute\, UCLA)\, whose research documents the statistical link between attacks on LGBTI rights and democratic backsliding\, and Tamás Dombas (Háttér Society\, Hungary)\, speaking from the frontlines of one of Europe’s most sustained experiments in democratic erosion — and its historic reversal. \nLimited in-person tickets available for non-UNHQ pass holders. RSVP here: https://wkf.ms/4daSvSD \nWATCH US LIVE HERE: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1lo23wrl9
URL:https://may17.org/event/rooted-in-rights-lgbti-communities-and-the-future-of-democracy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity,Institutional or corporate initiative
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ORGANIZER;CN="Outright International":MAILTO:mperdomo@outrightinternational.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260514T133000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260505T143322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T143322Z
UID:10000205-1778760000-1778765400@may17.org
SUMMARY:Crossroads of Hate: Experiences of Intersectional 2SLGBTQI Communities
DESCRIPTION:Join Egale Canada for this 90-minute panel in recognition of International Day Against Homophobia\, Biphobia\, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)\, to explore the intersectional realities of anti-2SLGBTQI hate. \nTogether\, we’ll deepen our understanding of the broader social\, cultural\, and systemic dimensions of hate and harm—and the diverse ways communities resist\, respond\, and care for one another. \nThe panel is supported by Justice Canada’s Victims of Survivors of Crime Week Fund \n📅 May 14\, 2026\n🕒 12:00–1:30 PM ET\n💬 Conducted in English – with French Closed Captioning
URL:https://may17.org/event/crossroads-of-hate-experiences-of-intersectional-2slgbtqi-communities/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Mbabane:20260514T130000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Mbabane:20260514T140000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260514T122236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T122236Z
UID:10000375-1778763600-1778767200@may17.org
SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT 2026 Webinar – Eswatini Sexual & Gender Minorities
DESCRIPTION:Join ESGM for an IDAHOBIT Webinar streaming live on YouTube as we engage in meaningful conversations on inclusion\, equality\, dignity\, and human rights for LGBTIQ+ persons. \nThe webinar will bring together diverse voices to reflect on the significance of IDAHOBIT and the importance of creating safer and more inclusive communities for all. \n📅 Thursday\, 14 May 2026\n⏰ 13:00 hrs – 14:00 hrs\n📺 Live on YouTube
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-2026-webinar-eswatini-sexual-gender-minorities/
LOCATION:Eswatini\, Swaziland
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T160000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260511T155724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T141458Z
UID:10000303-1778774400-1778774400@may17.org
SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT Flag Raising and Afternoon Tea – Benalla Rural City
DESCRIPTION:Benalla Rural City Council is inviting the community to come together in support of LGBTQIA+ inclusion as part of this year’s IDAHOBIT events. \nIDAHOBIT – the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination – is recognised globally each year on 17 May. Benalla will mark the occasion a little earlier to ensure local businesses\, services and community members can take part. \nFlag Raising Ceremony\nWhen: 4pm\, Thursday 14 May 2026\nWhere: Benalla Civic Centre\, 13 Mair Street\, Benalla. \nAfternoon Tea\nWhen: Following Flag Raising Ceremony\nWhere: Benalla Visitor Information Centre\, 14 Mair Street\, Benalla. \nMayor Cr Bernie Hearn said the day is an important reminder of the role communities play in creating safe and inclusive spaces. \n“IDAHOBIT is about standing with our community as a whole and showing that everyone deserves to feel safe\, respected and included\,” Cr Hearn said. \n“When we come together like this\, we send a clear message that Benalla Rural City is a community where people can be themselves.” \nAs part of the week’s activities\, the community is invited to a free screening of the Academy Award–winning film Moonlight at Benalla Cinema at 12.30pm\, Sunday 17 May. This coming-of-age drama explores identity\, belonging and connection. \nIDAHOBIT marks the 1990 decision by the World Health Organization to remove homosexuality from the classification of diseases. The day aims to raise awareness of discrimination and promote equality through education and celebration. \nFor more information\, visit the Benalla Rural City Council website or contact Council’s Customer Service team.
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-flag-raising-and-afternoon-tea-benalla-rural-city/
LOCATION:Benalla Civic Centre\, 13 Mair Street\, Benalla\, 3672\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity,Institutional or corporate initiative
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260514T160000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260511T155825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T114029Z
UID:10000327-1778774400-1778774400@may17.org
SUMMARY:IDAHOBIT 2026 – Flag Raising Ceremony (Hume City)
DESCRIPTION:Hume City Council IDAHOBIT 2026 flag raising ceremony at Sunbury Library HGLC\, 44 Macedon Street\, Sunbury VIC. Thursday 14 May 2026 from 4pm. Features live music\, face painting\, fun activities and guest speakers. Co-organised with Omnia Community Health\, DPV Health\, the Sunbury and Surrounds LGBTIQ Social Club and other community organisations. Free.
URL:https://may17.org/event/idahobit-2026-flag-raising-ceremony-hume-city/
LOCATION:Sunbury Library HGLC\, 44 Macedon Street\, Sunbury\, 3429\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity,Institutional or corporate initiative
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260514T200000
DTSTAMP:20260525T141136
CREATED:20260518T110804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T110804Z
UID:10000410-1778785200-1778788800@may17.org
SUMMARY:Trans Kids Deserve Better -  the real life impacts of policy
DESCRIPTION:Join us to find out more about the real life impacts of policy decisions on Trans young people\, and opportunities to get involved with campaigns in support of our Trans siblings. \nRegister https://shorturl.at/OzQAE
URL:https://may17.org/event/trans-kids-deserve-better-the-real-life-impacts-of-policy/
LOCATION:Belfast\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Awareness activity
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