IDAHOBIT belongs to all of us!
We encourage you to participate in this global mobilisation in whatever way fits your context and capacity. IDAHOBIT belongs to everyone who marks it. There is no single way to participate.
Below are suggestions. Not every action is possible in every situation. The smallest contribution counts.
- General actions
- For LGBTQIA+ organisations and networks
- For allied movements and organisations
- For intergovernmental organisations and human rights bodies
- For governments and diplomatic missions
- For healthcare providers and institutions
- For schools and universities
- For businesses and the private sector
- For journalists and media
- For sports clubs and associations
- For LGBTQIA+ individuals
- For allies
General actions
These suggestions apply to anyone, regardless of your role or affiliation:
Share the illustration
Post the IDAHOBIT 2026 visual on your social media with #IDAHOBIT2026.
Register your event
Add your initiative to be part of the global documentation.
Issue a statement
Express support for LGBTQIA+ communities and highlight what needs to change.
Raise awareness
Share information about LGBTQIA+ experiences and challenges in your context.
Host or attend an event
Organise or join discussions, gatherings, vigils, or online activities.
Show visible support
Display rainbow flags or other symbols of solidarity, where it is safe to do so.
Support LGBTQIA+ organisations
Offer resources, skills, or amplification.
For LGBTQIA+ organisations and networks
For groups working directly with and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and asexual communities:
Celebrate and amplify communities
Share your story and experiences. Highlight the realities and issues affecting your communities. Celebrate the strength, joy, and diversity of LGBTQIA+ people everywhere.
Organise an event
Your IDAHOBIT event can be anything that brings attention to LGBTQIA+ realities: a community gathering, protest, art exhibition, film screening, publication launch, or online campaign. Whatever form it takes, your event adds to the global momentum.
Call for change
Advocate for legal, policy, and social change. Push local or national leaders to act on LGBTQIA+ rights and lives. Use your platform to demand justice from institutions, communities, and governments.
Build coalitions
Use IDAHOBIT as an opportunity to strengthen partnerships with other organisations and movements working on interconnected issues.
For allied movements and organisations
For social justice, human rights, feminist, labour, environmental, and other progressive organisations:
Issue a solidarity statement
Acknowledge IDAHOBIT and affirm the connection between LGBTQIA+ rights and your values, whether that is dignity, democracy, justice, or freedom.
Integrate LGBTQIA+ issues into your work
LGBTQIA+ people are part of every community your movement serves. Use IDAHOBIT as an opportunity to reflect on how your work addresses their specific experiences and needs.
Amplify LGBTQIA+ stories
Share content and campaigns from LGBTQIA+ organisations in your networks. Signal clearly that their struggles are part of your shared agenda.
Build partnerships
Reach out to local LGBTQIA+ organisations to explore ongoing collaboration beyond the day itself.
For intergovernmental organisations and human rights bodies
For multilateral institutions, UN agencies, regional bodies, and international human rights mechanisms:
Issue official statements
Release statements acknowledging IDAHOBIT and affirming the importance of LGBTQIA+ rights within your mandate.
Host high-level events
Organise conferences, panels, or discussions highlighting global LGBTQIA+ human rights developments.
Publish reports
Use the occasion to release or promote research on LGBTQIA+ rights, discrimination, or violence.
Review policies
Examine how your organisation's policies affect LGBTQIA+ people and identify areas for improvement.
Engage member States
Encourage commitments to LGBTQIA+ inclusion and rights protection from member countries.
For governments and diplomatic missions
For state actors, ministries, embassies, diplomatic missions, and political actors:
Publicly mark the day
Demonstrate visible commitment through official statements, rainbow flag-raising, landmark illuminations, or other public displays of solidarity.
Advance legislation and policies
Push for laws and policies that protect LGBTQIA+ people from discrimination and violence.
Create spaces for civil society dialogue
Host events that bring together civil society, LGBTQIA+ groups, and government representatives to foster meaningful cooperation.
Fund LGBTQIA+ initiatives
Allocate resources to support LGBTQIA+ rights work domestically and internationally.
Review public services
Assess how public institutions serve LGBTQIA+ people and implement concrete improvements.
For healthcare providers and institutions
For medical professionals, hospitals, clinics, community health centres, and health-focused organisations:
Provide or attend training
Ensure staff are equipped to deliver respectful, competent care to LGBTQIA+ patients.
Review policies and practices
Assess how your institution serves LGBTQIA+ patients and identify improvements.
Create welcoming environments
Ensure your physical spaces and intake processes are inclusive and affirming.
Offer targeted resources
Provide information specific to LGBTQIA+ health needs and concerns.
Partner with LGBTQIA+ organisations
Work with community groups to improve healthcare access and quality.
For schools and universities
For educational institutions at all levels, including student groups, administrators, educators, and faculty:
Organise educational activities
Host workshops, panel discussions, or film screenings about LGBTQIA+ experiences and rights.
Support student-led initiatives
Provide resources, space, and institutional backing for IDAHOBIT activities organised by students.
Create visible displays
Set up informational displays in libraries or common areas about IDAHOBIT and LGBTQIA+ history.
Review policies
Assess how school policies and practices affect LGBTQIA+ students and staff.
Include in curriculum
Incorporate age-appropriate discussions about diversity, inclusion, and LGBTQIA+ experiences.
For businesses and the private sector
For companies of all sizes, corporate foundations, professional associations, and industry groups:
Acknowledge the day
Send communications to staff recognising IDAHOBIT and your commitment to inclusion.
Review workplace policies
Assess how your policies support LGBTQIA+ employees and identify gaps.
Provide educational opportunities
Host workshops or training on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the workplace.
Support employee networks
Provide resources for LGBTQIA+ employee groups.
Partner meaningfully with LGBTQIA+ organisations
Go beyond symbolic support: sponsor events, donate to organisations, or create grants for community projects.
Offer expertise or services
Provide free or reduced-cost services to LGBTQIA+ organisations in areas where your company has relevant capacity (software, marketing, legal services, and so on).
For journalists and media
For journalists, editors, content creators, media organisations, and communications professionals:
Report on LGBTQIA+ issues responsibly
Use IDAHOBIT as an opportunity to cover the realities of LGBTQIA+ lives with accuracy, nuance, and respect. Follow established guidelines for responsible reporting on these communities.
Amplify community stories
Centre the perspectives of LGBTQIA+ people themselves rather than framing their lives as an outside issue.
Investigate structural barriers
Report on the laws, policies, and practices that continue to expose LGBTQIA+ people to discrimination and violence in your region.
Use inclusive language
Apply inclusive language guidelines in all coverage, including correct pronouns, identity-first language, and accurate terminology.
Support LGBTQIA+ media
Engage with, promote, and link to journalism and content produced by LGBTQIA+ outlets and creators.
For sports clubs and associations
For sports teams, leagues, athletic associations, fitness groups, and event organisers:
Host inclusive events
Organise sports events or activities that celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Make visible statements
Display rainbow flags, wear special uniforms, or use other visible symbols of support.
Review policies
Assess how current rules and practices affect LGBTQIA+ participants.
Provide training
Offer education to coaches, officials, and players about creating inclusive sporting environments.
Partner with LGBTQIA+ sports groups
Connect with LGBTQIA+-focused sports organisations for joint initiatives.
For LGBTQIA+ individuals
Your participation matters, and it is yours to define. Not every form of participation requires public visibility.
Mark the day in the way that feels right for you
Whether you attend a public event, post on social media, share the illustration with a trusted friend, or simply take a moment to reflect on what this day means in your life. All of these are valid ways to be part of it.
Share your story, if you choose to
Your experience is part of the global picture. Sharing it, publicly, privately, or anonymously, adds to the record of what LGBTQIA+ people face and resist every day.
Support your community
Reach out to someone who might be struggling. Amplify organisations doing important work. Show up for others the way you want others to show up for you.
Take care of yourself
Marking this day can bring up difficult emotions. Your wellbeing comes first. There is no obligation to perform resilience or visibility you do not feel.
For allies
For individuals who are not LGBTQIA+ but support equal rights and want to take meaningful action:
Keep learning
Take time to understand the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people, both in your context and globally. Learn and reflect. Do not place the burden of education on the communities you want to support.
Raise awareness in your circles
Share facts, resources, and stories made by LGBTQIA+ people. Help those around you understand what is at stake and how to act.
Challenge injustice when you see it
Act when you witness discrimination or exclusion in your workplace, school, family, or neighbourhood. Use your position to challenge harmful behaviour and build safer spaces.
Support or join an event
Get involved in IDAHOBIT activities. Reach out to LGBTQIA+ groups to see where your support would be most useful.
Offer practical help
Provide skills, time, or resources to local LGBTQIA+ organisations. Whether it is translation, printing, logistics, or communications, your contribution can make a real difference.
Stay engaged beyond the day
Allyship is not a single gesture. Keep showing up, keep learning, and find ways to support LGBTQIA+ communities throughout the year.