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Country page 2024 – Botswana

Country pages showcase events that have been directly registered on our site or discovered through online searches. For more information about the IDAHOBIT campaign, please visit our social media channels. IDAHOBIT GABORONE CELEBRATION 2024 Location: Ext. 12 Park, Gaborone, Botswana...

Idahobit May 14, 2024

IDAHOBIT 2024

Country page 2023 – Botswana

Most country pages feature announcements of events that were directly registered on our site. More information on what is happening for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia can be found on our social media. IDAHOBIT 2023 Location: Travel...

Idahobit May 17, 2023

IDAHOBIT 2023

Note on reporting May 17 events

Every year until 2020 we used to feature on Country Pages, which can be accessed via the interactive world map, as much information on May 17 events as we could find. We are currently unfortunately not in a capacity to...

joel September 8, 2021

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IDAHOT 2017 Country page: Bostswana

A Message from The Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia – IDAHOT, is one of the most important dates to mobilize communities to protect, promote and defend the rights of lesbian, gay,...

Vicky May 15, 2017

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IDAHOT Reports 2016: Botswana

Botswana this year saw a number of wonderful events held in celebration of IDAHOT 2016. Following their recent victory in becoming the first LGBT group to gain official charity recognition in the country, pro-equality group LeGaBiBo organized a day of...

IDAHO May 24, 2016

IDAHOT Reports 2016

IDAHOT Events 2016: Botswana

Botswana's national LGBT group, LeGaBiBo, will this year mark IDAHOT 2016 with a series of events. As well as a film screening and talk on discrimination there will also be an 'artivism' workshop, as well as campaigns on social media...

IDAHO May 15, 2016

NEWS & EVENTS

IDAHOT Events 2015: Botswana

[box type="note" ]We are still busy collecting information on this year's IDAHOT activities and are waiting to hear back from activists and event organisers. If you have information to share with us, please write us at contact@dayagainsthomophobia.org[/box] National LGBT organisation...

IDAHO April 17, 2015

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IDAHOT Report 2014: Botswana

Botswana Several groups came together for different events around the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2014, in the Motswana capital, Gaborone. Actions included a one-day queer theatre festival, a press conference and panel discussion, poem recitals, song, dance and...

IDAHO June 4, 2014

Reporte IDAHOT Uncategorized

Botswana IDAHO Report 2013

Having completed a run of performances which were first conceived for IDAHO 2012, innovative script-writer and producer, Kalvin K. Kol-Kes, created a new short play about lesbian lives in Botswana. “BUTCHered” premiered on May 17, 2013, in the creator’s second...

IDAHO June 17, 2013

Reporte IDAHOT Uncategorized

Queer Shorts Showcase to Mark May 17 in Botswana

For this year’s IDAHOT, Botwanan ARTivist, writer and performer, Katlego K Kol-Kes, will be staging an evening of theatre. This will be her 3rd annual IDAHOT event which will take place in Gaborone, Botswana, on Saturday, May 17 2014. The...

IDAHO May 17, 2013

NEWS & EVENTS

Botswana IDAHO Report 2012

A group of about 80 activists in Botswana marched through the streets of Gaborone, interacting with the public as they went, brandishing placards bearing non-discrimination messages. This was followed by a public forum where drama and debate were used to...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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