The Group Rainbow Ethiopia HIV and Social Support Services released a statement to mark May 17, which follows:

On the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), May 17th 2013, Pride Equality joins the rest of the world to celebrate it.

The global call to organise flashmobs to mark IDAHO was taken up in Austria by the Green Party, whose Youth section inspired activists to organise same sex

The International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia was commemorated in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a series of film projections, conferences, debates and testimonies

Activists in Sri Lanka, a country in which LGBT activism is limited by conservative cultural mores and the official outlawing of same sex relationships