Romanian LGBT organizations commemorated the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia 2014, with a video release, a poster campaign and a public meeting on the social rights of LGBTI people

Activists invited community members to a venue where they filmed verbal messages which were cut into a support video for the LGBT community. They also took photos with written messages on posters. All of this served for the main purpose of raising public awareness around LGBT rights through social media, and also getting people together to get to know each other, and to build stronger communities.

You can watch the video activists created (with English subtitles) here:

Women’s organisation around the IDAHOT 2014

The event above was followed by an exclusive celebration night for women in the LGBTQIA community. These events took place with the support of the groups Tomboy, Accept and Transform NGOs.

Workshop by Prahova LGBT Initiative

Prahova LGBT Initiative also organized a workshop for its members, with the support of its young community members. The workshop aimed to produce photographs and video messages in Romanian. The organization underlined the importance of May 17 by stating, “LGBT people do not have access to jobs, homes, justice, health care in this country.” The actions took place in Ploiesti, Romania.

IDAHOT 2014 events by Prahova LGBT Initiative

To know more about Prahova LGBT Initiative: see their facebook page

IDAHOT 2014 solidarity poster from Romania. Source: Prahova

Act-Q Events:

Music, film, theatre and debate marked the event on May 17th, 2013 from 7.00pm

Organisers advised in the lead up to the event: ‘Organised by ACT-Q ROMANIA, not for profit LGBT NGO for culture & communication, the 2013 IDAHO Special Event will take place on May 17th, downtown Bucharest, Romania at TABU THEATRE. The event will consist in a series of LGBT themed moments: Theatre play: I want to break free – 5 erotic scenes from the novel Dona Juana by Lorena Lupu; Movie screening: Romanian first screening of the documentary East Bloc Love by australian director Logan Mucha; and a debate with the audience about LGBT Rights and Homophobia in nowadays Romania.’

For more information please log onto:

http://www.act-q.org
http://www.facebook.com/ACTQRomania
http://twitter.com/actqromania

                                                                                     Act-Q Romania

Rainbow Prahova events:

The group Rainbow Prahova also held a public event to mark the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia which involved a poster campaign. For more information see: http://www.facebook.com/RAinbow.Prahov

Photos of the event were shared with the IDAHO Committee via facebook:

Activists also conducted media interviews and brandished rainbow-colored flags and slogans. People were also encouraged to post messages online.