IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

As part our coverage on International Women’s Day 2014, we asked feminist activists in different countries to express their opinions

ARGUEMENTS FOR ACTION Around the world, LGBT people are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. Specifically, infection rates in men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans people are up to 20 times higher than in the general population. One of the main causes of this is, noticeably, the restriction of accurate and objective information on the specific drivers of HIV …

HM the Queen of the Netherlands has attended on May 16th the opening ceremony of the International IDAHO Conference, attended by high level international political figures, amongst which High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay.

The Human Rights Office of the United Nations has produced and published a special video ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Called “The Riddle” the dramatic video features a diverse range of cast members from across the world, including activists, policy-makers and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.

After the government in Sydney, Australia took the decision in March 2013 to end their creation of a ‘rainbow crossing’ on one of the city’s