IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Imbarco Immediato, an LGBT organization in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, has created a Facebook page called “Mi piace dire no all’omofobia” (I like saying no to homophobia) and is inviting supporters to click on the “I like” icon on the page in order to gather a maximum of “likes” by May 17’s IDAHO.

Swedish activists held a “skål” and a discussion to commemorate IDAHO 2012. There was also a screening of the IDAHO video and of the UN Secretary General’s LGBT speech at the UN Human Rights Council.

Sri Lankan activists held an IDAHO poster competition, giving people the opportunity to win a cash prize for the most innovative and creative submission. The winning poster was named the campaign poster of 2013.

Activists in Spain launched the project “Lo soy/I am” to demand respect for, and claim the image of, transgender women in Central America. The awareness campaign has the slogan: “Do not look like a woman, I am.”

A coalition of South Korean activists commemorated IDAHO 2012 with a call for attention to the situation facing LGBT people in the country with the slogan “Equal Love and Equal Human Beings”.