IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

LGBT campaigners once again marked IDAHOT 2016 with a modest action, despite the ongoing threat of violent prosecution. In Bulawayo, campaigners from Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe marked IDAHOT with alongside local health organisations and communities. The event was reported to have attracted around 200 members of the community, including many LGBTI individuals. To coincide with the commemorations, GALZ also …

Local activists from pro-LGBT group MozaiQ this year held a number of small events in the capital city of Bucharest. The event featured over 50 campaigners and members of the local community gathering for an awareness-raising event outside the Palace of Parliament, where rainbow umbrellas were used to draw attention to the ongoing discrimination faced by the LGBT community. The …

As part of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Gay and Lesbian Information Centre – CIGALE, Rosa Lëtzebuerg ASBL and Amnesty International Luxembourg planned a public action in order to draw attention to the difficulties encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers.

Because of security issues within Sudan the local LGBT population are not publicly visible. Because of this we did not see any locally-organised events planned within the country for IDAHOT 2016. Sudan was, however included in a cross-national campaigns run by Bedayaa Organization for LGBTQI in the Nile Valley and Mesahat Foundation. This campaign, which took place in Algeria, Egypt …

Due to security concerns and the threat of violence Egypt this year did not see any locally-held events within the county that we are aware of. It was, however included in a cross-national campaign run by Bedayaa Organization for LGBTQI in the Nile Valley and The Mesahat Foundation. This campaign, which took place in Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, addressed discrimination …