IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Activists and campaigners in Russia bravely held a handful of small events across the country, despite the threat of persecution from state and non-state groups. In Syktyvar (Komi Republic), local LGBT campaigners held the city’s first IDAHOT event for the local communit. The closed-doors event celebrated diversity and provided a valuable outlet for local LGBTI individuals. In St Petersburg, activists from …

Local activists in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will this year mark IDAHOT 2016 with a day of public events. As well as creative workshops and open discussions there will also be fun and games from the entire community, including IDAHOT board games, pancakes and a special guest performance. For more information on this event please visit the group’s Facebook page.  

Botswana’s national LGBT group, LeGaBiBo, will this year mark IDAHOT 2016 with a series of events. As well as a film screening and talk on discrimination there will also be an ‘artivism’ workshop, as well as campaigns on social media and local radio. The day will be one of the group’s first public events since gaining legal recognition as a registered …

LGBT organisation Bedayaa will mark IDAHOT 2016 this year with a campaign held across Sudan, Egypt and Algeria. The campaign will include the work of local Trans and LGBT organisations and will hope to address issues of discrimination and stigma facing the LGBT community. From the organisers: “Together Our Voice is Louder” is a campaign launched by Bedayaa Organization for …

As part of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Gay and Lesbian Information Centre – CIGALE, Rosa Lëtzebuerg ASBL and Amnesty International Luxembourg will take a public action in order to draw attention to the difficulties encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers. For more information on this event please visit the event’s Facebook page.