IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

In Lisbon, campaigners from Dezanove will host a debate with a local Member of European Parliament on the subject of LGBT issues. The event is free to attend for all the public and hopes to raise a meaningful dialogue around issues such as discrimination and legal protection in Portugal. For more news and updates please follow us on Facebook and …

Throughout May LGBT health group the Humsafar Trust are promoting a special project focused on addressing mental health stigma surrounding LGBT people in India. The ‘Queers Against Quacks‘ project will target mental health practitioners promoting pseudoscience and discriminatory practices and also helps to raise public awareness of the ongoing issues surround mental health and wellbeing of LGBT Indians. In Hyperabad, …

In Seoul, Rainbow Action Against Sexual-Minority Discrimination will host a special event to mark IDAHOT 2016 with the slogan “Against the hate, sing the equality and spread the rainbow!” The event will include a press statement issued on the problem of discrimination in South Korea (with a focus on transphobic issues), as well as a press conference held on May …

To mark IDAHOT 2016 the Dutch National Gay/Straight Education Alliance has called upon schools across the country to address sexual diversity within their education and approach. The group called upon educators and policy makers to include issues of discrimination and raised concerns over the lack of will within the Dutch school system. Across the country IDAHOT Netherlands will be celebrating …

In Cape Town local LGBT group Let’s Face It will be visit several important local landmarks, including the National Slave Monument, as part of a tour of their Rainbow Africa. The group will be talking to individuals along the way and hope to use the time to address issues of discrimination and stigma within South Africa. In Pretoria,  OUT LGBT …