IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

As part of the Mesiaca LGBTI history month, the organisers celebrated IDAHOT day with a film screening and literature event. The non-governmental organisations Human Rights Institute / Inštitút ľudských práv (IĽP) and Rainbow Slovakia / Dúhové Slovensko organised a poll to award the ‘homophobe of the year’. More than 2,600 people voted in it, with this number increasing each year. More …

Report by Labris, the organization of lesbian human rights in Serbia: To mark the International day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia (IDAHOT/B), on Sunday, May 17th, a rainbow flag together with a trans rights flag were dropped from the Ombudsman’s building in Belgrade In this symbolic way, people of different sexual orientations and gender identities were shown support and attention was …

In Madagascar, the local MSM network with the support of the US Embassy in Madagascar (and in a much smaller scale support from UNAIDS) organized a get-together in their premises (US Embassy) with around 20 members of the MSM network in Madagascar (“Solidarité des MSM”). During this gathering, there was a showing of a gay-themed movie “The Matthew Shepard story” …

On Sunday May 17th, Other Sheep Rwanda joined the rest of the Rwandan LGBTI community to Celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The event was organised to draw attention to the millions of people around the world who suffer from discrimination as a result of their sexual orientation.  This years event theme was “Join the Action, Support LGBTI …

In Vientiane, the European Union delegates together with LGBT group Proud To Be – Laos hosted a event in commemoration of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The event was attended by more than a dozen people and marked the day for the first time in the country. Information from gaystarnews.com: The small communist country of Laos celebrated …