IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

More than 60 congressional members, led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced a Congressional resolution in support of the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. “Unfortunately, homophobia, transphobia and discrimination against the LGBT community can still be found in communities across our nation and around the world. Whether it is in the form of hatred, …

Football giants FC Barcelona have this week released a special video message in support of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.  The video, entitled ‘Celebrate Respect’ promotes the message that respect is one of the strongest elements of the team. The video also encourages fans to share their messages against homophobia and in promotion of respect by using …

In Prague, the Czech AIDS Help Society organised a ‘Run against homophobia and AIDS Candlelight Day support’ on May 16 in commemoration of IDAHOT on Vitkov hill. The run was not competitive and the distance was 5 km. Over 40 runners participated, among them National AIDS manager, employees from U.S. embassy and finalists of Mr. Gay competition. The run had been organised for …

For IDAHOT 2015 Lambda Mozambique, the Association for sexual Minorities, has prepared a Facebook contest in which they call upon individuals to show their support for the LGBT community. The Facebook contest asked people to send a supportive message with #‎diferentesmasiguais‬ about respect, diversity, equality, inclusion and/or pride. The messages be posted on their Facebook page with the most LIKEs by May 16th …

Cover Image: AWID Facebook Banner As the years before, the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is marking the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia with a special message. With the reports, such as the TGEU’s Transgender Murder Monitoring or the State-Sponsored Homophobia Report by ILGA showing that we are far away from a world with LGBTI-Phobia, AWID asked activists from …