IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Last Tuesday, 27 January, was the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the international memorial day for all the lives lost in the Holocaust. This year’s Remembrance Day also marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Birkenau and memorials across the world such as Berlin, Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, and San Francisco also remembered and honored …

An interview with IDAHO Committee Advisory Board member Rosanna Flamer-Caldera who heads the Sri Lankan LGBT group Equal Ground exposes how the organisation managed to get many foreign diplomatic representations to raise the Rainbow Flag in Colombo for May 17th   –       Where/how did the idea originate? During a Pride March in Eastern Europe, we saw that the British High …

In many contexts, having a sexual orientation or a gender identity that does not conform to mainstream norms is considered a mental health issue, despite WHO declassifying homosexuality as such back in 1990. To mock that belief, a powerful strategy is to revert that argument and expose Homophobia and Transphobia as the real issues. “Homosexuality is not an illness, homophobia is” is …

On this December 10th, many celebrations take place to mark Human Rights Day, one of the most iconic United Nations’ celebrations. But most of these celebrations will focus on one specific group, and that’s understandable. We all want, and need, to raise awareness of our own cause, and shed light on forgotten, overseen or censored Human Rights abuses, which we …

Trans persons, or those whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex assigned them at birth, face frequent discrimination, harassment and violence across the European Union (EU) today. This reality triggers fears that persuade many to hide or disguise their true selves. This report examines issues of equal treatment and discrimination on two grounds, namely sexual orientation and …