IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

From The Hindu The State government will make policies to bring sexual and gender minorities to the mainstream, Minister for Tourism Kadakampally Surendran has said. He was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day first anniversary celebration of Queerythym, which works in the city for the welfare of the LGBTIQ community, and on the occasion of International Day against Homophobia, …

There are far too many events worldwide for us to be able to report on them all. We’re listing in our pages the events which were directly registered on our site In Germany, organisations have elected “Rainbow Flashmobs” as their annual preferred action format. This year again, rainbow colored balloon with solidarity messages will be flying over many city skylines. …

Most UN agencies are taking action to mark the Day and we are hearing about various initiatives, yet to be disclosed. Officially announced is the UN LGBTI Core group IDAHOTB event on Monday, May 17th, from 3:00-5:00PM EST in Conference Room 1, at the UN headquarters in New York. RSVP by 10:00AM Monday, May 14th at the following link to attend in person: https://bit.ly/2GRlzQY …

Nick Herbert, who chairs the LGBT Rights group in the British Parliament, informs us that  the group’s members have successfully campaigned for Parliament to hold a special 3-hour debate on 17 May (from around 2pm GMT) to mark IDAHOT, and that MPs from all parties have been invited to speak. There is a viewing gallery from which members of the public …

In the MENA region, LGBTIQ++ people continue to face invisibility, stigma, discrimination, and violence.  Despite growing movements, there persists a significant underrepresentation of gender, sexual, and bodily rights. The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality has produced this website to shed light on all the work that is being done in the region to promote LGBTIQ++ rights. We will be …