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New York City Festival Honors Pulse Shooting Victimes for IDAHOT

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from Remezcla.com The second installment of New York City’s FUERZAfest – NYC’s first Latinx LGBTQI festival – has just started and it couldn’t be timelier. Bringing together the worlds of fine arts, activism, theater and film, FUERZAfest is a collective initiative born around the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Its goals are to shine light on the erasure and violence suffered …

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San Francisco gets ready for IDAHOT action

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From Bay Area Reporter San Francisco LGBT activists will gather on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia Wednesday, May 17 to celebrate the past year’s wins and protest ongoing atrocities. A custom-made 10-foot pink triangle will serve as the backdrop at Harvey Milk Plaza as LGBT activists continue to pressure Russia to act against Chechnya, according to a May …

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IDAHOT 2017 country page: Georgia

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From OC MEDIA Queer rights activists launched a social media campaign on 10 May in support of Georgia’s queer community, in the run up to International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on May 17. The organisers of the ‘This street is taken’ campaign, Against Violence, are encouraging people to post photos of themselves holding signs in support of queer …

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IDAHOT 2017 Country Page: Portugal

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It Gets Better, Portugal: Colóquio; May 17, various events @ Porto & Matosinhos 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., distribution of free hugs in front of Via Catarina Center; 3:00 pm, colloquium “Thinking the City on LGBTI Issues with th Municipality of Porto; 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., distribution of free hugs in Praça da Liberdade; 6:30 p.m. collective hug in Praça …

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Argentina boasts country wide IDAHOT program

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The Argentinean LGBT federation and the Metropolitan University for Education and Work  (UMET) join forces to develop a month long program consisting of a photo exhibition, a panel discussion on “the challenges for the inclusion of Trans people” and the projection of a documentary on the life of Trans activist Claudia Pía Baudracco. More information on UMET’s site.         …

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