Denmark will this year be host to one of the most significant events on the IDAHOT 2016 calendar. Copenhagen will this year host the 4th annual European IDAHO Forum. The event, titled “Building Bridges and Alliances”, will see international lawmakers and campaigners join together for two days of dialogue aimed at improving the situation of LGBTI individuals across Europe. As …

In response to the IDAHOT 2016 theme, several organisations will take part in actions focused on mental health and wellbeing. At Lancaster University the Queer Futures research group will release information and research around May 17 related to LGBTI youth and their health. The research will also be released a short time after the group’s Queer Futures Conference, which will …

While any advanced news of events in Lebanon are yet to reach us, we have been made aware of a small number of significant actions. In Beirut, the Lebanese Psychological Association will follow the example of other international groups by sharing a message of solidarity against the discrimination of LGBTI individuals within psychiatry and mental health. The message will follow-on from …

Organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the purpose of the meeting, was to raise political momentum for a meaningful agreement to tackle this violence in educational settings. It drew together Ministers and representatives from government, civil society, UN agencies and other multi-lateral agencies to: affirm their political commitment to ensure the right to education in a …

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has today issued an official statement in support of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.  The statement speaks of an American commitment to the human rights and dignity of the LGBT community, and also notes that ‘all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination.’ The statement …