Activists and campaigners in Russia bravely held a handful of small events across the country, despite the threat of persecution from state and non-state groups. In Syktyvar (Komi Republic), local LGBT campaigners held the city’s first IDAHOT event for the local communit. The closed-doors event celebrated diversity and provided a valuable outlet for local LGBTI individuals. In St Petersburg, activists from …

Screening of the movie CALL ME KUCHU at the US Embassy with the OHCHR, FREE & EQUAL Global Film Series Programme and the US Embassy’s Information Centre. The short film ” A PLACE IN THE MIDDLE” will also be screened

This year, IDAHOT was marked for the first time in at least 3 countries for the first time ! This brings the total number of countries where IDAHOT was celebrated to an amazing 132, which includes almost 40 countries where sexual and gender diversity is criminalized! In Brunei, an extremely conservative Asian Muslim context, the Brunei Project organised a private …

Local activists in Ljubljana, Slovenia, will this year mark IDAHOT 2016 with a day of public events. As well as creative workshops and open discussions there will also be fun and games from the entire community, including IDAHOT board games, pancakes and a special guest performance. For more information on this event please visit the group’s Facebook page.  

Botswana’s national LGBT group, LeGaBiBo, will this year mark IDAHOT 2016 with a series of events. As well as a film screening and talk on discrimination there will also be an ‘artivism’ workshop, as well as campaigns on social media and local radio. The day will be one of the group’s first public events since gaining legal recognition as a registered …