The organisation SOMOSGAY from Paraguay is in the midst of organising a mass Kiss-In (“Besaton”) in front of the National Congress in the national capital Asunción as part of the planned activities for the week of May 17.

The organisation Silueta X in Ecuador is planning a mass Kiss-In on the Plaza San Francisco in the city of Guayaquil at 4pm on the upcoming May 17.

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has addressed participants of a high level intergovernmental conference organised by the Government of the Netherlands for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia in The Hague on the evening of the 16th. In his speech, the Secretary General underlined that “for generations, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in …

Asociación ALFIL from Quito, Ecuador, within the framework of the planned activities for the week of May 17 is organising a screening of short films, the signing of a manifesto which will be sent to the Presidency of Ecuador and artistic presentations from the community.

Republication for March 31, 2014. Originally published on March 31, 2013. (Tamara Adrian is now the Chair of the IDAHOT Committee’s Board of Trustees) ! In honour of International Day of Transgender Visibility we spoke with Tamara Adrian – Venezuelan lawyer, law professor, human rights activist and all round international trans rights activist. She spoke about transgender visibility in international arenas, …