To mark IDAHOT 2016 activists in Bangkok held a public film screening of the 2011 film ‘A Place For The Wild’. The open screening invited members of the public, including the LGBT community, allies and members of the international community. There was also a small opening talk on discrimination and a raffle. All proceeds will be used to support local …
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IDAHOT Report 2016: Cyprus
To mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Ledra Street, Nicosia, were decorated in rainbow flags and decorations. The street is part of the area linking Northern Cyprus to the rest of the island and is an important centre of the city. For more information on this event please click here. Local LGBT campaigners also held a small …
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LGBT campaigners once again marked IDAHOT 2016 with a modest action, despite the ongoing threat of violent prosecution. In Bulawayo, campaigners from Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe marked IDAHOT with alongside local health organisations and communities. The event was reported to have attracted around 200 members of the community, including many LGBTI individuals. To coincide with the commemorations, GALZ also …
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Local activists from pro-LGBT group MozaiQ this year held a number of small events in the capital city of Bucharest. The event featured over 50 campaigners and members of the local community gathering for an awareness-raising event outside the Palace of Parliament, where rainbow umbrellas were used to draw attention to the ongoing discrimination faced by the LGBT community. The …
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As part of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Gay and Lesbian Information Centre – CIGALE, Rosa Lëtzebuerg ASBL and Amnesty International Luxembourg planned a public action in order to draw attention to the difficulties encountered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers.
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