IDAHOT-Tunisia: Célébration Idahot – Tunisie – performances, lectures, film screening, party; May 17 from 5:30 p.m. @ Le Rio, 92 Rue Radhia Haddad (Ex 92 rue de Yougoslavie), Tunisia Alouen Association (Algeria), Mawjoudin Association (Tunisia, FB), Nouakchott Solidarity Association (Mauritania), Rainbow Egypt (Egypt), Rainbow Sudan (Sudan), Quzah Magazine (Libya FB), Free Feminist Union (Morocco): #OurColoursAreTheCrime – online campaign

From Nepali Times   “So what do you remember, Aaron?” is a question posed, 10 years after the incident, to one of the two murderers who beat Matthew Shephard to death in 1998 in a small town in the US. The question is asked by a member of the theatre group that researched and documented the after-effects of that incident, …

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 …

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 …

Colour Youth: “Mental Health of Young LGBTQI People: The Role of the Government”; May 17 from 5:00 p.m. @ ESIEA, Akadimias 20, Athens Thessaloniki Rainbow Youth: Picnic – Idahobit Day; May 20 from 4:00 p.m. @ White tower of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki