From Indiatimes MUMBAI | BENGALURU: Towards the end of 2015, Shashi Tharoor did his bit with an unsuccessful Bill in the Lok Sabha to decriminalise gay sex. Earlier, in an unrelated event, Arun Jaitley publicly said the Supreme Court should “reconsider” its 2013 decision which upheld an 1860 law criminalising gay sex. But it is not politicians or ministers, but …
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The government of Montenegro hosted the Third International Ministerial IDAHO Forum 10-12th May. The forum was titled “Ending hate crime and violence” and gathered senior representatives of national governments, the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the European Parliament, Law Enforcement and the European Govermental LGBT Focal Points Network representatives, as well as members of …
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In Belarus, the IDAHOT-2015 day was celebrated with a great event for journalists and activists on May 18th in the city centre of Minsk. http://gaypress.eu/2015/05/14/18-trau-nya-praglyad-kino-dzetsi-404-i-razmova-z-yago-re-zhy-syoram/ Around 20 journalists and activists gathered for the Russian ‘Children-404′ documentary presentation and a skype-conference with the film co-producer Askold Kurov. The film had a great impression on the event participants. They put a lot …
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Numerous schools participated in IDAHOBIT by flying the rainbow flag, as well as other buildings and institutions. The Icelandic LGBT group Samtökin ’78 reported on their Facebook page. Some of the events were accompanied by discussions about the diversity of people and positions with the children, for example in the Kindergarten Eyrar. In a place in …
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Cuba once again hosted celebrations for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia with its traditional “Jornadas” against homophobia along the island The VIII “Jornadas” Against Homophobia started on May 5 to Saturday 23. Organized from its first edition in 2007 by the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex), this year it had for first time the participation of the Central de …
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IDAHOTB DAHOT International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia