Reading out messages to support diversity of sexuality on streets took place in several cities in Japan as on previous IDAHOTB editions. Some people held message exhibitions. Iwate Rainbow Network and Iwate Rainbow March jointly had a week-long online campaign on Facebook posting IDAHOTB-related comments and photos with messages every day for a week. More details on the campaign’s FB page …

In Kobe, members of the LGBTQI community went to the streets with an info booth to tell people about IDAHOT and raise awareness of LGBTQI issues. This has been the fifth time IDAHOT was celebrated in the city. You can follow IDAHOT Kobe on Twitter. A special website has been set up to collate information on IDAHOT actions in Japan. …

Japan The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was observed in at least nine different cities in Japan, with diverse events and actions such as movie screenings, public lectures, club parties and street interventions. Call Me Kuchu, a film depicting the fight of Ugandan LGBT activist in advocating equal rights for LGBT individuals, was screened in Iwate, Tokyo, and Fukuoka …

As part our coverage on International Women’s Day 2014, we asked feminist activists in different countries to express their opinions

A rainbow soap bubble event in Iwate, was hosted by LGBT activists as their contribution to the Global Rainbow Flashmob.