The organization Kif-Kif Entre Iguales has developed an extensive agenda of activities to celebrate the Day.

May 17th

Colloquium on vulnerabilities of Central American LGBT asylum seekers in the Community of Madrid https://kifkif.info/activity/coloquio-sobre-las-vulnerabilidades-de-solicitantes-de-asilo-lgbt-centroamericanos-en-madrid/

13: 30hs. at 3 p.m. Conference CES Cardinal Cisneros Refuge / Asylum LGBTI. Our Education area will participate.

Playful game session at the Alcalá headquarters, accompanied by the Red Cross Corredor del Henares ..

May 18th

Information Desk in the Caseta de la Diversidad at the Getafe Fair.
Film Cycle Without Visa. Screening of the film ‘The song of the hummingbird’.
You can access more information on the website of www.kifkif.info and on their social networks.

In the city of Jaén, Andalucia, the LGBT Feminist organization of Jaén will hold a rally for the first time on May 17 at 6:30 p.m. in place of the Constitution, Jaén reason of the IDAHOT. The struggle is necessary, and we are becoming stronger.

The Community of CRISMHOMos invites you to participate in the vigilance of hope on May 17 at 9:00 pm in the parish of La Madona (Our Lady of Madrid) in Paseo de la Castellana, 207. The vigils for a world without homobiintertransphobia carry celebrated since 2007 when, for the first time, in Florence, some gay people decided to pray together after a tragic event: a teenager, named Matthew, had taken his own life because of the humiliation of some schoolmates.

The video, entitled ‘Celebrate Respect’ promotes the message that respect is one of the strongest elements of the team. The video also encourages fans to share their messages against homophobia and in promotion of respect by using the hashtag #FCBvHomophobia.

As a team FC Barcelona are one of the most supported and respected teams across the world and many of their players are leading international stars. With a gigantic international fanbase it is incredible to see one of the biggest clubs in all of football officially supporting the fight against homophobia.

To watch the video click here.

This Thursday FC Barcelona officially joined the fight against homophobia in a ceremony held at Camp Nou, where vice president Jordi Cardoner and director Ramon Pont signed a manifesto formalising FC Barcelona’s commitment to promoting diversity, tolerance, respect, and dignity, especially in relation to sexual orientation.

Later on, in the Sala Paris, there was a roundtable discussion presented by Manel Fuentes entitled “Barça against homophobia.”

To read more about the this event, click here

In Madrid, in order to show the significance of the day, several LGBT organizations led by Arcópoli and COGAM, built an arch of balloons in the colors of the rainbow and printed posters to be shared with information on cases of homophobic attacks in Madrid .

In the Canary Islands, activities were led by the Canary Foundation Triangle who signed an agreement with the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to focus its activities in the capital of the Canary Islands.

The “17M IDAHOT Santa Cruz” developed actions with different target audiences including: students of secondary education, the School of Arts Fernando Estevez, the Official School of Languages ​​and associative youth centers, sports and artistic town Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Among the activities developed are a number of talks aimed at young people on LGBTI issues, including:

• What is homophobia, transphobia and biphobia?
• Current events of the global LGBTI community?
• Human Rights and LGBTI rights?
• How can we tackle discrimination?
• A photo contest, illustrations, micro-short micro-story competition

Other actions are also being developed by groups in Valencia, Tenerife, San Sebastian and La Coruna.

In Spain, a huge wave of mobilisation was registered for IDAHOT 2014, with numerous groups and organisations taking action in at least 10 cities and provinces, including Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, Valencia, Alicante, Melilla, Oviedo, Ávila, Sitges and Seville.

Just some of the actions reported around the IDAHOT 2014 in Spain were:

Valladolid: The Organisation PAC LGTB+ Valladolid held two events to commemorate the IDAHOT 2014

Activities held were (on Thursday, May 15), a presentation of the video “LGBT-Phobia in our streets” and (on Saturday, May 17) a Kiss-In against LGBT-Phobia

The platform Apoyo al Colectivo LGBT+ (Support of LGBT+ people) from Valladolid is formed by activists, joined to fight discrimination. Its main objective is to combat LGBT-Phobia in Valladolid and the wider province.

Poster for IDAHOT 2014 in Valladolid, Spain.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter or see their Facebook page.

Valencia: The organisation LAMBDA – col·lectiu de lesbianas, gais, transexuales y bisexuals (LGTB Collective) – in Valencia , Spain organised various acts for May 17.

On Saturday, May 17 at 7pm, they invited everyone to join on the Plaza de los Pinazo de Valencia (at the exit of the metro station Colón) for the manifestation of the International Day against Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (LGTB-Phobia).

For 2014, in the International Year for LGBT Human Rights, they prepared ‘a surprise to claim an end to the violence worldwide and the escalating LGTB-Phobia that we are suffering from, especially in certain parts of the planet, but with the awareness that no country is free from discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.’

LAMBDA, is a non-profit organisation that was founded in September 25, 1986 prompted by the situation of legal discrimination and social marginalisation homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals were suffering under.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter and visit their Facebook page.

Madrid: Organisations COGAM and Arcópoli take action for IDAHOT 2014

Arcópoli organized a street event on Saturday, May 17 at 6pm, where they created a giant mural about LGBT rights in the world, and held various other activities to raise awareness about the situation of LGBT people in the world. For the finale, they displayed a giant rainbow flag, and performed a theatre act to demand equality commitments from the government of Spain. They also organised a talk with Amnesty International on Monday, May 12, in which they discussed AI’s work done in the field of LGBT rights.

At the same time, the organisation COGAM also held a discussion event and a a rally. COGAM is the LGBT collective of Madrid that has worked for more than 25 years towards equality for LGBT people. It is one of the founding institutions of the FELGTB and one of the driving forces since the beginning for gay marriage in Spain.

Both organisations are part of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans (FELGTB) of Spain.

For more information:

Acrópoli: website, Twitter and Facebook
COGAM: website, Twitter and Facebook

Alicante: The organisation Diversitat Alicante also hosted a series of events around May 17

As part of the activities of May 17 they organised the following events:

May 10: The first edition of the “Angie Simonis” awards. This award is named after the activist Angie Simonis, who was president of the Collective from 2005 till 2007 and recently passed away. It is their unique tribute to this fighter for the Human Rights of the LGBTI Collective, especially for the visibility of lesbians.

Diversitat’s directive together with its members and partners voted 3 winners of this First Edition: Individual, Collective and Institution/Association. The winners of the Angie Simonis 2014 awards were:

• Amnesty International (Combating Discrimination in the World)
• University of Alicante (for Equality)
• José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero (Civil Rights and Legal Progress)

May 15: Presentation of the theatre play “Wonderful”, at 12:00 Parainfo University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig

May 17 : Video forum LGBT event.

Diversitat is a non-profit association comprised of women and men located in the Counties of Alicante, who- among other things- are united as Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual and Intersex (LGBTI) but also in the defence of Human, Civil, Cultural, Political and Economical Rights which everyone is entitled to.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter or visit their Facebook page.

Other actions

The Spanish Scout Association released a statement of support for the IDAHOT 2014. Spanish National newpaper El Diario published a positive round-up of events around the world which was shared over 4,000 times. They link to actions taken in Melilla, Oviedo, Ávila, Sitges, Valencia, Valladolid and Alicante.

VALLADOLID: The organisation PAC LGBT+ Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain has scheduled two events to commemorate IDAHOT.

The schedule of activities will be:
On Thursday, May 15: Presentation of the video “LGBT-Phobia in our streets”
On Saturday, May 17: Kiss-In against LGBT-Phobia

The platform Apoyo al Colectivo LGBT+ (Support of LGBT+ people) from Valladolid is formed by activists, joined to fight discrimination. Its main objective is to combat LGBT-Phobia in Valladolid and the province. To do so, they organise all kinds of activities. These activities can be demands, or also a service for the LGBT+ population of Valladolid.

These can be, for example, legal assistance and support in dissemination in the media in case of homophobic or transphobic attacks, or help and advice to teenagers and their families if they wish to ‘come out’.

As education in tolerance and respect is essential to prevent discrimination, they also give workshops at educational centres. They also perform advocacy activities on commemoration days.

To carry out the activities they seek the cooperation with all associations, organisations or institutions that are interested.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter or see their Facebook page.

VALENCIA: The organisation LAMBDA – col·lectiu de lesbianas, gais, transexuales y bisexuals (LGTB Collective) – in Valencia , Spain is in the midst of organising for May 17.

On Saturday, May 17 at 7pm, they invite everyone to join on the Plaza de los Pinazo de Valencia (at the exit of the metro station Colón) for the manifestation of the International Day against Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (LGTB-Phobia), commemorating the date of the removal of homosexuality from the list of mental diseases by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

This 2014, in the International Year for LGBT Human Rights, they have prepared a surprise to claim an end to the violence worldwide and the escalating LGTB-Phobia that we are suffering from, especially in certain parts of the planet, but with the awareness that no country is free from discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

LAMBDA, is a non-profit organisation that was founded in September 25, 1986 prompted by the situation of legal discrimination and social marginalisation homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals were suffering under.
Since then, Lambda work has been:

In society, publicly denouncing the legal discrimination and social marginalisation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, educating about the reality of homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender, and fighting for full legal and social equality of all people regardless of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
In the LGBT community, promoting health, social participation and solidarity, as well as providing support services.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter and visit their Facebook page.

MADRID: The organisations COGAM and Arcópoli in Madrid, Spain are currently preparing for the actions planned for the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Arcópoli are organizing a street event on Saturday, May 17 at 6pm, which they will create a giant mural with LGBT rights in the world and they will have various activities to raise awareness about the situation of LGBT people in the world. For the finale, they will finish the activities with displaying their giant LGTB flag to finish with a performative act to demand from the government of Spain to work towards equality worldwide. Additionally, they have also organised a talk with Amnesty International on Monday, May 12, in which they will discuss AI’s work done in the field of LGBT rights.

Arcópoli is an association that works for social and legal equality for LGBT people. Born in 2004 in the ETSAM, later on it in turned into a central association in all UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), now they are also present in the Faculty of Informatics at the UCM (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Although their main objective is within the University environment, they are open to all who wish to join their project regardless of their relationship with the University. Since 2006 they are part of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB) where they work with activists around the Spanish area and even internationally.

On the other hand, the organisation COGAM is working to confirm talks in their rooms and a rally at 7pm (location will be confirmed).

COGAM is the LGBT collective of Madrid that has worked for more than 25 years towards equality for LGBT people. It is one of the founding institutions of the FELGTB and one of the driving forces since the beginning for gay marriage in Spain.

COGAM develops numerous projects to raise awareness and draw attention to the diversity of the LGBT community. Among them, practicing fast HIV testing, going to schools to talk about sexual and gender diversity and having an information service to the LGBT community.

Both organisations are part of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans (FELGTB) of Spain.

For more information visit the website, Twitter or Facebook organisations:
Acrópoli: website, Twitter and Facebook
COGAM: website, Twitter and Facebook

ALICANTE: The organisation Diversitat Alicante, Spain will be hosting a series of events around May 17.

As part of the activities of May 17 they have planned the following events:

May 10: The first edition of the “Angie Simonis” awards
This award is named after the activist Angie Simonis, who was president of the Collective from 2005 till 2007 and recently passed away. It is their unique tribute to this fighter for the Human Rights of the LGBTI Collective, especially for the visibility of lesbians.
Diversitat’s directive together with its members and partners have voted 3 winners of this First Edition: Individual, Collective and Institution/Association.
The winners of the Angie Simonis 2014 awards are:
Amnesty International (Combating Discrimination in the World)
University of Alicante (for Equality)
José Luís Rodriguez Zapatero (Civil Rights and Legal Progress)

Thursday, May 15: Presentation of the theatre play ” Wonderful ”
12:00 Parainfo University of Alicante
San Vicente del Raspeig

May 17 : Video forum LGBT (Activity to be determined)

Diversitat is a non-profit association comprised of women and men located in the Counties of Alicante, who- among other things- are united as Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual and Intersex (LGBTI) but also in the defence of Human, Civil, Cultural, Political and Economical Rights which everyone is entitled to.

In the same way, heterosexual women and men are also part of the group who from the desire for a complete, free, democratic and respectful society see it necessary to overcome thoughts or opinions that are missing the rights of some part of society.

DIVERSITAT is also an active member of the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGTB) the first and most representative organisation in Spain. They are also a collaborating and/or advising institution to Municipal and Provincial Councils such as the Youth Council and the University of Alicante.

For more information visit their website, follow them on Twitter or visit their Facebook page.

Following this idea, Arcópoli, a universitary organisation, has decided to record a series of “It gets better” videos. They aim to encourage people out of the associations to join the organization, so that Arcópoli

has a stand in the gay neighborhood of Chueca, in Madrid, on Friday May 17th from 6 p.m. The organizers will try to upload the video clips in real time, so they will immediatly appear online.

The organization will also try to make people aware of the situation of LGBT rights around the world in a funny and educational way to mainstream different issues such as the current state of same sex marriage legislations around the globe or the existence of countries where death penalty is still applied in the basis of homosexuality.

Other organisations around the country will present the aforementioned study on the situation of young LGB people in schools to 20 regional ombudsman in order to lobby for legislation against bullying. They will also organize different local activities and the organizations will read a common manifesto calling to protect young LGTB people.

Finally, FELGTB will present the website www.stopodiolgtb.com aimed at raising knowledge on the situation of LGBT rights in the world, paying special attention to those countries with death penalties to LGTB people.

Below is the link to the study on LGB youth in Spanish.

http://www.felgtb.org/rs/1741/d112d6ad-54ec-438b-9358-4483f9e98868/48e/filename/informe-resultados-riesgosuicidio-lgb.pdf

The initiative included a range of activities, including a contest showcasing the creativity of transgender women and the dissemination of reports that attempt to shed light on the abuse of transgender women. All these actions were disseminated via a website specifically created for this purpose.

Activists in Valencia held two events: The presentation of a book on immigrant lesbian women in Spain, in collaboration with the University Jaume I in Castellón, and a memorial in memory of the victims of homophobic, transphobic and biphobic hate crimes.

In Madrid, activists hosted a series of activities, including a vigil in remembrance of LGBT activists who were victims of homophobic/transphobic violence, the reading of a manifesto, a cine-forum, a book launch, a conference, a drum performance and marches.