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- On May 17, 2025, people around the world come together to recognize a day dedicated to addressing and raising awareness about discrimination and violence faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals.
- IDAHOBIT began in 2004 to commemorate the 1990 declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder by the World Health Organization, aiming to expose violence and discrimination.
- The 2025 theme, "The power of communities," honors the resilience and collective solidarity among LGBTQIA+ activists, allies, and human rights defenders amid rising anti-rights movements.
- ILGA World reports that 64 UN member states criminalize same-sex relations, while some countries like Mali and Trinidad and Tobago have recently tightened restrictions, prompting urgent calls to act.
- This day urges global solidarity to confront increasing legislative rollbacks, public vilification, and efforts to erase LGBTQIA+ people, emphasizing that silence is complicity and communities must resist.
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San Juan, May 17 (EFE).- The LGBTI community in Puerto Rico this Saturday called the current local government “the worst” in history because of its terms of ignoring rights by a law that gives the island’s officials power to refuse to provide services to citizens because of their religious beliefs. EFE was understood by the president of the LGBTQ+ Federation of Puerto Rico, Pedro Julio Serrano, in reference to Law 14 of 2025, which establishes t…
May 17 marks the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, now in its 23rd edition.
What you need to know about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)
Today, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.IDAHOBIT is a decentralized observance, with organizations and individuals everywhere free to hold whatever kind of event they choose. It is managed by a coalition of activist groups, some regional and some organized around a certain issue.Numerous governments and o…
Italian President Sergio Mattarella said today, on the occasion of the World Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, that a large number of people still suffer abuse because of their sexual orientation, and that the perpetrators are often family members.
"The tragic truth is that violence and discrimination are still part of the daily lives of millions of LGBTIQ+ people around the world," UN Secretary-General Guterres wrote in a message on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
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