International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012 - Close to 100 countries participating
New countries joining International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia celebrations for the first time, including countries among those which keep 1,5 BILLION people under laws that criminalize same sex relationships.

Costa Rica : organisations ask for IDAHO to feature in official school program
The main national Costa Rican movements for diversity joined public institutions to demand equal rights on May 17, celebrated in Costa Rica as the National Day Against Homophobia, lesbophobia and Transphobia. With a march in downtown Guadalupe, dozens of people paralyzed traffic to demand an end to homophobia and unite for equality, confronting President Laura Chinchillan who declared that human rights are not a priority of her (...)

Organisations in India’s West Bengal region stage street protest on IDAHO
Faced with total and unjustified suspension of their subsidies from the State, activists used the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia as the stage to set a massive protest public action, which attracted extensive media coverage

Speaker of UK House of Commons speaks up on IDAHO
"Through education, through campaigning and through the sheer force of moral suasion, we must strive to deliver equality for LGBT people that others have so long enjoyed and they have too long been denied." John Bercow

South African Youth celebrate IDAHO
As part of their youth development work, the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA), a NGO based at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, has been mentoring young LGBT people in campaign building around issues that affect them. As a result, students put together an exciting campaign for IDAHO, which included a silent protest at University Avenue, a flash mob and a panel discussion about campaign building. Photos of (...)

Head of Caribbean UNAIDS issues message for IDAHO
UNAIDS Caribbean Director Dr Ernest Massiah released a special message to mark this year’s International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Message of hope on IDAHO in the United Arab Emirates
Members of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender groupcommemorated the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) with a message of hope and appeal for dialogue and change.

Algerian LGBT organisation marks IDAHO by publishing series of comics to raise awareness on LGBT issues
The Algerian organisation Alouen has developed graphic material to raise awareness of the wider public. See the works in this section

Activists successfully defied ’gay gag’ law in Saint Petersburg today, despite attacks
On May 17 LGBT activists of St. Petersburg, the city where the notorious "propaganda of homosexuality" law was recently adopted, held an officially authorized peaceful manifestation dedicated to the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia.

Vietnam reports on stunning media coverage for IDAHO events
From CCIHP, the main organiser of IDAHO events in Vietnam : The IDAHO campaign in Vietnam this year was very successful. The results from online survey with more than 500 LGBT people about homo/transphobia in schools and rapid assessment in 7 secondary and high schools on student attitude toward homo/transphobia got high attention of public. Data on level of bullying and consequences, IDAHO information and important speeches were covered in (...)