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Gays Without Borders/SF & Cafe Flore are hosting a PINK PARTY - a simple social for solidarity - from 5-7pm on Tuesday, May 17th. Wear PINK or your favorite activist tee shirt and meet fellow activists over drinks (Happy Hour 4-8pm, 2 for 1 Margaritas, and lots of nonalcoholic beverages. Appetizer & dinner menu 4-10pm.) It’s more important than ever to be OUT & PROUD and to evidence strength in numbers. Education overcomes ignorance & prejudice. We’ll be celebrating Ugandan Parliament’s dropping of its "Kill the Gays" bill, as well as honoring I.D.A.H.O. organizers for embracing a position against the death penalty globally. "As I Am" - International IDAHO campaign 2011: We are all different and all unique. It is our differences that complete our humanity. Yet, everywhere daily homophobia and transphobia want to eradicate the uniqueness in us. The AS I AM campaign aims at celebrating our individualities, highlighting the vast diversity that comprises our global community. On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, let us all display the true colors of humanity. We hope to see you at Cafe Flore!
Amfar reports :
Commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), amfAR announces nine awards to groups combatting HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM)
Published Thursday, May 17, 2012
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Cub Barrett, Program Communications Manager, (212) 806-1602
NEW YORK, May 17, 2012—As the world marks the annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) on Thursday, May 17, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS (...) 
Washington, DC – May 17, 2012 – The Council released a new NGO guide, Accessing U.S. Embassies: A Guide for LGBT Human Rights Defenders, to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The guide is available in English, French and Spanish on the Council’s website at www.GlobalEquality.org.
The guide highlights the various diplomatic tools that U.S. embassies use to advance a range of human rights and development objectives, from diplomatic “démarches,” to support for (...) 
The Human Rights Campaign will release "The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection of LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya" by Human Rights First on May 17 to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
The Human Rights Campaign will release "The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection of LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya" by Human Rights First on May 17 to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
Remarks will be made by the (...) 
Human Rights Watch will this year honor US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller in a Hall of Fame.
Human Rights Watch will this year honor US President Barack Obama and Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller in a Hall of Fame.
"What Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller of Jamaica and President Barack Obama of the United States have in common is that they took a political risk by speaking out in favor of inclusiveness instead of discriminating (...) 
President Obama could not have chosen a better time to announce his support to same-sex marriage rights, as far as the global LGBT activists scene is concerned.
It comes in just days before thousands of activists in 95 countries prepare to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO).
This landmark declaration will be on everybody’s mind and hearts, as they take actions in contexts which are often so hostile that even lifting criminal sanctions against (...) 
