International Day Against Homophobia
- International Day Against Homophobia
International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) is celebrated May 17.
The international day against homophobia aims to coordinate international events to call respect for lesbians and gays world-wide. Unlike the LGBT Pride Day, which is meant to emphasise proudness of one's sexuality and refusal to be ashamed of it, IDAHO is held to highlight:
May 17 was chosen as the day of the event because homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 17 1990. [ [http://idaho.lbl.dk/ Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske: IDAHO - International Day Against Homophobia] ]
In 2003 the Canadian organization Fondation Émergence instituted a similar event, the National Day Against Homophobia, on June 1; they have since changed it to May 17. Belgium followed suit in 2005. Costa Rica followed as well and 2008 will be the first year celebrating it there.
It should also be noted that on May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the United States of America to legalize same-sex marriage. German children born on 17 May (17.5.) were often teased for being gay because Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code prohibited sexual intercourse between males.
ee also
* Biphobia
* Heterosexism
* Homophobia
* Homosexuality laws of the world
* LGBT social movements
References
External links
* [http://www.idahomophobia.org/index.php3?lang=en International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)]
* [http://www.idaho.org.uk International Day Against Homophobia UK (IDAHO UK)]
* [http://www.ilga.org/ International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)]
* [http://www.homophobie.org/default.aspx?scheme=1204 Fondation Émergence - International Day Against Homophobia]
* [http://www.idahohk.org/ International Day Against Homophobia Hong Kong (IDAHO HK)]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
International Day Against Homophobia — Der International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) wird seit 2005 jeweils am 17. Mai gefeiert. Die Initiative zum Internationalen Tag gegen Homophobie ging von Louis George Tin aus, der heute der französischen Sektion der International Lesbian and… … Deutsch Wikipedia
National Day Against Homophobia — The National Day Against Homophobia is a Canadian event organized by the Fondation Émergence. June 1, 2005 marked the event s third anniversary, which was celebrated with a posthumous award to the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who repealed… … Wikipedia
Homophobia — (from Greek homós : one and the same; phóbos : fear, phobia) is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality.cite web|url=http://www.webster.com/dictionary/homophobia|title=webster.com|accessdate=2008 01… … Wikipedia
Anti-Homophobia — The term anti homophobia is a large umbrella term that can include many ideas, including but not restricted to:*AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) (Great Britain) *Antifascistisk Aktion (Sweden) *Biphobia *Campaign Against… … Wikipedia
Coming Out Day — Der Coming Out Day (COD) bzw. Coming out Tag wird seit 1988 am 11. Oktober jedes Jahres begangen. Es werden verschiedene Ziele rund um das Thema Coming out verfolgt. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beweggründe 2 Entstehung in den USA 2.1 Anregungen zur… … Deutsch Wikipedia
National Coming Out Day — NCOD logo designed by Keith Haring Observed by LGBT community allies Type National, International Date … Wikipedia
Day-care sex-abuse hysteria — was a panic that occurred primarily in the 1980s and early 1990s featuring claims against daycare providers of satanic ritual abuse and several forms of child abuse.[1][2] A prominent case in Kern County, California, first brought the issue of… … Wikipedia
Day of Silence — For other uses, see Silence Day (disambiguation). The Day of Silence is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network s (GLSEN) annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)… … Wikipedia
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence — Part of a series on Violence against women … Wikipedia
Nikolay Alexeyev — at the Moscow Pride Press Conference, May 16th 2008[1] Born Nikolay Alexandrovich Alexeyev 23 Decembe … Wikipedia
