Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Digital Safety This International Day Against Homophobia

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.

May 17 is the day when the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its classification of diseases in 1990, thus recognizing that sexual orientation is an integral part of human identity. However, more than three decades later, members of the LGBTIQ community still face intolerance, prejudice and discrimination. Even worse, in many countries they experience extremely high levels of harassment and violence, according to a joint statem…

Global LGBTQ rights crackdown overshadows this year’s IDAHOBiT

Activists around the world will mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia against the backdrop of efforts to curtail LGBTQ rights that are gaining traction in the U.S. and other countries. The Trump-Vance administration since it took office in January has issued a number of executive orders that have specifically targeted transgender and nonbinary people. They include a declaration that the federal government will …

Debate: Today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). For many people, it's just an ordinary Saturday in May. But for LGBT+ people, the day is important. The rights and freedoms of LGBT+ people are under increasing global pressure. We are seeing countries where it is being banned to..

LGBTQI+ people are facing an "unprecedented wave of violence" and are "in a state of emergency" worldwide due to funding cuts to assistance and health programs for the community and an increase in anti-rights policies, several global organizations denounce on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Last year marked the highest number of murders of trans people in more than 25 years, and the rise and c…