International Day Against Homophobia: Why We Celebrate May 17 – 17/05/2019

May 17, the world commemorates the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, in a day that aims to fight discrimination against homobaduals, transbaduals and bibaduals.

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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

To find the reason for choosing this date, you have to go back to the May 17, 1990, at a meeting of the General Assembly of the World Health Organization decided to eliminate homobaduality from the list of mental illnesses.

This fact prompted various badociations to come together to create the international organization May 17 (17 May, in Spanish), to discuss this historic decision of WHO. This same entity started to promote the date as an awareness day in the fight for LGBT rights.

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The first year of celebration took place in 2005, when it was still called the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. biphobia (hate towards bibaduals) It was incorporated in the name in 2015.

As explained on the official website of May 17, this day "it's not a centralized campaign; it is rather a moment that everyone can take advantage of to act, in any subject and in the format of their choice. "

And they specify: "The day represents an important annual world milestone attract the attention of decision-makers, the media, the public, businesses, opinion leaders, local authorities, etc. wing alarming situation people with different badual orientations, identities and gender expressions and badual characteristics. "

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Celebrations around the world

According to "May 17", International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is celebrated this year in more than 130 countries, 37 of which are considered illegal.

In taiwan, for example, took advantage of this May 17, 2019 to formalize the legalization of same-bad marriage. The data is not minor: it is the first country in Asia to approve a measure of this type. However, the legalization of same-bad marriage in Taiwan does not mean that the situation of the LGBT community is good in Asia.

In ChinaAlthough homobaduality is not illegal, LGBT people do not enjoy all their rights and freedoms: since 2001, this is not considered a mental illness. but there are still doctors who say that they can "treat" homobaduals to make them heterobadual.

In Japan there is no type of legal recognition, although the authorities of some districts, such as Tokyo Shibuya and Setagaya districts, they allow the registration of same-bad couples.

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In Paris, several activists participated in a public act of kissing organized by Amnesty International in front of the Russian Embbady.

In social networks There are hashtags in commemoration of this day: #IDAHOT, #IDAHOTB and #IDAHOT2019. This is due to the initials of this day in English: "International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia".

With EFE information.