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The '''International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia''' ('''IDAHO''') is held every year since 2005 on the 17th of May, commemorating the day in 1990 when [[homosexuality]] was removed from the [[International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems|International Classification of Diseases]] of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) in 1990.<ref>http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/546 ILGA: "May 17th is the Intl Day Against Homophobia"</ref>
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[[File:Idaho_logo.png|thumb|IDAHO logo]]The '''International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia''' ('''IDAHO''') is held every year on the 17th of May, commemorating the day in 1990 when homosexuality was removed from the World Health Organisation's ''International Classification of Diseases''.<ref>http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/546 ILGA: "May 17th is the Intl Day Against Homophobia"</ref>
  
 
The "International Day Against Homophobia" was first celebrated in 2005. In 2009 the name was expanded to include "Transphobia".
 
The "International Day Against Homophobia" was first celebrated in 2005. In 2009 the name was expanded to include "Transphobia".
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[[Derek Lennard]] has been UK organiser for IDAHO.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
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http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/-IDAHO-english,41- International IDAHO site
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http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/ International IDAHO site
  
 
http://www.idaho.org.uk/ UK site
 
http://www.idaho.org.uk/ UK site
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==References==
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<references>
  
 
[[Category:Homophobia]]
 
[[Category:Homophobia]]
 
[[Category:Annual events]]
 
[[Category:Annual events]]
 
[[Category:International]]
 
[[Category:International]]
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[[Category:IDAHO| ]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 19 May 2014

IDAHO logo
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) is held every year on the 17th of May, commemorating the day in 1990 when homosexuality was removed from the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases.[1]

The "International Day Against Homophobia" was first celebrated in 2005. In 2009 the name was expanded to include "Transphobia".

Derek Lennard has been UK organiser for IDAHO.

External links

http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/ International IDAHO site

http://www.idaho.org.uk/ UK site

References

  1. ↑ http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/546 ILGA: "May 17th is the Intl Day Against Homophobia"
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