International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

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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 e 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".

External links

http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/-IDAHO-english,41- 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"