HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is an L.G.B.T.Q. awareness holiday that falls on May 17 every year. People in the L.G.B.T.Q. community face a lot of issues that the holiday helps bring to light. For many years, they have been denied legal protections and essential health care. They have also sometimes been forcefully subjected to go through medical treatment or needless surgery. They are denied basic civil and human rights.
The holiday was officially founded in 2004 by Louis-Georges Tin. The first event was held on May 17 in 2005 and was attended by about 24,000 people. The specific date May 17 was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1990.
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is an L.G.B.T.Q. awareness holiday that falls on May 17 every year. People in the L.G.B.T.Q. community face a lot of issues that the holiday helps bring to light. For many years, they have been denied legal protections and essential health care. They have also sometimes been forcefully subjected to go through medical treatment or needless surgery. They are denied basic civil and human rights.
The holiday was officially founded in 2004 by Louis-Georges Tin. The first event was held on May 17 in 2005 and was attended by about 24,000 people. The specific date May 17 was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1990.