Join the International Day Against Homophobia and Trans...

By Amplify_Staff

May 14, 2012

Thursday, May 17 Is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia!
A day to put LGBT rights on the global agenda

It is well-known that the LGBT community continues to face discrimination, stigma, and violence worldwide. No less than 76 countries around the world still consider homosexuality illegal and in 5 of them, homosexual acts are punishable by death. In almost all countries, transphobic laws limit the freedom not to act as socially determined by one person’s sex at birth.

May 17th provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the progress that has been made towards achieving LGBT rights as well as to draw attention to the persisting and unacceptable inequities still affecting LGBT people around the world and how this impacts LGBT youth in particular.

Now, it’s your turn to raise your voice!

From May 16 to 18, Amplify will host the FIRST International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Blogathon.

You can commemorate International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by sharing your thoughts on Amplify! Here are some questions to help you think about what you might want to write.

• What is it like for LGBT youth in your country?
• Do they have education, sexual and reproductive health services, and economic opportunities? Why or why not?
• What do you see as priorities for advancing LGBT youth rights in your country?
• How can LGBT youth be sustainable agents of change? Tell others about your own or other young people’s efforts to improve the rights of LGBT youth.

Join Amplify and write a blog post for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia!

You can also check out the office International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia website at www.DayAgainstHomophobia.org

Want to spread the word? Connect with youth activists worldwide through new media:

• Like the IDAHO Facebook Page.
• Follow @IDAHOMOPHOBIA on Twitter to get the latest news, events, and resources.
• Watch the IDAHO YouTube videos from across the world.
• Subscribe to the IDAHO RSS feed.

Additional Resources:

• Click here to learn more about gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer (GLBTQ) rights.
• Click here to read more about LGBT rights in the Caribbean.
• Click here to download GLBTQ-related publications and pamphlets from AdvocatesForYouth.org.