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Louis-Georges Tin and two other Committee members started a hunger-strike in June 2012 to urge the French president [[François Hollande|Hollande]] to introduce a [[LGBT rights at the United Nations|UN resolution decriminalising homosexuality]].<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/28/idaho-founder-begins-hunger-strike-for-un-resolution-on-decriminalising-homosexuality/ IDAHO founder begins hunger strike for UN resolution on decriminalising homosexuality] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054506/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/28/idaho-founder-begins-hunger-strike-for-un-resolution-on-decriminalising-homosexuality/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} retrieved 29 June 2012</ref>
[[Biphobia]] was added to the name of the campaign in 2015, expanding the acronym '''IDAHOT''' by the letters ''BI'' to its current form '''IDAHOBIT'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadianequality.ca/may-17-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|title=May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia|date=7 April 2024|access-date=25 May 2024|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525161423/https://canadianequality.ca/may-17-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mccchurch.org/international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2015/ |title=IDAHOT | Metropolitan Community Churches |publisher=Mccchurch.org |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100751/http://mccchurch.org/international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2015/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The [[Enforcement Act of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748]] that legalised same-sex marriage in [[Taiwan]] was passed on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in 2019,<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/17/taiwan-legalises-same-sex-marriage-first-asia/|title = Taiwan legalises same-sex marriage in first for Asia|work = [[Pink News]]|date = 17 May 2019|access-date = 17 May 2019|archive-date = 17 May 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190517073044/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/05/17/taiwan-legalises-same-sex-marriage-first-asia/|url-status = live}}</ref> with the law coming into effect on 24 May 2019.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|first = Julia|last = Hollingsworth|url = https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/17/asia/taiwan-same-sex-marriage-intl/index.html|title = Taiwan passes same-sex marriage bill, becoming first in Asia to do so|work = [[CNN]]|date = 17 May 2019|access-date = 17 May 2019|archive-date = 17 May 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190517064652/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/17/asia/taiwan-same-sex-marriage-intl/index.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
As of 2022, it started being referred as '''International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of IDAHOBIT |url=https://www.idahobit.org.au/news/the-history-of-IDAHOBIT-may-17 |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.idahobit.org.au |language=en}}</ref>
==Goals and activities==
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In Nepal, this day is celebrated as '''International Day Against Queer / MOGAI -phobia'''' as well as IDAHOT.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://may17.org/nepal-country-page-2019/ | title=Nepal Country Page | date=13 May 2019 | publisher=May 17 org | access-date=17 May 2019 | archive-date=11 February 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211214106/https://may17.org/nepal-country-page-2019/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/@mogainepal/idaqumob-international-day-against-queer-mogai-phobia-abe23e55d1f2 | title=#IDaQuMob : International Day Against Queer / MOGAI -phobia | publisher=Medium | access-date=2019-05-17 | archive-date=2020-01-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122021301/https://medium.com/@mogainepal/idaqumob-international-day-against-queer-mogai-phobia-abe23e55d1f2 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://allevents.in/kathmandu/international-day-against-queer-mogai-phobia-idaqumob/200017308975824 | title=International Day Against Queer / MOGAI -phobia #IDaQuMoB | publisher=All events / Queer Youth Group | access-date=2019-05-17 | archive-date=2020-02-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211172534/https://allevents.in/kathmandu/international-day-against-queer-mogai-phobia-idaqumob/200017308975824 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://allevents.in/events/online-idaqumob/200017308985523 | title=Online #IDaQuMoB | publisher=All events / Queer Youth Group | access-date=2019-05-17 | archive-date=2020-02-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215015301/https://allevents.in/events/online-idaqumob/200017308985523 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Some countries and organizations have misinterpreted the letters behind the acronym '''IDAHOBIT''' with different meanings beyond those of the official expansions, sometimes mistakenly taking the "I" of "BI" to be standing for [[Intersexphobia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://useu.usmission.gov/idahobit/|title=70 AMBASSADORS JOIN DECLARATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA|date=17 May 2024|access-date=25 May 2024|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525161445/https://useu.usmission.gov/idahobit/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apsc.gov.au/working-aps/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-inclusion-news/idahobit-what-it-and-why-it-important|title=IDAHOBIT – What is it? And why is it important?|date=27 April 2022|access-date=25 May 2024|archive-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514231636/https://www.apsc.gov.au/working-aps/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-inclusion-news/idahobit-what-it-and-why-it-important|url-status=live}}</ref>, however the IDAHO committee and ILGA, after consulting with [[Intersex]] organizations and the community put out a clarifying note on their website in 2024 that there is no consensus by the Intersex community for the inclusion in ''IDAHOBIT'':
{{quote|Important note: Events around 17 May go by different names and acronyms, and that’s okay. The Committee who started working around the date back in 2004 currently uses IDAHOBIT, and will therefore use the hashtags #IDAHOBIT and #IDAHOBIT2024.
Although we have seen the translation of the “I” as “intersexism,” this is a term considered to be vague and misleading. After consulting with Intersex organisations, we ask everyone to please refrain from using this term and use the term “intersexphobia” instead. Also note that the name of the Day does not currently include “intersexphobia,” as there is no global consensus among Intersex communities that this should be included in the remit of 17 May.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://may17.org/about/idahobit-2024/|title=IDAHOBIT 2024|access-date=25 May 2024|website=may17.org|archive-date=22 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522055810/https://may17.org/about/idahobit-2024/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
==Official recognition==
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In 2010, [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula]], then president of [[Brazil]], signed an act that instituted May 17 as the National Day Against Homophobia in his country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irnweb.org/en/blog/post/view/it-is-official-may-17th-is-the-national-day-against-homophobia-in-brazil |title=It is Official! May 17th is the National Day Against Homophobia in Brazil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707124440/http://www.irnweb.org/en/blog/post/view/it-is-official-may-17th-is-the-national-day-against-homophobia-in-brazil |archive-date=July 7, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/spip.php?article280 |title=Brazil's President Lula decrees National Day Against Homophobia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725223248/http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org/Brazil-s-President-Lula-decrees,280 |archive-date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref>
The day is also officially recognized by the EU Parliament, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the UK, Mexico, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Netherlands, France (where May 17 was the chosen date for the promulgation of the law allowing same-sex marriage in 2013), Luxembourg and Venezuela. It is also recognized by numerous local authorities, such as the province of Quebec or the city of Buenos Aires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/official-recognition/|title=OFFICIAL RECOGNITION|publisher=IDAHO Committee|access-date=9 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131010053950/http://dayagainsthomophobia.org/official-recognition/|archive-date=10 October 2013}}</ref>
In 2012, the city of [[LGBT culture in Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[England]], created a pioneering programme of events in association with the organisation Homotopia, called IDAHO 50. The event was supported by 50 leading organisations based in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web |author=Alan Weston |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2012/05/15/liverpool-supports-idaho-the-international-day-of-action-against-homophobia-100252-30969262 |title=Liverpool supports IDAHO – the international day of action against homophobia |publisher=Liverpool Echo |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-date=2024-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525152254/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-supports-idaho---international-3344775 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lldpartnership.co.uk/whats-going-on/past-events/past-events-2012/past-events-may-2012/17th-may-2012-the-inaugural-launch-of-idaho-50 |title=17th May 2012 – The Inaugural Launch of Idaho 50 |publisher=Liverpool Learning Disability |year=2012 |access-date=2012-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804075040/http://www.lldpartnership.co.uk/whats-going-on/past-events/past-events-2012/past-events-may-2012/17th-may-2012-the-inaugural-launch-of-idaho-50 |archive-date=2012-08-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Alan Weston |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Flying+the+flag+for+gay+rights%3B+Liverpool+is+the+first+city+in+the...-a0289694297 |title=Flying the flag for gay rights; Liverpool is the first city in the world to mark day of action, as Alan Weston discovers |publisher=Liverpool Echo |date=15 May 2012 |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-date=2021-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814143759/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Flying+the+flag+for+gay+rights%3B+Liverpool+is+the+first+city+in+the...-a0289694297 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lldpartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/17th-May-IDOA50-proof-email.pdf |title= Link |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131102060331/http://www.lldpartnership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/17th-May-IDOA50-proof-email.pdf |archive-date= 2013-11-02 }}</ref>
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As it stands as of May 17, 2021, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia has been commemorated in over 130 different countries across the globe.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-17|title=USAID Commemorates International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia {{!}} Statement by Administrator Samantha Power {{!}} U.S. Agency for International Development|url=https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/may-17-2021-usaid-commemorates-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-biphobia|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.usaid.gov|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517204543/https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/may-17-2021-usaid-commemorates-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-biphobia|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2024, [[United States]] President, Joe Biden, renewed his support for IDAHOBIT in a [[White House]] proclamation, noting his support for the LGBTQI+ community and their rights, noting that "This is a matter of human rights, plain and simple."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-marking-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|title=Statement from President Joe Biden Marking International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia|date=17 May 2024|access-date=25 May 2024|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524094652/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/17/statement-from-president-joe-biden-marking-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ahead of IDAHOBIT in 2024, a group of United Nations and regional human rights experts voiced concerns over persistent discrimination and violence due to sexual orientation as well as gender identity, and called on States to increase their efforts in ending it. The experts stated:
{{quote|"This day is now celebrated in more than 130 countries and is officially recognised by several States, and international institutions. Reflecting on progress over the past two decades is indeed cause for celebration. We call on States to uphold the inherent dignity of all persons, without distinction, by addressing the root causes of discrimination and violence. Measured against the benchmark of 'No one left behind: equality, freedom, and justice for all', it is also a reminder of just how much work still needs to be done, by all stakeholders, including business enterprises, to ensure an end to violence and discrimination directed against all individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity."<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2024 |title=International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia |website=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]]}}</ref>}}
==Impact==
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In 2021, United States president [[Joe Biden]] used IDAHOBIT to highlight efforts to alleviate LGBTQIA+ discrimination and to call on Congress to pass the [[Equality Act (United States)|Equality Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-17|title=Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/17/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=The White House|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517151800/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/17/statement-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr-on-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/|url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]] spoke of creating the first federal LGBTQ2 Action Plan and passing "legislation to fully protect gender identity and [[gender expression|expression]]".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-16|title=Statement by the Prime Minister on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia|url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2021/05/17/statement-prime-minister-international-day-against-homophobia|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Prime Minister of Canada|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517130219/https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2021/05/17/statement-prime-minister-international-day-against-homophobia|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2024, [[Achim Steiner]], [[United Nations Development Programme]] administrator noted that despite international human rights law requiring all countries to support the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, there are still many countries of the world, including 62 criminalizing same-sex relations, with 12 of them imposing the death-penalty for it. He also noted that "there has also been a recent global pushback on the freedoms of LGBTIQ+ people including new legislation that expands the criminalization of LGBTIQ+ people, including for human rights advocacy in this sphere."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undp.org/speeches/statement-undp-administrator-achim-steiner-2024-international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-intersexphobia-and-transphobia-idahobit-17-may|title=Statement by UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner for the 2024 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), 17 May 2024|date=9 May 2024|access-date=25 May 2024|website=[[UNDP]]|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524053055/https://www.undp.org/speeches/statement-undp-administrator-achim-steiner-2024-international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-intersexphobia-and-transphobia-idahobit-17-may|url-status=live}}</ref>
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