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The '''International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia'''<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dayagainsthomophobia.org|title= International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia |publisher=IDAHO Committee|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/all-events/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=19095&cHash=975c172684|title=All Events, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> ('''IDAHOBIT''') is [[list of minor secular observances#May|observed]] on May 17<ref name=":1" /> and aims to coordinate international events that [[raising awareness|raise awareness]] of [[LGBT rights]] violations and stimulate interest in LGBT rights work worldwide. By 2016, the commemorations had taken place in over 130 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IDAHOT-Report-2016-BD.pdf |title=Summary Report 2016 |publisher=IDAHO Committee |date=2016 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517134608/https://dayagainsthomophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IDAHOT-Report-2016-BD.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The founders of the International Day Against Homophobia, as it was originally known, established the IDAHO Committee to coordinate [[Grass-roots movement|grass-roots]] actions in different countries, to promote the day and to lobby for official recognition on May 17. That date was chosen to commemorate the decision to remove [[homosexuality]] from the [[International Classification of Diseases]] of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/546 |title=May 17th is the Intl Day Against Homophobia |publisher=Ilga.org |access-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704014026/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/article/546 |archive-date=2014-07-04 }}</ref>
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In several other countries (e.g. Argentina, [[Bolivia]], Australia, and Croatia), national civil society coalitions have called upon their authorities to have May 17 officially recognized.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Embassy in Sweden {{!}} INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA|url=https://esuec.cancilleria.gob.ar/en/international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia|access-date=2021-10-19|website=esuec.cancilleria.gob.ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Encarnación |first1=Omar G. |title=International Influence, Domestic Activism, and Gay Rights in Argentina |journal=Political Science Quarterly |date=1 December 2013 |volume=128 |issue=4 |pages=687–716 |doi=10.1002/polq.12138 |jstor=43828398 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donovan |first1=Waine |title=Help end homophobia in the workplace |journal=Education |volume=93 |issue=4 |year=2012 |pages=14 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/9d08802834d7bca64bad3be53451e749/1/advanced }}</ref>
As it stands as of May 17, 2021, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia has been
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