Over the past five years, LGBTQ+ organisations in the UK have still suffered discrimination and injustice in society. Homophobic attacks are on the rise. Even some British media regularly publish articles about anti-transgender hate groups that actively seek to undermine transgender rights.
For many people, May 17 is simply another day, but for the homosexual community, it is a significant date. The World Health Organization formally withdrew homosexuality off the list of mental diseases on May 17, 1990, and the international medical community accepted homosexuality as a non-pathology. It was a watershed moment in history, marking the end of more than a century of homophobia in medicine. The freedom to choose one’s sexual orientation and gender identity are gaining universal acceptance as a fundamental human right.
In 2006, the International Minority Rights Conference was held in Montreal, Canada, and the meeting issued The Declaration of Montreal, which called on all countries around the world to raise awareness of sexual minorities with fear, discriminatory tendencies of all physical and mental violence, and unfair treatment every
year on May 17 as international is no longer the past.
The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia was founded to honour this day. The purpose of the international day is to establish a world free of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, to bring activists and supporters together to accomplish this goal, and to allow everyone to freely choose their gender identity and attain sexual autonomy.
This year, the theme of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”. It is a great theme on this day to advocate the right to freely express sexuality and gender. It also reminds us that no matter what, the body of any group is a complete and independent living individual, and has the right to live in this world with freedom and dignity and to make their voice heard freely!
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