Op-ed: Why We Need an International Day Against Homophobia, TransphobiaThe Human Rights Campaign's global director tells us why IDAHOT is more important than ever.
http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/05/15/op-ed-why-we-need-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobiaAdvocate.com Commentary
BY Ty Cobb
May 15 2015 5:00 AM ET
Twenty-five years ago today, the world changed for millions. Not by a war, but by words.
On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization declassified same-sex attraction as a mental disorder, stating that "homosexuality is not a disease, a disturbance or a perversion." From 1948 until that day, being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender was considered by the world's most preeminent health body to be a "mental handicap," an illness to be treated, cured, "fixed."
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Did anyone else know why May 17 was chosen for IDAHOT Day? I didn't.
How will you be celebrating/utilizing the day to spread awareness that transgender people are just ordinary people with a outward physical challenge, that their body does not align with who they are?
To all here as I'll be gone this weekend -
Happy IDAHOT Day!
