May 17 IDAHO day Make a Facebook (or any other kind of) Statement

May 17 :: MAKE A STATEMENT

May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia.

LETS MAKE A STATEMENT FOR MORE RESPECT AND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION!

Take (Online!) Action:

Change on May 17 your facebook-profile-picture and use the group-logo. Show all facebookers that you are against homophobia, transphobia & discrimination and for equality & respect!

1. Join this event.

2. Invite all your friends to this event.

3. On May 17 copy the logo from the foto section.

3. Paste the logo as your profile picture.

4. Show your soldarity for 1 day!

You can change also your status, mayby like that:

" ... is totaly IDAHO! :: May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia:: Join, participate, and make a statement!

It´s easy.
It´s cheap, cost you only 1 min.
And yes, we can, because we are IDAHO!

it´s time to act! Now!
es ist Zeit zu handeln! Jetzt!
il est grand temps de faire quelquechose! Maintenant!
es tiempo de actuar. ¡Ahora!
harekete geçme zamanı geldi! Şimdi!
είναι ώρα να δράσουμε! Τώρα!
حان الاوان للعمل. الان!
זה הזמן לפעול. עכשיו!
vrijeme je da djelujemo! Sada!
време је да делујемо! Сад!
vrijeme je za djelovanje! Sada!
време е да действаме! Сега!
ara és l'hora d'actuar! Fés-ho!
nastal čas konať! Teraz!
det är tid att agera! Nu!
Čas je, da ukrepamo! Zdaj!
行动起来吧！就现在！
yeh waqat hey kuch karney ka,,Abi asi waqat,,
è ora di agire! Adesso!
нужно только действовать! Прямо сейчас!

IDAHO - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Monday, May 17, 2010
Time: 12:00am - 11:55pm
Location: Worldwide
Web: dayagainsthomophobia.org

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) is celebrated every May 17 around the world.

It is coordinated by the Paris based "IDAHO Committee" founded and presided by French academics, Louis-Georges Tin. It is celebrated in more than 50 countries in the world, and recognised officially by the European Union, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Mexico, Costa-Rica, etc.

The international day against homophobia aims to coordinate international events to call respect for lesbians and gays worldwide. Unlike the LGBT Pride Day, which is meant to emphasise proudness of one's sexuality and refusal to be ashamed of it, IDAHO is held to highlight:“ "... that in reality it is homophobia that is shameful and must be deconstructed in its social logic and fought against openly."

May 17 was chosen as the day of the event because homosexuality was removed from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 17, 1992.In 2008, sexual relations between persons of the same sex were punishable by death in 7 countries and considered to be some form of crime in more than 80 others. In most countries in the world, people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual, intersex, queer, ... community are being denied their fundamental human rights as defined, inter alia, by the Universal Declaration of Human Right, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Day has been launched with the idea of creating a worldwide community of activists and committed people, sharing the ideal of a world without homophobia nor transphobia in which everyone can freely live their sexual orientation and the gender identity they wish to live in.

I'm Proud to Be LGBTQ!

Take up the IDAHO Challenge - Help fight homophobia and transphobia