{"id":4234,"date":"2020-05-26T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T08:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:26","slug":"the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2020\/05\/26\/the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">&#8230;was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">The date of May 17th was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization\u2019s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">This\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmay17.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C1751dce9d67f4697572a08d7fe713a16%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637257634573813870&amp;sdata=obYVajOmJzQ8CVl5tSwkliD4vrmu05scZArkHc%2BvgPw%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">website provides background\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">on the history and aims and activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocate.com%2Fcommentary%2F2020%2F5%2F17%2Fglobal-report-card-lgbtq-rights-idahobit&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C1751dce9d67f4697572a08d7fe713a16%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637257634573823866&amp;sdata=s3lcGl2LcXXfO10Gr96%2BY%2BWw8X93BXJz5nXtJ1Ey%2Fqg%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">This article from the Advocate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0provides insight into the global situation for LGBT communities under lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fra.europa.eu\/en\/video\/2020\/pride-not-prejudice-say-lgbti-people\">FRA Europe&#8217;s most recent survey across Europe found that\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">while there was more openness in some countries there had been little progress since 2012 and a climate of fear and prejudice continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rainbow-europe.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C1751dce9d67f4697572a08d7fe713a16%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C0%7C637257634573833857&amp;sdata=59IpIC70oPxh50XYqwGKlnPnhp2hDY95QNu0ZpUNnms%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map of rights in Europe<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">The Rainbow Europe is ILGA-Europe\u2019s annual benchmarking tool, which ranks 49 countries in Europe on their LGBTI equality laws and policies,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">shows that there has been no positive change in 49% of countries<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">For the second year in a row, countries are moving backwards on the Rainbow Index, as existing protections are disappearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Trans rights are where most of the current movement in terms of LGBTI equality is happening, for better or worse. The map has score cards and data on a wide range of indicators ranging from employment, equality laws, hate crime. 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