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Groups from around the world are calling for an the International Day Against Homophobia to gain recognition for LGBT people, especially in the many countries where homosexuality is still taboo.

The event, due to take place on 17 May 2005, is the first of what is hoped will be an annual occasion.
The significance of 17 May is that on this date in 1990 the General Assembly of the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders.
"It should make it possible to show that the fight against homophobia is not only the business of LGBT people but the full responsibility of public authorities and the will of the whole of society,” said French gay activist Louis-Georges Tin, the man behind the event.
The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association has undertaken to act as the UK coordinator of the IDAHO due to take place on 17 May 2005.
“Although much progress has been achieved in recent years, homophobia still exists in the UK,” said George Broadhead, secretary of GALHA.
“Violent homophobic attacks are still common, persecution still continues at work as the recent case of the persecution of a gay man in a city bank illustrates, and there are horrific stories about the treatment of gay asylum seekers.
“We should also be aware that the situation is critical in many other countries, notably Muslim ones, in which homosexual acts are forbidden by law and incur horrendous penalties.
"IDAHO has the support of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), the Coalition of African Lesbians, the European Association of Human Rights, the European Green Party, the Intergroup of the European Parliament on Gay and Lesbian Rights, the International Federation of Human Rights, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, the Socialist Group of the European Parliament and the World Congress of LGBT Jews.
GALHA is urging LGBT people in the UK to sign the IDAHO petition by going to www.petitiononline.com/idaho. It is also holding a special meeting to mark IDAHO at 7.30 pm on Friday 20 May at London's Conway Hall (for details please see www.galha.org).

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