Mexico to Mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Michael K. Lavers - Washington Blade
go to original May 16, 2014

May 17th, 2012. International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Be part of it. Take Action. (productiongrenhouse)

LGBT rights advocates in more than 120 countries will commemorate this year’s International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) with a series of vigils, conferences and other events.

... The Mexican government this year is officially organizing IDAHOT for the first time.

Enrique Torre Molina, an LGBT rights advocate and blogger in Mexico City, told the Blade earlier this week that he is hopeful that President Enrique Peña Nieto will speak at an IDAHOT panel the British Council Mexico is hosting on Saturday. Government officials, local LGBT activists and journalists are among those who are expected to take part.

“The conversation will go beyond the government’s official position and public policy on the subject of homophobia,” said Molina. “Fighting homophobia and promoting respect is, at the end, a task that concerns us all.”

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