IDAHO Day
May 17, 2015 7:07 AM Subscribe
"The Day represents an annual landmark to draw the attention of decision makers, the media, the public, opinion leaders and local authorities to the alarming situation faced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people and all those who do not conform to majority sexual and gender norms.
May 17 is now celebrated in more than 130 countries, including 37 where same-sex acts are illegal, with 1600 events reported from 1280 organizations in 2014. These mobilisations unite millions of people in support of the recognition of human rights for all, irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."
The date of May 17th was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder.
Whoa, that only happened in 1990? :(
posted by daisyk at 7:56 AM on May 17, 2015
Whoa, that only happened in 1990? :(
posted by daisyk at 7:56 AM on May 17, 2015
I wonder if I could surreptitiously persuade my conservative neighbors here in Idaho to celebrate this.
posted by Phatty Lumpkin at 7:59 AM on May 17, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Phatty Lumpkin at 7:59 AM on May 17, 2015 [6 favorites]
Whoa, that only happened in 1990? :(
And it was only four years earlier that the DSM removed it as a diagnosis.
posted by mittens at 8:19 AM on May 17, 2015
And it was only four years earlier that the DSM removed it as a diagnosis.
posted by mittens at 8:19 AM on May 17, 2015
Holy Moly, Mittens, that is truly shocking. And to think, Julian and Sandy were, well, I want to say "getting away with it" but that conveys the wrong impression, so I'll say obviously gay almost 20 years earlier, when it was still actually illegal in the UK.
I have considered making a Julian and Sandy FPP but there isn't much material around.
posted by marienbad at 8:48 AM on May 17, 2015
I have considered making a Julian and Sandy FPP but there isn't much material around.
posted by marienbad at 8:48 AM on May 17, 2015
My first reference today to IDAHO came from a friend whose child is transgender. Their local pediatrician is transphobic so they requested a referral to a different one, and today found out their request is denied. Go IDAHO.
posted by tracicle at 9:19 AM on May 17, 2015
posted by tracicle at 9:19 AM on May 17, 2015
Whoa, that only happened in 1990? :(
And it was only four years earlier that the DSM removed it as a diagnosis.
Well yeah, it's grotesque that it was ever a diagnosis to begin with. At the same time, it takes years and years to revise. DSM-V took 14 years from initial conference to publication. IIRC, the American Psychiatric Association was lobbying for removal in the 70s.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:19 AM on May 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
And it was only four years earlier that the DSM removed it as a diagnosis.
Well yeah, it's grotesque that it was ever a diagnosis to begin with. At the same time, it takes years and years to revise. DSM-V took 14 years from initial conference to publication. IIRC, the American Psychiatric Association was lobbying for removal in the 70s.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:19 AM on May 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
Whoa, that only happened in 1990? :(
Texas only had its sodomy laws taken away in 2003 and still criminalizes homosexuality. LGB rights mostly suck, globally. T rights are mostly off the map.
posted by byanyothername at 9:30 AM on May 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
Texas only had its sodomy laws taken away in 2003 and still criminalizes homosexuality. LGB rights mostly suck, globally. T rights are mostly off the map.
posted by byanyothername at 9:30 AM on May 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
I was curious about what was happening over here, so I looked it up. Here's the Swiss page about IDAHOT (in German, French or Italian). There were information stands in several Swiss cities, including an action yesterday in Bern with free hugs, and an event in the Münsterplatz of Bern this afternoon.
The event today included the following:
- the cross-party LGBT network (here's their German, PDF press release; this includes nearly all of the major parties here, including the Christian Democrats and the Swiss People's Party but not the Evangelical Democrats)
- the launch of a pin to promote equal marriage, backed by a whole bunch of groups including LGBT-Youth Switzerland and the Transgender Network
- FELS (Friends and Parents of Lesbians and Gays)
- Du-Bist-Du, a youth advice platform for boys and young men
- the Transgender Network Switzerland (with either a great or a terrible speech title, I can't decide: It’s time for “T” – about the “T” in LGBT(IQ))
- NETWORK, the Swiss association for gay leadership (speech title: Out@Work - what is diversity in the world of work? Who benefits from diversity?)
- the general secretary of education in the Canton Bern, and a whole bunch of national politicians
So, in Switzerland, IDAHOT is definitely a day that has the backing of the establishment, and it's good to see that the Transgender Network had a visible presence there. It's far from super-radical, but I would have attended if I'd had the opportunity today. On the other hand, the local TV report of the free hugs action (German) felt the need to dig up a fossil from a creepy religous minority party to tell us that a good example of lesbians and gays getting their rights is Sodom and Gomorrah. I guess this was to provide balance?
Switzerland feels like a contradiction, in that it's so democratic and liberal and nice, in the younger generation particularly, that it might seem like all the battles have been won -- but at the same time, there are huge pockets of old-fashionedness here that you can slip into. See also the 70s-style brown leather jackets worn by men of a certain age here, and the almost-zero mentions of bisexuality in the IDAHOT page, except in the acronym.
Anyway, that's what IDAHOT was like here. I'm very interested in hearing how other countries marked it.
posted by daisyk at 10:33 AM on May 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
The event today included the following:
- the cross-party LGBT network (here's their German, PDF press release; this includes nearly all of the major parties here, including the Christian Democrats and the Swiss People's Party but not the Evangelical Democrats)
- the launch of a pin to promote equal marriage, backed by a whole bunch of groups including LGBT-Youth Switzerland and the Transgender Network
- FELS (Friends and Parents of Lesbians and Gays)
- Du-Bist-Du, a youth advice platform for boys and young men
- the Transgender Network Switzerland (with either a great or a terrible speech title, I can't decide: It’s time for “T” – about the “T” in LGBT(IQ))
- NETWORK, the Swiss association for gay leadership (speech title: Out@Work - what is diversity in the world of work? Who benefits from diversity?)
- the general secretary of education in the Canton Bern, and a whole bunch of national politicians
So, in Switzerland, IDAHOT is definitely a day that has the backing of the establishment, and it's good to see that the Transgender Network had a visible presence there. It's far from super-radical, but I would have attended if I'd had the opportunity today. On the other hand, the local TV report of the free hugs action (German) felt the need to dig up a fossil from a creepy religous minority party to tell us that a good example of lesbians and gays getting their rights is Sodom and Gomorrah. I guess this was to provide balance?
Switzerland feels like a contradiction, in that it's so democratic and liberal and nice, in the younger generation particularly, that it might seem like all the battles have been won -- but at the same time, there are huge pockets of old-fashionedness here that you can slip into. See also the 70s-style brown leather jackets worn by men of a certain age here, and the almost-zero mentions of bisexuality in the IDAHOT page, except in the acronym.
Anyway, that's what IDAHOT was like here. I'm very interested in hearing how other countries marked it.
posted by daisyk at 10:33 AM on May 17, 2015 [1 favorite]
I like the acronym GSM community, for Gender and Sexual Minority. It does conflict with the telephony standard, I guess, but other than that, it really fits.
posted by Ambient Echo at 8:29 AM on May 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Ambient Echo at 8:29 AM on May 18, 2015 [2 favorites]
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Since 2015, biphobia is added to the title, to acknowledge the specific issues faced by bisexual people.
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