Today is IDAHOBIT: the International Day Against LGBTIQA+SB (in recognition of First Nations Sister Girls and Brother Boys) Discrimination.
It is held every year on 17 May, marking the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the Classification of Diseases. We celebrate this milestone while uniting in international queer solidarity for the work that still needs to be done.
LGBTIQA+ people have been increasingly targeted by far-right groups, emboldened by conservative politicians. They are still subjected to conversion therapy practices, and risk exclusion from religious schools, hospitals and other workplaces. Intersex people experience medical procedures against their consent, and trans and gender diverse people cannot access the essential health care they need.
Today and every day, the Greens join with the LGBTQIA+ community in solidarity and with a continued commitment to fight for queer justice ✊🏼🏳️🌈
