IDAOD 2025

Pangen 6 days ago

It's cold.

It's daylight.

It's Saturday.

It's 17 May 2025.

It's also IDAOD 2025!

Today is the day on the calendar that is otherwise known as IDAHoBiT (International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Transphobia), though to be more inclusive, some call it International Day Against LGBT Discrimination.

Since 2023, we've referred to it here (in the PHANTOM Community) as IDAOD or International Day Against OAGID Discrimination, which is way more inclusive.

Bottom line is that any form or hate, intolerance, exclusion, bullying, harassment or violence against an individual or group because of their Orientation or Gender Identity, is nothing other than discrimination.

Regardless where in the world you are, you have a fundamental human right to identify by the Orientation and Gender Identity that you are, by the way that you feel as a human and are attracted to others.

Regardless of who they are or how they identify, nobody else should be ill-treating you, vilifying you, assaulting you, trolling you, excluding you or discriminating against you in any other way.

Regardless what the law might be in any particular jurisdiction, it's wrong and it's harmful.

In countries that do have legislation, it's also illegal.

Regardless how you identify, we must stand united, in solidarity as intersectional humans and call out such behaviour.

Never accept it as the norm or dismiss it as nothing.