Yesterday on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), two events in St Petersburg, Russia, and in Tbilisi, Georgia, ended in violence due to aggressive counter demonstrators.

Joint commitment of the European Trade Union Committee for Education, the European Trade Union Confederation and the ILGA-Europe to combat homophobic bullying in schools, in workplaces and in society. Read the joint statement in connection with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on 17 May 2012 here.

Today ILGA-Europe is launching its very first Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe 2011 supplemented by the Rainbow Map.