International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
17 May 2023
Dear students and colleagues,
May 17th marks International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This day commemorates May 17th, 1990, when the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from a list of mental health disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). We join 2SLGBTQA+ communities in acknowledging this day and the 2023 theme “Together always: united in diversity” as well as the ongoing work required to support sexual and gender diversity.
To learn more about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, please see the following resources:
For organizations supporting sexual and gender diversity, please see the Firefly Institute for Sexual and Gender Diversity and The Landing.
The Firefly Institute is coordinating the 18th Annual Mayor’s Pride Brunch on Saturday, June 10th to support their 2SLGBTQ+ programs: Camp fYrefly, the AB GSA Conference, FYrefly in Schools, Where the Rivers Meet, the Family Resilience Project and CHEW Project YEG (click here to learn more and get tickets).
Additionally, the Office of Safe Disclosure & Human Rights (OSDHR) will host the third installment of Discourse Human Rights in honour of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (click here for more information and to register for the June 1st webinar).
The Psychology EDI Committee commits to educating ourselves, learning from others, and doing the work required to make our classrooms and workplace more accessible, inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist. Please reach out to us if there is anything we can do to support you.
Sincerely,
Anthony Singhal and Jennifer Passey (Co-Chairs of the Psychology EDI Committee)
May 17th marks International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This day commemorates May 17th, 1990, when the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from a list of mental health disorders in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). We join 2SLGBTQA+ communities in acknowledging this day and the 2023 theme “Together always: united in diversity” as well as the ongoing work required to support sexual and gender diversity.
To learn more about the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, please see the following resources:
- https://may17.org/
- https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/against-homophobia
- https://people.utoronto.ca/news/recognizing-the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/
For organizations supporting sexual and gender diversity, please see the Firefly Institute for Sexual and Gender Diversity and The Landing.
The Firefly Institute is coordinating the 18th Annual Mayor’s Pride Brunch on Saturday, June 10th to support their 2SLGBTQ+ programs: Camp fYrefly, the AB GSA Conference, FYrefly in Schools, Where the Rivers Meet, the Family Resilience Project and CHEW Project YEG (click here to learn more and get tickets).
Additionally, the Office of Safe Disclosure & Human Rights (OSDHR) will host the third installment of Discourse Human Rights in honour of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (click here for more information and to register for the June 1st webinar).
The Psychology EDI Committee commits to educating ourselves, learning from others, and doing the work required to make our classrooms and workplace more accessible, inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist. Please reach out to us if there is anything we can do to support you.
Sincerely,
Anthony Singhal and Jennifer Passey (Co-Chairs of the Psychology EDI Committee)