甚麼是IDAHO?
What is IDAHO? |
| 1990年5月17日，世界衛生組織 (WHO) 將「同性戀」從精神病名冊中除名。由Louis-George Tin先生於2005年倡議，並得到國際同性戀組織ILGA (International Lesbian and Gay Association) 支持的國際不再恐同日(IDAHO, International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia) 國際活動2006年首次發起，喚醒世人關注對同性戀的恐懼。2007年香港有600名支持同志平權的朋友踏出第一步。 |
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| On 17 May 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. In 2005, the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) was an initiative by Mr. Louis-George Tin in association with International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) to raise people's awareness towards homophobia. In 2007, about 600 people marched on the streets of Hong Kong to support equal rights for sexual minorities. |
| 1960年首次出現「恐同症」Homophobia，被定義為「畏懼跟同性戀沾上關係」、「對於同性戀者極度畏懼與憤怒的反應」及「害怕對同性產生愛意，因而也憎恨這些對同性產生愛意的人」等。 |
| he term "Homophobia" first appeared in 1960. It is defined as "a fear of or contempt for homosexuality or homosexuals" or the fear of becoming homosexual. |
| IDAHO亦關注對於跨性別、雙性戀及不同性小眾人士受到的不公平對待。本港的性小眾仍然處於極度不平等的境況：沒有針對因性傾向而作出歧視的法例保障、在婚姻及伴侶法、社會福利、稅務、伴侶居留及工作權、領養、房屋、醫療、器官捐贈、人工受孕權、合葬、遺產繼承、遺屬權等各方面均缺乏對於不同性傾向人士的保障。對於跨性別人士，完成性別重塑手術後，他們仍然不可以申請更改出生證明書上的性別身份，婚姻權利亦受剝削。 |
| IDAHO is also concerned about unequal treatments faced by trans-gender people (trans-phobia), bisexuals and other sexual minorities. Nowadays, sexual minorities in Hong Kong continue to suffer from inequalities in various aspects of life: no anti-discrimination legislation based on sexual orientation, lack of protection for rights of marriage and same sex partnership, social welfare, taxation, immigration and dependent visa, adoption of children, housing, medical care, organ donation, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) right, co-burial right, inheritance right, and widow's right for people of different sexual orientations and gender identities. For Transgenders people, they could not legally amend the gender in their birth certificate and the right to marry to the opposite sex was denied to them. |
