SECRETARIAT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSFOBIA AND BIPHOBIA

*On Friday, Mat 17

With the objective of building an Archipelago free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and diverse gender identity, the Secretariat of Social Development will commemorate the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

The argument for choosing this day internationally is that it was on May 17, 1990 when the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminated homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

The most insidious expressions of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia are those that manifest in all aspects of daily life, in the workplace and family; through jokes, caricatures, and a use of language that represents sexual minorities as illegitimate, all of which is an indicator of a broad cultural construction and of structural discrimination, often institutionalized, very difficult to visualize, and fight.

With the message 'We all have the right to choose’; the Secretariat of Social Development commemorates the date and inviting the community to promote respect and tolerance.

It is important to travel not only towards tolerance, but towards full acceptance and respect for others and their differences. According to studies of the World Health Organization, nothing that exists in nature is unnatural, so to appeal to biology as an argument to reject a behavior does not make any sense.

In a just and egalitarian society, everyone has the right to their individuality, to be who they are, and to love those they love; to do it in peace, without fear of rejection, hatred or violence, but enriched in diversity.