May 17: “Our bodies are our lives!”

Today, May 17, is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Interphobia. This year, the theme of May 17 was determined as "Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights".

Happy 17 May International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia and Interphobia.

This year, with the participation of many LGBTI+ organisations around the world, the theme of May 17 was determined as "Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights".

The website for International May 17 Day announced this theme:

“A great theme under which many forms of advocacy are possible: claiming our rights to live our sexualities and to express our gender(s) freely, but also demanding to be from physical violence, from conversion so-called “therapies” to forced sterilisation of Trans and Intersex people.

A theme that reminds us that many of us across the world live LGBTQI-phobias in their very flesh every day and that our bodies are being abused, ruining our lives. Our bodies are our lives. And we have a right to live free and in dignity!”