Gay Pride Parade
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2013Daniil Grachev, an LGBTQ+ rights activist, is arrested by riot police during a pride event.
Every second, intolerance shortens lives.
Every second, intolerance shortens lives.
Sign the petitionStolen time since January 1 2022
Across the world, violence reduces the life expectancy of the LGBTQ+ people.To represent this stolen time, we created the 54-Second Watch.When minutes last 54 seconds, time goes faster, years get shorter and lives end too soon.
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- 4042 murdered trans people
This is the number of assassinations classified in the world between January 1, 2008 and September 30, 2021.
- 23% of trans people in the United States have avoided going to health services for fear of receiving abuse or humiliation.
- 4x more suicide attempts
Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual youth.
- 3x more likely to die
Trans women have an average life expectancy diminished compared to cisgender women.
Gay Pride Parade
Kyiv, Ukraine, 2012Svyatoslav Sheremet, the head of the Ukraine Gay Forum, is attacked by three people after speaking with the media.
Superior Court
Terengganu, Malaysia, 2018A Malaysian woman found guilty of trying to have sex with another woman is sentenced to six strokes of the cane.
Stonewall Riots
New York, United States, 1969Police officers rough up LGBTQ+ protesters.
Let’s draw the attention of the United Nations
May 17th, 1990, is a symbolic date. On this day, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the its list of mental illnesses. Sign the petition to ask the United Nations to officially recognize May 17th as the Internation Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.