Global

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  • Press releases & statements

15 May 2026

May 17, IDAHOBIT: Global day celebrates sexual and gender diversity at the heart of democracy

This year's International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) will remind everyone that societies can flourish only when there is genuine equity and justice for all

  • Opinion

7 May 2026

Lesbian Visibility Week has ended, now what?

Lesbian Visibility Week has ended but the work continues! From healthcare inequities to underrepresentation in leadership and media, the barriers remain deeply entrenched.

  • Members' meet-ups

29 April 2026

IDAHOBIT 2026: Get inspired, share plans, and pool resources

Calling all ILGA World members: join our next meet-up dedicated to you! This is a space for our members to get inspired, share plans, and pool resources for IDAHOBIT 2026.

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  • Opinion

26 April 2026

Lesbian Visibility Day | Beyond the binary: why true wellbeing requires seeing all women

Read the powerful opinion piece written by the chairs of our Women, Trans, and Intersex Committees for DIVA Magazine on the occasion of Lesbian Visibility Week

  • Conferences

17 April 2026

Women Deliver 2026: events hosted by ILGA World and partners

Join ILGA World and partners as we center leadership and lived expeiriences of feminists and advocates across the Oceanic Pacific 27-30 April, 2026

  • Stories

16 April 2026

Women Deliver 2026: solidarity, resistance, and reimagination

ILGA World will be at the 2026 Women Deliver Conference in Narrm, 27-30 April. Check out the events that we will co-host, and join us if you are there!

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  • Opportunities

14 April 2026

LGBTI Pathways survey: Join civil society worldwide saying what our communities really need

Hear from civil society organisations and activists from across the world on why taking the LGBTI Pathways survey matters to you and your communities

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  • Press releases & statements

26 March 2026

The International Olympic Committee polices women and girls and fails them

ILGA World responds to the policy announced today by the International Olympic Committee, which reintroduces sex testing and bans trans and intersex women athletes from competing in the female category

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  • Press releases & statements

17 March 2026

Olympics: Sex testing harms all women and girls

The International Olympic Committee has no right to become ‘gender police' of the world, ILGA World, Sport & Rights Alliance, Humans of Sport, and over 70 organisations globally said today