International Day Against Homophobia - 17 May 2007
May 17 is a symbolic day, celebrating when, in 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) put an end to more than a century of homophobia in the medical field by removing homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. See www.homophobiaday.com. Visit youthinformation.com for more about homophobia.
- Extracted from youthinformation.com, The NYA's online information toolkit for young people.