LONDON, May 11, 2007  –  Westminster City Council, Amnesty International, IDAHO, LGBT History Month/Schools Out, and the University of Arts are combining to organise a major event to next week at the London College of Fashion that commemorates IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia, on May 17.

The event will take place at the London College of Fashion from 6pm until 11pm and will involve an exhibition of work by London art students, and speeches by Liberal Democrat Higher Education spokesperson Stephen Williams MP; Cllr Darren Johnson AM; Maryam Namazie of the Organisation for the Emancipation of Women in Iran; and Baroness Turner of Camden.

Students have designed posters celebrating either LGBT History Month or IDAHO, and the winning designers will be awarded £200 each by Baroness Turner on the night.

The winning designs will then be distributed to every school in London.

A short film will be shown on the evening showing the students at work, following the process from the initial brief through to the winners being selected by a panel consisting of Sue Sanders of LGBT History Month, Derek Lennard of Idaho, and Paul Brown of Westminster City Council.

Entertainment will be provided by rising comedy star Zoe Lyons.

Attendance is by invitation only, and among those attending will be key LGBT activists, including representatives of the Metropolitan Police, all political parties, the Polish Green Party, and the TUC.

Derek Lennard, the UK coordinator of IDAHO, said last night that there were over 70 events planned throughout the country.  He said that the number could well top 100.

For details of all known IDAHO UK events, see the listings by clicking HERE

LINKS
 

		IDAHO-UK website
		IDAHO International website

 

Posted: 11 May 2007 at 00:00 (UK time)