International Gay and Lesbian Association
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| Abbreviation | ILGA |
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| Formation | August 8, 1978 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | UN Ecosoc Consultative Status |
| Purpose | LGBT rights and intersex rights |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
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Region served
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110+ countries |
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Membership
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1000+ organizations worldwide |
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Official language
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English, Spanish |
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Co-Secretaries General
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Josh Bradley, Ruth Baldacchino and Helen Kennedy |
| Website | ilga.org |
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) is an international organization bringing together more than 750 LGBTI groups from around the world. It continues to be active in campaigning for LGBT rights and intersex human rights on the international human rights and civil rights scene, and regularly petitions the United Nations and governments. ILGA is represented in 110+ countries across the world. ILGA is accredited by the United Nations and has been granted NGO Ecosoc consultative status.
ILGA was founded as the International Gay Association (IGA) on 8 August 1978 during the conference of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality in Coventry, England, at a meeting attended by 30 men representing 17 organisations from 14 countries. It changed its name to the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) in 1986.
The Coventry conference also called upon Amnesty International (AI) to take up the issue of persecution of lesbians and gays. After a 13-year campaign AI made the human rights of lesbians and gays part of its mandate in 1991 and now advocates for LGBT rights on the international level.
ILGA was involved in getting the World Health Organisation to drop homosexuality from its list of illnesses.
ILGA was the first lesbian and gay rights organisation to gain "consultative status" as a non-governmental organisation at the United Nations. Statements were made in the name of ILGA in the 1993 and 1994 sessions of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and in the 1994 session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. ILGA’s NGO status was suspended in September 1994. However, in July 2011 ILGA regained its ECOSOC consultative status with the United Nations allowing ILGA to attend UN conferences and events, submit written statements, make oral interventions, and host panels in UN buildings.
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