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Louis-Georges Tin
Louis-Georges Tin (born 1974) is a French academic,[1] gay rights campaigner, and anti-racist activist.[2] Tin is noted for initiating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia,[2][3] now marked in over 130 countries across the world,[4] and co-founding the Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN).[5] LifeLouis-Georges Tin was born in Martinique in 1974.[5] He studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, during which time - in 1997.- he co-founded activist organisation Homonormalités.[1] Tin was the editor of The Dictionary of Homophobia: a Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience, first published in French in 2003 and later in an English translation.[6] In 2004, Tin founded Au Nou Allé[1] ("Let's go" in Creole), a black LGBT association.[7] In the same year, Louis-Georges Tin initiated what was initially known as the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO),[8] celebrated on 17 May - the date in 1990 that homosexuality was declassified as a mental disorder by the World Health Organization.[9][10] The first IDAHO was marked in 2005.[6] In his preface to the English language edition of the Dictionary, Tin wrote:
In 2006, IDAHO launched a petition calling for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality.[6] The following year, Tin launched a campaign against Transphobia, with a petition signed by 300 non-governmental organisations from over 75 countries.[11] In 2011, activists in France launched a bid to win Tin the Nobel Peace Prize.[11] In 2012, he became President of the Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN),[2] an organisation he co-founded.[5][7] In 2014, Tin was made Prime Minister of the State of the African Diaspora.[12] Bibliography
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