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On 26 July 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa, the United Nations Human Rights Office
launched an unprecedented global campaign.
Its aim: to combat prejudice, violence and discrimination against
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people around the world.
Its name: Free and Equal.
In the past year more than a billion people around the world have read, seen or heard
the campaign’s message of respect and acceptance.
Millions have seen Free and Equal videos and announcements
online, on TV, on buses and at train stations.
‘The Welcome’, the UN’s first ever Bollywood music video,
quickly became the most widely watched UN human rights video ever produced.
At the UN, world leaders have spoken up to defend the rights of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.
Celebrities from around the world have added their support,
including nine campaign equality champions
all of whom have helped to spread the Free and Equal message.
On Human Rights Day, a powerful Free and Equal video on the fight for equality
was screened at a special event at UN Headquarters.
For the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia,
Free and Equal inspired people to share their stories.
Motivated by the global campaign, UN country teams have launched
or are planning national Free & Equal campaigns.
Events are already taking place in countries around the world
- including India, Brazil, Cambodia and Mexico.
Around the world, millions of us have spoken up in support of the human rights
of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people.
Universal rights, respect, acceptance, equality.
A world that is Free & Equal.