Louis-Georges Tin
French activist against homophobia and racism and writer
About Louis-Georges Tin
Born 1974. Louis-Georges Tin is a French group activist, university teacher, collection manager and writer.
Louis-Georges Tin (born 1974) is a French academic, gay rights campaigner, and anti-racist activist. Tin is noted for initiating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, now marked in over 130 countries across the world, and co-founding the Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN).
Life Louis-Georges Tin was born in Martinique in 1974.
In 2004, Tin founded Au Nou Allé In the same year, Louis-Georges Tin initiated what was initially known as the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), celebrated on 17 May - the date in 1990 that homosexuality was declassified as a mental disorder by the World Health Organization.
The first IDAHO was marked in 2005.
In 2011, activists in France launched a bid to win Tin the Nobel Peace Prize.
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French activist against homophobia and racism and writer
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Louis-Georges Tin was born in 1974 in Martinique.
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Louis-Georges Tin is a group activist, university teacher, collection manager and writer.
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