French gay activist Louis-Georges Tin has been appointed as a Patron of the UK LGBT humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT).
Louis-Georges Tin is a professor of literature at the University of Orléans.
In 2005, he launched the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), renamed IDAHOT and now celebrated in more than 130 countries.
IDAHOT is supported by the Dutch humanist organisation Hivos.
In 2008, in conjunction with the French and the Dutch governments, he brought a resolution for a universal decriminalisation of homosexuality before the General Assembly of the United Nations.
In 2011, he became the President of the French National Black Coalition.
In 2016, he persuaded French President Francois Hollande to start a policy on slavery reparation and launched the European Réparation Commission.
Tin has published several books including the Dictionary of Homophobia and has received a number of awards for achievements in the area of human rights.
Tin joins twelve other PTT patrons which include Lord Cashman CBE and Sophie in‘t Veld MEP.
Cashman is the UK Labour Party’s special envoy on LGBT issues worldwide and an Honorary Associate of the UK’s National Secular Society.
in’t Veld is Vice-President of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and chairs the European Parliament Platform for Secularism in Politics. She is also an Honorary Associate of the UK National Secular Society.
PTT publish an online magazine The Pink Humanist. Launched in 2011, the magazine encourages the spread of humanism, atheism, rationalism and scepticism among LGTBT communities and those that support them.
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