The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17 highlights the places in the world where members of the LGBT community still face persecution. The date was chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization's 1990 decision to remove homosexuality from its disease classification list. The day also celebrates the progress made by gay, lesbian, and transgender people in recent decades. Here's a look back at the LGBT movement in pictures.
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Two Moldovan lesbians cover their mouths during a silent protest in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on April 27, 2007, after the authorities banned a public event by a LGBT group.
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Bosnian police clash with radical Muslims and hooligans after they tried to attack a gay festival in Sarajevo on September 24, 2008.
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A gay-rights activist flashes a victory sign during a rally in Belgrade on October 10, 2010. A huge force of about 5,000 Serbian police clashed repeatedly with anti-gay protesters, leading to arrests and many injuries as Belgrade hosted its first gay-rights rally in nearly a decade.
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A gay-rights activist in Belarus looks out from behind a placard during the first-ever sanctioned Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Pride rally near the Department of Justice in Minsk on February 14, 2011.