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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Police detain a gay-rights activist after clashes with Orthodox Christians in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on May 17, 2012. Dozens of LGBT activists marching on the streets to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia were stopped by church members.
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Svyatoslav Sheremet, the head of the Gay Forum of Ukraine, is attacked in Kyiv on May 20, 2012, after meeting with reporters to inform them that a scheduled gay-pride parade was canceled.
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A Russian gay-rights activist holds a poster reading "Love is stronger than homophobia!" while sitting inside a police van after his detention during an unauthorized gay-rights rally in central Moscow, on May 25, 2013.
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About 2,000 riot police are deployed to protect 150 LGBT activists marching in Montenegro's first pride march in the capital, Podgorica, on October 20, 2013. Opponents of same-sex rights had tried to attack the march.