WHOF rebrands for its birthday.

An interview with Kevin O’Neil on the second birthday of Wipe Out Homophobia.

“To mark the two year anniversary the logo has been updated, a new banner of members’ wedding pics has been added, the name has been changed and the website www.whof.net has had 20 new info pages added, including pages about what happened to homosexuals during the holocaust, and pages featuring other LGBT groups who actively fight homophobia.”

Getting REAL

An interview with the students from Western University, Ontario who run the remarkable GetREAL project.

” If we could go back, for those of us that did the bullying, we would never have done that.”

Born this way video goes viral

Jessica Romani posted a video to YouTube of her father showing her brother Dylan his “born this way” tattoo. Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook posted the link and it went viral.

“This video humanises what is all too often dehumanised by bigotry. It shows a father expressing his love for his son; it shows what the ‘issues’ mean to real people.”

LGBT History Month Heroes, 3 of 4

In this 4 part feature the 29 heroes – some individuals, some organisations, and some who are their own separate category – are brought together.

LGBT History Month Heroes, 4 of 4

In this 4 part feature the 29 heroes – some individuals, some organisations, and some who are their own separate category – are brought together.

Lyndsay Winegarden

Lyndsay Winegarden selected for Polari Magazine’s list of LGBT Heroes. For UK LGBT History Month 2012.

“Lyndsay Winegarden is a disabled, single mother, who is the founder of Stop Teenage Suicide, and an administrator on the Facebook groups The Equality Mantra and Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook.”

Pink Triangle Theatre

Theatre group Pink Triangle Theatre selected for Polari Magazine’s list of LGBT Heroes. For UK LGBT History Month 2012.

“Tenacity, commitment and a real understanding of how to communicate with youth, are all crucial to tackling homophobia before it becomes an acceptable way of thinking. This what Pink Triangle Theatre does, and for that its four man team should be applauded.”

Kevin Patrick O’Neil

The Editor selects Kevin Patrick O’Neil for Polari Magazine’s list of LGBT Heroes. For UK LGBT History Month 2012.

WHOF was started to manage this mammoth task. As of today there are 36, 452 members, and the group averages a staggering 63 million post views per month.