The International Day against Homophobia, Bi-phobia and Trans-phobia [IDAHOT] was an important day to raise awareness about the issues faced by the LGBTIQ community. This year EQUAL GROUND in collaboration with the U.S Embassy in Sri Lanka observed IDAHOT by organizing a short film competition on the 17th of May 2017 at German Cultural Centre Colombo on the topics of intolerance, exclusion and violence faced by LGBTIQ persons in Sri Lanka. Among island wide participants the first prizefor the video was won by a group ofStudents of Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.