Welcome to the web page of HODI, the first shared task on Homotransphobia Detection in Italian at 8th evaluation campaign EVALITA 2023.

Despite advancements in LGBTQIA+ rights, the Internet remains a hostile environment for LGBTQIA+ individuals. Natural language processing (NLP) is a key subject of research for combatting online hate speech since it can automate the process at scale while reducing online moderators' labor and mental stress. Despite the NLP community’s interest in hate speech detection datasets and models, very few studies covered hate speech against LGBTQIA+ community.

The HODI shared task will focus on identifying homotransphobia in Italian tweets.