Middle East: queer life in the gulf states

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – July 2nd, 2024

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to July 2nd, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – July 2nd, 2024 [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave/2024/07/04/world-wide-wrap-lgbtqia-news-for-the-week-july-2nd-2024/] appeared first on World Wide Wave [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave].

Middle East: queer life in the gulf states

In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is dominated by migrants, including queer migrants, who make a deliberate decision to move there. One such migrant is telling their stories, including where queer people are not just surviving, but thriving. Gaar Adams is the author of a recently released book titled, ‘Guest privileges, queer lives and finding home in the Middle East’. The post Middle East: queer life in the gulf states [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave/2024/07/04/middle-east-queer-life-in-the-gulf-states/] appeared first on World Wide Wave [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave].

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 11th, 2024

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 11th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 11th, 2024 [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave/2024/06/12/world-wide-wrap-lgbtqia-news-for-the-week-june-11th-2024/] appeared first on World Wide Wave [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave].

Global: ILGA World’s new report on LGBTQIA+ rights

It’s Pride Month in the northern hemisphere. For many it’s party time, but for others there are still protests and a fight for visibility. Ahead of Pride Month, ILGA World launches a major new report, ‘Laws on us: a global overview of legal progress and backtracking on sexual orientation, gender identy, gender expresision and sex characteristics’, documenting legal developments affecting LGBTQIA+ people in 193 UN member states since January 2023. The report highlights the positive legal changes as well as the backsteps in LGBTQIA+ rights, including some alarming trends. Dhia Rezki is lead coauthor and joins us to discuss the findings. The post Global: ILGA World’s new report on LGBTQIA+ rights [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave/2024/06/12/global-ilga-worlds-new-report-on-lgbtqia-rights/] appeared first on World Wide Wave [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave].

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 4th, 2024

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 4th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 4th, 2024 [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave/2024/06/06/world-wide-wrap-lgbtqia-news-for-the-week-june-4th-2024/] appeared first on World Wide Wave [https://joy.org.au/worldwidewave].