Making rainbow waves

By: ILGA World
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  • Welcome to "Making Rainbow Waves", a podcast by ILGA World telling the stories of LGBTI human rights defenders worldwide. ILGA World – the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association - is a worldwide federation of more than 2,000 organisations from over 170 countries and territories campaigning for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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Episodes
  • “We intersex people are human, just like you”
    Sep 17 2024

    In April 2024, something truly transformative happened at the United Nations: the Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution specifically addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics.


    For this episode, we sat down with four intersex human rights defenders: Crystal Hendricks (ILGA World), Obioma Chukwuike (Intersex Nigeria), Kimberly Zieselman (Outright International) and Kaisli Syrjänen (ISIO – Intersex Human Rights Finland and OII Europe) shared with us what this resolution means to intersex movement, and their own experience as human rights advocates.


    This is a much-needed listen to learn more and take action: the United Nations Officer of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has recently published a call for input – seeking to inform the preparation of the report mandated by this resolution, and there is until 20 November 2024 to send your comments!


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    42 mins
  • "There is a lot more visibility and people being able to be themselves": the Guyana Together Campaign
    Apr 29 2024

    In this episode, we talk with Nazima Raghubir, who shares about the Guyana Together human rights campaign and discusses the current human rights situation for LGBTQ people in Guyana. You can learn more about the campaign by following their socials @GuyanaTogether


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    23 mins
  • "We are lesbians and we have rights": a conversation with Gulzada Serzhan (Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita")
    Mar 8 2024

    What do we talk about, when we talk about alliances and solidarity between the LGBTI and the feminist movements?


    The words of Gulzada Serzhan, co-founder of Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita" and guest on the latest episode of ILGA World's Making Rainbow Waves podcast, explain it very clearly: "In my opinion, hate against the LGBTIQ community and misogyny have similar features backed by a patriarchal society. Therefore, we put ourselves as a part of a feminist movement." On the occasion of this year's International Women Day, these words must be heard louder than ever.


    We met Gulzada as her organisation prepares to follow up on the important recommendation obtained by the UN Committee Against Torture, where her advocacy highlighted the human rights situation of LGBTI detainees. Together, we went over Gulzada's journey as an activist, the current situation of the LGBTI community in Kazakhstan and the region more broadly, and why it is important to engage grassroots communities about recommendations and advances obtained at the international level.


    ACCESSIBILITY: A transcription of the episode, and its translation to Spanish, are available on ILGA World's website at https://ilga.org/podcast-making-rainbow-waves-1x06-feminist-initiative-feminita-kazakhstan


    "These recommendations are in a very official language," she told us. "So we try to explain them in a very friendly way in our meetings. I think it gives (the community) some confidence" if you explain "what those recommendations mean, why it is important for us, how it works, and what you can do to use those changes in your life."


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    31 mins

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