Making rainbow waves

Sep 17 2024 9 ep. 29 mins 4
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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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“We intersex people are human, just like you”

Sep 17 2024 42 mins  
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 C

"There is a lot more visibility and people being able to be themselves": the Guyana Together Campaign

Apr 29 2024 22 mins  
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 @GuyanaTogetherHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

"We are lesbians and we have rights": a conversation with Gulzada Serzhan (Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita")

Mar 08 2024 31 mins  
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 feature

"Human rights are our shared idea": Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ILGA World's United Nations programme

Dec 18 2023 33 mins  
In 2023, ILGA World celebrated the 10th anniversary of its United Nations programme.For this new episode of Making Rainbow Waves, ILGA World sat down with Kseniya Kirichenko, our UN programme manager, to retrace the history of how the organisation has engaged with international human rights spaces throughout its existence, navigating these global fora to uplift the voices of grassr

"We are part of humanity": a conversation about the importance of trans depathologisation

Oct 21 2023 45 mins  
What do we talk about when we talk about trans depathologisation? Pathologisation refers to the idea that someone - just by existing, so just by being trans - is somehow intrinsically disordered. Depathologisation, then, means shifting focus from treating trans and gender-diverse identities as mental disorders to prioritising the health and well-being needs of trans people in the

"I hope for a community centre of our own": a conversation with Enkhmaa Enkhbold (LGBT Centre Mongolia)

May 15 2023 26 mins  
Engaging with the United Nations human rights system can seem daunting for activists. And yet, it can be to outstanding results - the kind of achievements that are relevant not just for one’s country, but at the global level. Enkhmaa Enkhbold, the executive director of LGBT Centre Mongolia, built her own experience in the field by engaging with numerous UN human rights mechanis

It gets better, and we should accept nothing less than that: a conversation with Brian Wenke (It Gets Better Project)

Feb 16 2022 22 mins  
The 30th ILGA World Conference will take place in May 2022 under the theme: "LGBTIQ youth: future present change": hundreds of LGBTIQ human rights defenders from all over the world will gather in LA Long Beach, California, United States. The event will be hosted by the It Gets Better Project, an organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ youth around the glo

Pride is how you choose to express: a conversation with Julian Sanjivan (InterPride)

Jun 24 2021 22 mins  
On this Pride Month, ILGA World met with Julian Sanjivan, who is the co-president of InterPride - the global network of Pride organisations from around the world, as well as regional, national, and local pride networks. We came together to talk about their personal story, how the Pride movement has made it through the Covid-19 pandemic, and so much more. Here’s what they told us.

How laws and policies impact on trans persons' lives

Nov 05 2020 20 mins  
How do laws around the world set out how trans and gender-diverse people can change their sex/gender marker and names on official identity documents? And which laws are in place worldwide that criminalise trans identities? Released in September 2020, the Trans Legal Mapping Report details the situation in 143 UN member States, In this episode,we met with Julia Ehrt and Zhan Chiam t