Director of Corporate Engagement at OutRight Action International Elise Colomer-Cheadle interviews Asian LGBTIQ activist and social entrepreneur Kenneth Kwok. Based in Hong Kong, Kenneth is Founder and CEO of Global Citizens Capital & the Better Together Foundation, Community Developer at SHK Group and the Founder & Co-President of Asia World Anti-Aging and Well-Being Association.

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LGBTIQ advocacy in Asia: day job, night job, passion job

A first time study on domestic and family violence against LGBT people in Myanmar was completed in 2019 and published in a report called, "Rainbow Tears." Grace Poore talks with two Myanmar LGBTI advocates Aung Myo Min & Aint Hmue, who were involved in the study. Findings will be used to push for a new law in Myanmar that prohibits violence against women and is LBT inclusive.

Rainbow Advocacy to Stop Domestic & Family Violence in Myanmar

In this episode of OutRight TV, Head of Operations Kevin Wanzor interviews OutRight Alum Karyn Kaplan. Karyn was an HIV Program Officer for OutRight (then IGLHRC) from 1998 - 2002 and continues to fight for HIV/AIDS treatment access today. Karyn talks about OutRight being invited to speak at the first ever UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS and helping mobilize Thailand to create the Thai Drug Users’ Network (TDN), the first of its kind in the region.

HIV and Human Rights

In this episode of OutRight TV, Arabic Media Coordinator Nazeeha Saeed speaks to Hanane Mettouchi, an Algerian feminist. Hanane talks about the feminist movement in Algeria, specifically in the way that they mobilize and campaign for independence, despite the backlash they face.

Feminism in Algeria

In acknowledging 30 years as an organization, this OutRight TV episode features OutRight alum Tom Boellstorff, interviewed by Operations Manager Kevin Wanzor. Tom was a volunteer for OutRight (then IGLHRC) in 1991 during the time IGLHRC hosted the International Gay and Lesbian Symposium and Film Festival in the Soviet Union. Tom talks about working with LGBTIQ activists in the USSR beyond the festival and playing a large role in resisting the Soviet coup d'état attempt by operating as an underground printing press. #OutRight30

OutRight Alum Helps Resist Soviet Coup Attempt

In this episode of OutRight TV, Arabic Media Coordinator Nazeeha Saeed speaks to Norma Lize, a trans activist from Lebanon who sought asylum in Vancouver, Canada two years ago. Norma, despite living her authentic life in Canada, talks about discrimination she continues to face based on her ethnicity and identity. Together they discuss the positive life changes that have come along with leaving their home country as well as the things they both miss about Lebanon.

From Lebanon to Canada

In this episode of OutRight TV, Arabic Media Coordinator Nazeeha Saeed speaks to Omar Hassan. Omar is a transgender male who left Egypt in 2010 to seek asylum in the US. Omar talks about coming to terms with his identity, his first love, and navigating discrimination - even from his own family.

Seeking Asylum

In this episode of OutRight TV, Africa Program Officer Yvonne Wamari speaks to Ishamael Bahati of PEMA Kenya. PEMA advances the human rights of gender and sexual minorities in Kenya and was one of OutRight's COVID-19 grant recipients. Ishamael talks about an inability to access government relief, hostile home environments, and the importance of maintaining organizational sustainability beyond relief money through social and economic empowerment programs.

Organizational Sustainability: OutRight COVID-19 Grant Recipient

In this episode of Outright TV, Asia Program Coordinator Ging Cristobal speaks to Maroz Ramos of GALANG Philippines. GALANG is one of the organizations in the Philippines that received a grant from OutRight's COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency fund. Maroz talks about GALANG's focus on the intersection of LBT rights, economic disadvantage, and feminism and shares how they were able to provide support to more than 200 people from 4 regional LBT organizations with their grant.

Filipino Resilience: OutRight COVID-19 Grant Recipient

In this episode of OutRight TV, Communications Assistant Kate Martin speaks to Beijing +25 fellow Ro-Ann Mohammed. Ro-Ann talks about her work diversifying the LGBTIQ narrative in the Caribbean through Pride events, research, and her organization, SHE Barbados. Ro-Ann encourages the global North to be mindful of the rhetoric used when speaking about homophobia in the Caribbean.

Changing the Narrative

In this episode of OutRight TV, UN Program Officer Luiza Veado talks to Human Rights Specialist Miguel Mesquita from Organization of American States. Together they talk about how the pandemic has exposed existing vulnerabilities, achievements in the LGBTIQ community, and solidarity among marginalized groups.

Hope for LGBTIQ Equality

In this episode of OutRight TV Senior Communications Manager Daina Ruduša speaks to her friend, and long-time LGBTIQ and human rights activist Kaspars Zālītis in Riga, Latvia. They talk about how far Latvia has come, about the drastic contrast between societal acceptance and political will, of the concerning development of a local nationalist politician being inspired by "LGBT Free Zones" in Poland, and just maybe, the hopeful possibility of partnership legislation on the horizon.

On Pride and Partnership in Latvia

Luiza Veado, OutRight's UN Program Officer interviews Gabriel Alves de Faria, a human rights activist and lawyer from Brazil and living in Belgium. Together they talk about the constant productivity that comes with being an activist and what it's like stepping back from work and focusing on family life. Gabriel's work with Not Only Voices can be found here: https://notonlyvoices.org.

Productivity Versus Burnout

In this episode of OutRight TV, UN Program Officer Luiza Veado interviews Amanda McRae, Director of UN Advocacy at Women Enabled International. Luiza and Amanda discuss WEI's work at the intersection of disability and gender, the similarities in discrimination during the COVID-19 response, and how organizations can be more intersectional.

None of Us Are Just One Thing

In this episode of OutRight TV, OutRight Program Officer Yvonne Wamari interviews Salome Nduta, a human rights defender from Nairobi, Kenya. They discuss the increased vulnerabilities marginalized groups are facing during COVID-19, including getting food on the table.

Getting food on the table

Human Rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere.

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