There is no doubt that there is a global attack on Trans people with anti-Trans laws and rhetoric continuing to grow. And if there is a front line, perhaps it is the US state of Texas. Whether it is a bill to remove gender affirming care or political directives to investigate parents for child abuse if they supported their Trans child with transitioning, the Texas parliament is on the attack. Despite this, our guest in this podcast insists that most Texans are accepting and progress has been made in LGBTIQ rights. But rights won can be rights lost. So Johnathan Gooch is part of the team at Equ ..read more

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 21, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 21 ..read more

In this podcast we venture to Central Africa and a country we have not visited before in over 11 years on air. In some ways, the Democratic Republic of Congo is more liberal than many African states, yet as we will hear, so many of the LGBTI community’s challenges are similar. Despite these challenges, another similarity is that there are dedicated and committed champions for the Congolese rainbow community. To share their story, we are joined by Raphaëlle Mutambala, Finance Officer at Rainbow Sunrise Mapambazuko. The post Democratic Republic of Congo: Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community appeared ..read more

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 14, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 14 ..read more

The latest display of World Pride has just concluded in Sydney. It was a month of celebrations of all things queer. But life is not all rainbows. There is evil in our ranks. From Emperors to shunned lovers to mass murderers and political leaders, just as there are good gays, there are also Bad Gays. Some bad gays are easy to find while others require investigation to get to the real story. Researching the stories of these bad gays into a book titled – Bad Gays: A Homosexual History – in this World Wide Wave podcast we are joined by the co-authors and queer history enthusiasts, Ben Miller and H ..read more

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 7, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 7, 20 ..read more

After following Russia, by introducing an anti-gay propaganda law, Hungary is again drawing the ire of the international community. Last year, Hungary’s parliament passed a law making it impossible for transgender or intersex people to legally change their gender. And earlier this month, the country’s Constitutional Court backflipped to back the law. To find out what the passage of these anti-trans laws means in Hungary and how the LGBTIQ community is responding, we are joined by Luca Dudits, Executive Board member and communications officer at The Hatter Society – Hungary’s oldest LGBTIQ advo ..read more

It’s been called an assault on religious minorities, women and LGBT people. A worrying step back for democracy and human rights. And a crackdown on dissent. There are very few, if any, people speaking out in support of the Indonesia’s new criminal code. Yet it passed parliament with the support of almost all political parties. It contains some direct threats to Indonesia’s LGBT community and also some potentially hidden ones. To guide us through the extensive changes and what they mean, in this podcast we are joined by Tim Lindsey – the Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Soci ..read more

This podcast is the special extended interview with Tim Lindsey – the Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at The University of Melbourne. It’s been called an assault on religious minorities, women and LGBT people. A worrying step back for democracy and human rights. And a crackdown on dissent. There are very few, if any, people speaking out in support of the Indonesia’s new criminal code. Yet it passed parliament with the support of almost all political parties. It contains some direct threats to Indonesia’s LGBT community and also some potentially hidden ones. To guid ..read more

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to February 14, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBT community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents, authors, students, professionals and more. The post World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to Februar ..read more