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 Bette

Rainbow Advocacy to Stop Domestic & Family Violence in Myanmar

Nov 23rd, 2020 37m 24s

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 inv

HIV and Human Rights

Sep 29th, 2020 10m 34s

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. Kary

Feminism in Algeria

Sep 29th, 2020 17m 52s

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 independen

OutRight Alum Helps Resist Soviet Coup Attempt

Sep 25th, 2020 9m 53s

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

From Lebanon to Canada

Sep 18th, 2020 15m 8s

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 dis

Seeking Asylum

Sep 15th, 2020 57m 28s

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 na

Organizational Sustainability: OutRight COVID-19 Grant Recipient

Sep 11th, 2020 22m 19s

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

Filipino Resilience: OutRight COVID-19 Grant Recipient

Sep 4th, 2020 28m 51s

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 fu

Changing the Narrative

Aug 28th, 2020 24m 58s

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 organizati

Hope for LGBTIQ Equality

Aug 11th, 2020 10m

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 i

On Pride and Partnership in Latvia

Aug 7th, 2020 25m 20s

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

Productivity Versus Burnout

Aug 4th, 2020 10m 52s

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

None of Us Are Just One Thing

Jul 31st, 2020 13m 4s

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 i

Getting food on the table

Jul 28th, 2020 11m 33s

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 ge

Being Trans in Kuwait

Jul 24th, 2020 27m 33s

In this episode of OutRight TV, Arabic Media Coordinator Nazeeha Saeed speaks to Kuwait natives Nour and Yousef, a transgender woman and a transgender man. Staying anonymous due to safety reasons, the two talk to Nazeeha about violence, discrim

Utilizing the Internet During a Pandemic

Jul 17th, 2020 10m 17s

In this episode of OutRight TV, UN Program Officer Luiza Veado speaks to Roberto Cuerto, founder of Somoskuir, a digital platform for queer people and stories. Roberto discusses how COVID-19 and it's consequential online events have expanded ac

The American Fashion Industry as a Gay Black Immigrant

Jul 14th, 2020 33m 34s

In this episode of OutRight TV, OutRight Regional Sexual and Development expert Kennedy Carrillo speaks with fashion designer Eddy Middleton. Eddy talks about the transition from growing up in Belize to studying and working in New York City and

I Am Samuel Producer Toni Kamau

Jul 10th, 2020 13m

In this episode of OutRight TV, Africa Program Officer Yvonne Wamari talks to Kenyan Producer Toni Kamau. Producer of the HRW film festival film "I Am Samuel," Toni talks about what it meant for the film to be released during Pride month and a

Alan Cumming Talks Terfs

Jul 8th, 2020 54m 8s

In this episode of OutRight TV, Executive Director Jessica Stern talks to actor, singer, and activist Alan Cumming. Jessica and Alan talk about TERFs in the LGBTIQ and feminist movements, the impact of J. K. Rowling's words on the safety of tra

#LoveWins in Montenegro

Jul 5th, 2020 30m 36s

In this episode of OutRight TV Senior Communications Manager Daina Ruduša talks to Danijel Kalezić, Executive Director of Queer Montenegro, the first LGBTIQ organization in Montenegro. The conversation happens two days after a historic moment -

A pandemic, an economic recession, and a political crisis

Jul 2nd, 2020 26m 28s

In this episode of OutRight TV, OutRight's Arabic Media Coordinator Nazeeha Saeed speaks with Tarek Zaidan, the Executive Director of Helem, the first queer Lebanese organization recognized in the MENA region. Tarek walks listeners through the

God Made Adam and Eve and I did Both

Jun 26th, 2020 15m 48s

In this episode of OutRight TV, UN Program Officer Sahar Moazami speaks to queer feminist activist Ritu Borah in Delhi. They discuss the intersections of the queer and feminist movements and how gender-based violence plagues them both. They tal

The Loss and Legacy of LGBTIQ activist Sarah Hegazi

Jun 19th, 2020 13m 31s

In this episode of OutRight TV, human rights lawyer Mostafa Fouad speaks with Nazeeha Saeed about the life and legacy of LGBTIQ activist Sarah Hegazi, just days after she took her own life in Canada, where she was seeking asylum. Mostafa discus

Racial Inequality, Police Brutality and Race Relations in the USA

Jun 12th, 2020 44m 59s

In this intensely personal episode Senior Development Manager Chandler Bazemore opens up to Executive Director Jessica Stern about growing up as a Black man in Virginia - the capital of the confederacy, about the four key conversations parents