The Fight for LGBTQI+ Equality: Dispatches from the Front Lines
Description
In a candid exchange, Jessica Stern, former U.S. Special Envoy for LGBTQI+ Rights, and grassroots activists from around the world map the machinery of the moment: the stigmatization and targeting of LGBTQI+ communities to manufacture outrage and exploit it for political gain. Hear how frontline activists are meeting the moment in an age where LGBTQI+ people have become scapegoats of anti-democratic forces.
Featuring:
- Nayyab Ali (she/her)
Executive Director, Transgender Rights Consultants Pakistan (Pakistan) - Pau González Sánchez (he/him)
Co-Founder, PFLAG Panama (Panama) - Marline Oluchi (she/they)
Policy & Advocacy Lead, CHEVS (Nigeria) - Dilya Gafurova (she/her)
Head, Sphere Foundation (Russia) - Jessica Stern - Moderator (she/her)
United States Special Envoy for Human Rights of LBGTQI Persons
Co-sponsors:
Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy
Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
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