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The U.S. state of Florida is home to two politicians who have made a sport out of anti-LGBT rhetoric – former President Donald Trump and current Governor Ron DeSantis. The latter has signed into law the “Don’t Say Gay” bill banning teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression in schools. But that is just the start. There are a raft of other bills attacking the LGBTIQ community passed or being proposed.

And the people of Florida seemingly approve. Governor DeSantis was elected with a greatly increased majority at the last election. But there are voices speaking against these changes. Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s LGBTQ community. Brandon Wolf, Equality Florida Press Secretary joins us to discuss what is going on in Florida.

A wave of anti-LGBT hate is sweeping across formerly safe western countries – from the UK to Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The amplification of hate across multiple platforms – from blogs to mainstream media or social media – gives it a global audience. Many of the origins appear to be in America. But is it fair to point the finger or has social media just given a platform to a problem that has long been present?

This extremism has been driven by a mix of religion, nationalism, technology, commercialisation of news and sexual politics. Dr Justin Ellis – Senior Lecturer in Criminology at The University of Newcastle - has examined the growth of far-right opposition to LGBTIQ expression in Australia and the US in his research titled: Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer: Fighting for Recognition in Technocratic Times.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 30, 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.

When you woke up this morning, you probably thought about what you had on today – checked the weather, perhaps how you would get to work, perhaps who you would see or what you’ll have for dinner. For our guest tonight, each day started wondering if they would be attacked, imprisoned or even murdered. Each day was a test of survival.

From Uganda to a refugee camp in Kenya and now to a new home in Australia, in this podcast we hear an intensely personal story of Robert Kasozi. Robert who has come to Australia with the help of LGBTIQ charity Humanity in Need, Rainbow Refugees who support refugees in East Africa. Also joining us is David Ayliffe from Humanity in Need.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 23, 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.

It’s Eurovision time! It should be a time of wild celebrations, outrageous performances and controversial costumes. But for last year’s winner, it has been anything but that. Ukraine remains in the grips of war. Lives and livelihoods have been lost, homes destroyed and life’s simple pleasures have been replaced by a daily fight for survival.

And the LGBT community is not immune. While some party in Liverpool in the UK, members of Ukraine’s rainbow community have gone to fight or flee to safety. Progress on LGBT rights in Ukraine is on hold. But you will hear first hand in this podcast, the spirit of hope and defiance inside Ukraine as we revisit our chat with the Executive Director of Kyiv Pride, Lenny Emson.