Openly LGBT+ News

Openly LGBT+ News
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A weekly LGBT+ news podcast, supported by the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Impartial LGBT+ news for a world that isn't

Episodes

  1. 01/14/2021

    How social media companies deal with online hate speech

    On this week's Openly podcast, Hugo Greenhalgh asks how social media companies are balancing free speech with protecting LGBT+ people and other minorities from hateful speech that can incite real-world violence. He also hears about how LGBT+ Ugandans have been targeted by politicians ahead of today's presidential election and the year ahead for LGBT+ rights in Thailand.

    28 min

  2. 01/07/2021

    U.S. Senate Georgia run-off elections and LGBT+ rights

    On this week's Openly podcast, Rachel Savage hears what the election of two Democrat Senators in the U.S. state of Georgia means for president-elect Joe Biden's LGBT+ rights agenda. She also talks through the major LGBT+ legislative battles set to take place in 2021 and talks to Lithuania's only openly LGBT+ MP.

    25 min

  3. 12/17/2020

    UK drops three-month celibacy ban on gay and bi men donating blood

    On this week's Openly podcast, Hugo Greenhalgh discusses the UK changing its rules for gay and bisexual men seeking to donate blood, and looks back at the issues facing the LGBT+ community over the course of 2020 in the US and Brazil

    30 min

  4. 12/10/2020

    The battles ahead for LGBT+ communities around the world

    On this week's Openly podcast, Hugo Greenhalgh looks back at the issues facing LGBT+ communities around the world over the course of 2020. In this episode, we focus on Kenya and Thailand; and Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Jack Graham catches up with actor and film-maker Clea Duvall about her new LGBT+ Christmas movie.

    36 min

  5. 12/03/2020

    British court rules out puberty blockers for trans kids in most cases

    On this week's Openly podcast, Hugo Greenhalgh looks at the recent British High Court’s ruling on puberty blockers for transgender children; the Dutch government paying compensation for the forced sterilisation of trans people; and the life stories that shape World AIDS Day.

    25 min

  6. 11/26/2020

    On a tour of trans life in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi

    On this week's Openly podcast, Hugo Greenhalgh discusses a tour of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, giving visitors a glimpse into the life of the country's transgender community; Drag Race star Courtney Act’s new play opens in London’s West End; and the life and work of travel writer and trans pioneer Jan Morris.

    21 min
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A weekly LGBT+ news podcast, supported by the Thomson Reuters Foundation | Impartial LGBT+ news for a world that isn't

Information

  • Creator
    Openly LGBT+ News
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    Openly LGBT+ News