Outright Proud Podcast Outright International

On this week’s episode, Neela Ghoshal, Outright’s Senior Director of Law, Policy & Research, has a thrilling conversation with Chamindra Weerawardhana about what parenting means to Chamindra as a queer woman and how she navigates conversations with her children and at their school about gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, consent education, racism, and rainbow family dynamics.

In this episode, Noor, our LBQ Connect program officer, interviews her colleague Ging Cristobal, Project Coordinator for Asia and Pacific Islands, about her special story of being the chosen parent to her daughter and the challenges they faced in the Phillippine’s context.

This podcast series, featuring Linda Baumann (Namibia), Chanel van der Linde (South Africa) and hosted by Matuba Mahlatjie aims to comprehensively analyze elections taking place in the respective countries. The focus is on the political landscape, implications for LGBTIQ people from a human rights perspective, and how LGBTIQ communities are engaging in these political moments.

Laura Piazza interviews Gloriah Dhel about the challenges she faces as a lesbian mom in Uganda and how she finds support within the LBQ community.

Andrea and Barbara have been together for 17 years and now they are moms to Isabela. They are both activists from El Salvador, now based in Europe, where they co-founded the Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders. Andrea is also a member of the LBQ Connect Sounding Board. Listen to them interview each other about their experience of being queer parents, especially as refugees living outside their country of origin.

On this episode of the Outright Proud Podcast, we're joined by a leading voice in the fight for LGBTQ rights in Uganda, one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2024, and executive director at Sexual Minorities Uganda - advocate Frank Mugisha. Listen in as we scrutinize Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 and explore its implications.