World Wide Wave
Focusing on international LGBT news, advocacy and views by featuring a different country every week
Episodes
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to July 2nd, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is dominated by migrants, including queer migrants, who make a deliberate decision to move there.
One such migrant is telling their stories, including where queer people are not just surviving, but thriving. Gaar Adams is the author of a recently released book titled, ‘Guest privileges, queer lives and finding...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 11th, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ peopl...
It’s Pride Month in the northern hemisphere. For many it’s party time, but for others there are still protests and a fight for visibility. Ahead of Pride Month, ILGA World launches a major new report, ‘Laws on us: a global overview of legal progress and backtracking on sexual orientation, gender identy, gender expresision and sex characteristics’, documenting legal developments affecting LGBTQIA+ people in 193 UN member states sinc...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 4th, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
It’s Joys 30th year on air. Still Australia’s only dedicated LGBTQIA+ radio station and one of the longest continuously running queer radio stations in the world.
Tonight for this special radiothon episode, we have a very special guest who hails from the Torres Strait Islands and is now a Melbourne icon. We’re delighted to be joined by drag extraordinaire, Cerulean.
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Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 28th, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
The term ‘transgender’ is a modern concept. Only in the last thirty years or so has it gained wide-ranging acceptance, but this is where the name and the lived reality part ways. Transgender people by different names have been around for all time, including in imperial China.
Matthew Sommer is a professor of history at Stanford University and has scoured court records in China to uncover trans-people who, despite the hardships for ...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 14th, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
Do you ever lament the queer scene? Feel it’s not quite what it used to be? Do you feel there are fewer gay bars? The trend of gay bars closing is a worldwide phenomenon. Is it the death knell of queer nightlife, or merely a sign of reinvention? One person who is fascinated by the changes and what it means for the queer community is Amin Ghaziani, professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia and author of a new book...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 7, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people an...
Many queer people struggle to reconcile their religion with their sexuality. There just aren’t many accepting and inclusive religions. Queer Muslims are no exception. In Egypt, even though there is no explicit law against same-sex sexual acts, there are widespread reports of discrimination and even violence against LGBTQIA+ people.
Abdurahman Katamish is an Egyptian-born LGBT advocate, who moved to Melbourne seeking a more inclusiv...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 2, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people ...
The former Soviet country of Georgia has seen many challenges for the LGBTQIA+ community since the USSR collapsed in 1991. Homophobic politicians, pride march bans and violence.
Now the current ruling party is proposing a bill that could see bans on changing gender, same sex couples from adopting children, and the barring of public celebrations of same-sex relationships. But is this a serious threat, or a preelection storm in a tea...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 30, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
With Eurovison, one thing is for certain, every year there will be controversy to some degree. This year the argument is over Israel. Elias Jahshan has been working for many years to give queer Arabs a voice. He has collected eighteen stories from queer Arabs in his new book, This Arab is Queer. The current war between Israel and Palestine has collided with Eurovision, leaving some to call for a boycott of Israel. Jahshan gives hi...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 23, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
The west African country of Ghana has passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws. The country now imposes gaol terms for anyone identifying as LGBTQ, anyone who participates in LGBTQ groups and members of the public who fail to report anyone who they think is LGBTQ. The only thing stopping these laws is the country’s president. This has triggered an internation push to pressure the president to veto the laws, but so far there’s no ...
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to March 19, 2024.
World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes.
We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people...
We speak to Stefan and Sebastien, creators of The Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. What started out as blogging their travel adventures for friends has now turned into a full time job. They have now released their first book, ‘Out in the World: Your Gay Guide to Travelling With Pride’, detailing their stories and tips for queer travelers.
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