World Wide Wave

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to September 13, 2022. 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...

Coming out to family is an experience that binds members of the LGBT community. It’s scary. It’s unknown. And it’s full of questions…and acronyms! But for most parents there are just as many questions and many more unknowns. Through his own experience of coming out, one Irishman has created a guide to help. The guide has been designed to give parents and guardians – whether they have LGBTQ+...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to September 6, 2022. 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...

The largest HIV and AIDS Conference in the world was held in the past few weeks in Montreal, Canada. While Covid-19 has dominated the media and our mindsets, there were 1.5 million new HIV infections each year. The conference brings together the brightest scientists, researchers and doctors to continue to fight this global epidemic. And just as HIV fights for some coverage against Covid-19, anothe...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to August 30, 2022. 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 in...

In the early hours of the morning before Norway’s Pride celebrations in Oslo, a lone gunman took to the streets of the capital and shot at random. The attack occurred in central Oslo’s packed nightlife district, including iconic gay bar The London Pub. The attack lasted only minutes but left two members of the LGBTIQ community dead and more than 20 other people injured. Pride events were cancelled...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to August 16, 2022. 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 in...

It’s about time! On Sunday night, Singapore’s Prime Minister made an announcement that the government will repeal the colonial era law that bans consensual sex between men – the gross indecency laws. The news was celebrated locally and applauded internationally. But there’s a catch that has some in the LGBT community concerned and angry. It has been a hard fought victory with years of court challe...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to August 23, 2022. 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 in...

Like it or not, the media has incredible power. The power to amplify an issue or to silence one. The power to rally people behind a cause or fight against one. With that power comes great responsibility – the obligation to be fearless, factual and fair. But when it comes to LGBTIQ issues, that is not always the reality. One country that is tackling head-on the way LGBTIQ people are seen in the med...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to July 26, 2022. 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 inte...

A very big court ruling happened in last week but you may have missed it. The High Court in the former British colony of Antigua and Barbuda struck down the colonial-era sodomy laws – including up to 15 year prison sentence that came with convictions. What makes this case even more interesting was the role the government played in the final decision. Not only will we learn more about the country a...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to July 12, 2022. 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 inte...

Whilst LGBT pride happens 365 days a year, there is a big focus in June in northern hemisphere countries. Pride began as a movement with a protest – the famed Stonewall riots in New York City – in response to police intimidation of the community. Back then, Pride had a very clear purpose. It was a protest. But amidst all the parties and parades of today, has Pride lost its purpose? International L...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to July 5, 2022. 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 inter...

With news from Thailand that marriage equality could shortly be a reality, you might think there is cause for hope for rainbow rights in the region. But with anti-gay sentiment sweeping Indonesia and Brunei labelled the most unsafe country in the world for queer people, it is clear that LGBTQIA rights in South East Asia are a complex web. But some recent regional reforms might help local activists...

This World Wide Wave podcast is the special extended interview with Anthony Langlois, Associate Professor in International Relations at Flinders University. With news from Thailand that marriage equality could shortly be a reality, you might think there is cause for hope for rainbow rights in the region. But with anti-gay sentiment sweeping Indonesia and Brunei labelled the most unsafe country in...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 28, 2022. 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 inte...

The most frequent narrative of queer people in the Middle East is one of being persecuted by government and religion. Being ostracised by society and rejected by families. There is truth to these stories, but there are also other stories to be told. Elias Jahshan was determined to give Arabs the space to tell their stories on their terms. He has collected eighteen stories of queer Arabs in his boo...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 21, 2022. 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 inte...

This week is the 6th anniversary of the horrific Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. It was an attack that left 49 members of the LGBTI community dead, with most also part of the Latin-X community. We remember them. It is within that shadow that we tonight discuss the dark side of racism – but this time, within our own community. The LGBTQIA+ community is a diverse mix but not alwa...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 14, 2022. 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 inte...

The election of Joe Biden over Donald Trump as US President was supposed to see a change in the way politics was done – towards a less divided United States. The LGBTIQ community especially was looking for change. So a little over a year since President Biden’s inauguration, where are we now? Already this year, more than 300 anti-LGBTQ Bills have been proposed across America – most targeting the T...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 31, 2022. 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 inter...

There are many identifiable sub-groups within the rainbow community – from lipstick lesbians to twinks or leather men, diversity is generally embraced. And when you do find your tribe, it can be a life-changing moment. One group that rarely needs a descriptive introduction are the Bears. But what do we really know about Bear culture? Taking us into the world of Bears – including an intriguin...