A conversation with activists on the front line of the fight for LGBT+ rights.
Around the world, the LGBT+ community has won many victories in the fight for equality over the last few decades. But in recent years, these hard-earned rights have come under attack:
Governments across Eastern and Central Europe have rolled out a slew of anti-LGBT+ resolutions and discriminatory laws. Spurred on by powerful, conservative groups, leaders in several African and Latin American countries have moved on to curb tentative progress made by queer activists. And in the United States, the prospect of an end to the constitutional right to abortion looms darkly over the future of same-sex marriage in the country.
On June 23, 2022, we spoke to four activists from countries around the world who are holding the pink line in defending their communities against a rollback of the human rights of LGBT+ people.
Vlad Levente Viski is an LGBT feminist activist and PhD student in political science at the University of Bucharest. He is the Executive Director of the MozaiQ LGBT organization in Romania. He has published articles in Them, The Advocate, Vice, Adevărul, Critic Atac, Decât o Revistă and recently co-founded Triumf Amiria Queer Culture Museum, a cultural initiative aiming to promote queer culture, art and history.
Brian Wenke is the Executive Director of the It Gets Better Project and has led the global storytelling effort to empower LGBTQ+ youth since 2016. His expertise on the LGBTQ+ youth experience has been featured in major publications including Ad Age, ELLE, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Teen Vogue and The Hollywood Reporter, among others.
Bob is co-founder of Evangélicxs Pela Diversidade, the first evangelical LGBT organization in Latam, which works with: Training, Content Production and Teaching; Advocacy, Public Advocacy, Service and Diakonia. Through Evangélicxs, Bob is active in UN forums and coalitions at the OAS. He is also a geographer of religion and a professor of theology in the areas of Biblical Hermeneutics and Practical Theology.
Ebenezer Peegah is a Ghanaian human rights defender and activist. With over 7 years of experience, he is the Founder and Executive Director of Rightify Ghana, a not-for-profit organization. As part of his advocacy, he regularly engages governments, media and other key stakeholders in his area of work.
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