QUEER SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS

A resource list of organizations, activist, news and podcasts around the world accumulated by Steps Of Pride Keynote speaker, Graham Robertson

 
 

 Organizations and Activists

LGBT+ Rights Ghana

  • LGBT+ Rights Ghana is a Movement of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, Intersex, Queer and Allies championing the fight for freedom for LGBT+ persons in Ghana.

Website: lgbtrightsgh.org 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lgbtrightsghana/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LGBTRightsGhana

Phyll Opouku-Gyimah

  • Phyllis Akua Opoku-Gyimah, also known as Lady Phyll, is a British political activist, co-founder of UK Black Pride and executive director of the international LGBT+ organization, Kaleidoscope Trust.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladyphyll
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsLadyPhyll

Dialogo Diverso

  • Dialogo Diverso is the first organization in Ecuador that works in favour of the rights of LGBTIQ+ migrants and refugees.

Website: https://dialogodiverso.org/didi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DialogoDiverso
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DialogoDiverso/

IGLYO

  • The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex Youth and Student Organization (IGLYO) is an international LGBTQI organization counting more than 100 Member Organizations in over 40 countries across the Council of Europe. IGLYO’s mission is to advance the rights of LGBTQI youth, fight for equality and inclusion, and empower LGBTQI youth voices through international training and events, thematic research and advocacy campaigns, online tools and resources, networking activities, and much more.

Website: https://www.iglyo.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iglyo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IGLYO

Zander Moricz

  • Zander Moricz is the youngest public plaintiff in the “Don’t Say Gay” plaintiff in the United States. Zander is part of the Social Equity and Education Initiative, a group of over 1,000 organizers fighting to defend marginalized groups across the U.S.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zandermoricz
Twitter (Social Equity and Education Initiative): https://twitter.com/socialeqanded

Seed Foundation

  • SEED Malaysia is a non-profit organization that provides support for the Trans, homeless and other marginalized communities of Malaysia.

Website: https://seedfoundation.com.my/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seedmalaysia/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SEEDMalaysia

Feminita

  • The Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative "Feminita" is a grassroots queer-feminist human rights organisation working to protect the rights of women, from the most oppressed groups in Kazakhstan (lesbians, bisexuals, queer and trans women, women with disabilities, to women engaged in sex work).

Website: https://feminita.kz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kazfeminita/

News and Podcasts

Openly

  • Openly is a global digital platform delivering fair, accurate and impartial LGBT+ news to a world that isn’t. powered by original coverage from the Thomson Reuters foundation, Openly also aggregates select LGBT+ news and authoritative reports from other sources, with the ambition of becoming the ultimate destination for trusted LGBT+ news and information from around the world.

Website: https://www.openlynews.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Openly

QueerAF

  • QueerAF is an award-winning one-of-a-kind podcast that pays, mentors, and supports LGBTQIA+ young people with vital stories to share. Funded by National Student Pride, the podcast chronicles stories beyond the binary stories about queerness, sexuality, gender, and identity.

Website: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/

LGBTQ&A

  • With the social and legal consequences that still come with being out today, with so few public examples of us, only a fraction of our stories are being told. And yet, some of the most important people in LGBTQ+ history are alive today. LGBTQ&A features weekly interviews with the most interesting and influential members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/lgbtq-a/id1151561226