by Joseph Katusabe | 17 Jan 2024 | Africa, African Leadership Academy, Catholicism, Decoder Replay, Human Rights, Religion, Student Posts, Youth Voices
One parishioner argues that the Church should welcome gay members. The Pope is just now cracking open the door by offering a small blessing. Vatican City with an LGBT flag superimposed to seem waving in welcome. Photo illustration by News Decoder. Editor’s note:...
by Claire Ji | 6 Dec 2018 | Human Rights, Middle East, Podcasts
Israel is the most gay-friendly nation in the Middle East. But it’s not perfect. Listen to two activists discuss their work to uphold gay rights in Israel. Interested in identity and gender, Giuliana Nicolucci-Altman spent a summer studying in Jerusalem trying...
by Nick Trombola | 19 Dec 2017 | Africa, Human Rights, Indiana University, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Joseph Kawesi is a transgender woman who risks prison for her gender identity. But she fights for her rights and those of Uganda’s LGBTQ community. Joseph Kawesi sits in her small home in a Kampala slum. Days before, this space was ransacked, apparently due to...