Being gay in a highly conservative country where same-sex love can land you in gaol is highly risky.  When it is a war-torn country that you need to escape in order to survive, it takes […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_worldwide/p/joy.org.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week ending 25 March 2018. World Wide Waves aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. […]http://media.rawvoice.

Immigration is a hot topic around the world at the moment.  Canada has been one of the countries held up as a progressive and accepting beacon in a changing world.  But is that perception a reality.  For one […]http://media.rawvoice.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week ending 11 March 2018. World Wide Waves aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. […]http://media.rawvoice.

2018 is a very special Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.  Not only is it the 40th anniversary of what began as a protest, turned into a riot and then grew into a glittering street parade – […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_worldwide/p/joy.org.

Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras began as a street fight.  It was a statement of visibility and defiance for a community that was either ignored or attacked.  Things in Hong Kong are not quite as bad […]http://media.rawvoice.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week ending 4 March 2018. World Wide Waves aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. […]http://media.rawvoice.

 Cyclone Gita has devastated the Pacific peace with thousands of people in Tonga and Samoa left without homes. So there is no more appropriate time to be talking about disasters and the humanitarian response from […]http://media.rawvoice.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week ending 25 February 2018. World Wide Waves aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our […]http://media.rawvoice.

This country has been lauded as the first country in Asia to legalise marriage equality despite being a relatively conservative country.  But for Taiwan’s LGBTI population, marriage equality is not yet there. Is marriage equality […]http://media.