Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 30, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics,...

With Eurovison, one thing is for certain, every year there will be controversy to some degree. This year the argument is over Israel. Elias Jahshan has been working for many years to give queer Arabs a voice. He has collected eighteen stories from queer Arabs in his new book, This Arab is Queer. The current war between Israel and Palestine has collided with Eurovision, leaving some to call for a boycott of Israel. Jahshan gives his perspective on this.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 23, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics,...

The west African country of Ghana has passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws. The country imposes gaol terms for anyone identifying as LGBTQ, anyone who founds LGBTQ groups and members of the public who fail to report anyone who they think is LGBTQ. The only thing stopping these laws is the country’s president. This has triggered an internation push to pressure the president to veto the laws, but so far there’s no sign either way of the president’s next move. Ohotuowo Ogbeche, from global...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to March 19, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics,...

We speak to Stefan and Sebastien, creators of The Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. What started out as blogging their travel adventures for friends has now turned into a full time job. They have now released their first book, ‘Out in the World: Your Gay Guide to Travelling With Pride’, detailing their stories and tips for queer travelers.

On this episode of World Wide Wave we hear from Arozak Salam, who immigrated from Indonesia to Australia in 2010. Salam was the first person to hold the title of Mr Gay Indonesia in 2014. We ask him what the situation is like for LGBTIQA+ people in Indonesia today and what inspired him to write his book, ‘I am That Unicorn’.

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 27, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the global LGBTQIA+ community as well as some of our successes. We take pride in interviewing a wide range of international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists,...

The mysterious disappearance this week of the leading opposition voice inside Russia is not a surprise to many. Alexei Navalny was an outspoken lawyer, crusading against corruption and dictators. It shows a ruthlessness in dealing with any potential threats inside Russia. For the LGBT community, there has been an exodus from Russia. The fear the outcomes of Russia’s expanding anti-LGBT propaganda laws, which effectively ban any public mention of same-sex relations, and the demonstrated...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 20, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ 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 international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics,...

As the curtain comes down on Melbourne’s annual celebration of Pride, the Midsumma festival, and goes up to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras – it’s a good time to dissect what Pride today means. Is it a protest, a victory dance over past wrongs, a corporate marketing platform, or just a big party? And how does it change with a world view? The expression of queer Pride differs all over the world and is certainly not always a party. In this podcast, we hear from international LGBT...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 13, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ 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 international LGBTQIA+ people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics,...

There is plenty of literature and scientific studies about so-called gay conversion therapy and it all says the same thing – it doesn’t covert people and it’s not a recognised therapy. Big psychology organisations across the globe oppose it and yet it still continues. Our guest on this podcast is a journalist and author who felt the need to covertly experience gay conversion therapy in order to write about it. Why people do it, how they get people in, and its dangers. We are joined by...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to February 6, 2024. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...

July is Pride month in many parts of the world. A chance to be visible, wave the rainbow flag and party. Well… not everywhere. The expression of queer pride differs all over the world and it is certainly not always a party. International LGBT advocacy organisation – Outright International – have released their third annual report on Pride around the world which highlights the challenges across the globe. In this podcast we get a world view of Pride from: * Noelle Campbell from the...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 27, 2023. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...

The U.S. state of Florida is home to two politicians who have made a sport out of anti-LGBT rhetoric – former President Donald Trump and current Governor Ron DeSantis. The latter has signed into law the “Don’t Say Gay” bill banning teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression in schools. But that is just the start. There are a raft of other bills attacking the LGBTIQ community passed or being proposed. And the people of Florida seemingly approve. Governor DeSantis was...

A wave of anti-LGBT hate is sweeping across formerly safe western countries – from the UK to Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The amplification of hate across multiple platforms – from blogs to mainstream media or social media – gives it a global audience. Many of the origins appear to be in America. But is it fair to point the finger or has social media just given a platform to a problem that has long been present? This extremism has been driven by a mix of religion, nationalism,...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 30, 2023. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...

When you woke up this morning, you probably thought about what you had on today – checked the weather, perhaps how you would get to work, perhaps who you would see or what you’ll have for dinner. For our guest tonight, each day started wondering if they would be attacked, imprisoned or even murdered. Each day was a test of survival. From Uganda to a refugee camp in Kenya and now to a new home in Australia, in this podcast we hear an intensely personal story of Robert Kasozi. Robert who has...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 23, 2023. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...

It’s Eurovision time! It should be a time of wild celebrations, outrageous performances and controversial costumes. But for last year’s winner, it has been anything but that. Ukraine remains in the grips of war. Lives and livelihoods have been lost, homes destroyed and life’s simple pleasures have been replaced by a daily fight for survival. And the LGBT community is not immune. While some party in Liverpool in the UK, members of Ukraine’s rainbow community have gone to fight or flee to...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 9, 2023. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...

It’s Radiothon – JOY’s annual fundraising campaign to keep us out, loud and proud. Building on last year’s theme ‘Grow with JOY’, this year’s theme is “Together we Thrive”. We are strengthened and better together. JOY is Australia’s only LGBTIQ+ radio station and we are currently building the organisation to a point of sustainability to ensure it is here for future generations. In order to support this growth, we need your help. Resourcing JOY takes energy, passion and most of all money...

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 2, 2023. 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 international LGBT people and supporters including politicians, activists, academics, parents,...