World Voices

Added on: 12/07/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
How has the Out-Right Namibia community been impacted by COVID-19? The community has been greatly impacted by the pandemic. We are inundated with requests for assistance on…
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Added on: 11/19/2020
Iván López-Justiniano
Alturi Contributor
  Hear the Interview in Spanish   How did you get involved in activism? Well, I actually did not start being an activist, I started as a…
Added on: 11/12/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
Can you tell me about how you decided to start The T Project? I’d been a sex worker for many years. Sex work is very mundane and…
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Added on: 11/04/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
What is it like in terms of self-expression in Ghana? How does that affect LGBT people? There are quite a number of inequalities here, and it streams…
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Added on: 10/23/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
I want to hear a bit about you. How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? The things that pushed me to be an activist centered around…
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Added on: 10/14/2020
Sarah Leistico
Alturi Contributor
How did you become involved with LGBTIQ activism? I have experience in several professions such as teaching and fashion design. I never thought I would call myself…
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Added on: 10/08/2020
Iván Lopez-Justiniano
Alturi Contributor
Listen to this interview in Spanish or read the translated transcription in English. https://www.alturi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/audio_only.m4a   How did you get involved in activism? I started doing activism work…
Added on: 10/01/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
How did you become involved in LGBTI activism? I started my advocacy journey in HIV/AIDS work when I was about 14 years old. I went to a…
Added on: 09/23/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
I would love to hear a bit about your own introduction to LGBTI activism. Seven or eight years ago, I first started helping with Sofia Pride, which…
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Added on: 09/17/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
I’m wondering if you can tell me a little bit about what inspired the Sahodari Foundation. Since childhood, I’ve had difficult experiences because of my transgender identity….
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Added on: 09/09/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
Can you tell me about the image you made that circulated social media platforms in support of Julie Khan? I met Julie last year at the 2019…
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Added on: 09/03/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
What was it like to grow up as a queer person in Belarus? My story was, to a large extent, about invisibility. When I was growing up,…
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