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  • #2 Tbilisi Pride amid threats from ultranationalists and far-right groups

    On 4 June 2021, the organisation Tbilisi Pride announced that Pride Week in Georgia would be held in the first week of July. Pride Week is comprised of three events, the final of which is the March for Dignity.  The March for Dignity is the gathering of the LGBT+ community and their allies on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. Far right groups have threatened the organizers and protesters. Now even members of the government expressed that they prefer the Pride events to not take place. We have invited Aia Beraia, Georgian queer-feminist and researcher at Tbilisi Pride to understand the situation more.

    23 min
  • #1 Will Italy's anti-discrimination law be approved and protect the LGBTQ+ community?
    Coinciding with Pride Month, we launch our podcast with a conversation about the LGBTQ+ struggle in
    Italy with professor Angelo Schillaci. Although part of the EU, Italy is severely lacking in
    protecting the LGBTQ+ community. The far-right parties are now endangering it even more by
    purposely delaying the approval of the new “Zan Law against hate crimes towards women,
    disabled and LGBTQ+ people”. With homophobic aggressions being recorded every day, we analyse the struggle for civil rights in one of the oldest countries in the world.
    47 min

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Activism, important causes and outspoken changemakers - welcome to the Activism Academy podcasts where Khalifa Ihler Institute researchers Miriam Fanin and Hella Grichi invite activists and changemakers to discuss burning topics: politics, human rights and so many more issues that need to be addressed. Join us for exciting episodes with guests who will help you widen your horizon and get you thinking about what matters and why.