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For Episode 6, we do a spot of time travelling to go back to a chat that host Dan Vo had late last year with the GiveOut team looking back on a tough year for everyone and reflecting on our hopes for 2021.

You'll hear from founder and chair Elliot Vaughn, Executive Director Rupert Abbott and Grant-making Officer Claire Tunnacliffe. We also share reflections from some of GiveOut's Grant Partners, including Amir Ashour from IraQueer, Alexus D'Marco from the United Caribbean Trans Network, Sebenzile Nkambule from The Other Foundation and Vikram Sahai from the Centre for Law and Policy Research. Plus, in the spirit of what was the silly season we are joined by a very special guest - the beautiful Bob the Unicorn!

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 5, host Dan Vo and GiveOut's Supporter Engagement Officer Lee Dibben speak with Renae Green, Director of Policy and Advocacy at TransWave, Jamaica's first non-profit organisation dedicated solely to promoting the health and wellbeing of trans, gender non-conforming and intersex communities.

Renae tells us about how Trans Awareness Month will be celebrated in Jamaica, including marking Trans Day of Remembrance coming up on Friday 20 November 2020. Renae also tells us about the Trans Emergency Fund and other essential work on mental health and wellbeing.

Plus Antonia Belcher joins us to talk about the Antonia and Andrea Belcher Fund with GiveOut, which was established to support the trans movement globally, ensuring that trans activists and organisations have more of the resources they need to defend their communities and campaign for change.

About Renae Green

Renae is an LGBTQI, youth and women's rights advocate and serves as the LGBT representative on the Jamaica Country Coordinating Mechanism for the Global fund (JCCM). She is Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy for TransWave and is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the organization's advocacy strategies as it relates to key human rights, HIV and development issues to improve the human rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

TransWave is Jamaica's first non-profit organisation dedicated solely to promoting the health and wellbeing of trans, gender non-conforming and intersex communities. Its advocacy focuses on legal gender recognition, non-discrimination, and access to affordable gender-affirming and transition-related healthcare.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 4, host Dan Vo and GiveOut's Supporter Engagement Officer Lee Dibben speak with Rima Athar, Coordinator at the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) an international solidarity network which advances the integration of a holistic approach to sexual and bodily rights as human rights across Muslim societies.

Rima tells us about how CSBR is helping to amplify LGBTQI voices across outh Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and North Africa through digital storytelling. Rima also tells us about the communities of care that CSBR is creating in the region to respond quickly to calls for food, medicine and essential services among the LGBTQI community through their Resilience Seed Grants programme.

Plus Suki Sandhu joins us to talk about the Suki Sandhu LGBTQI Asia Fund with GiveOut, which was established to support LGBTQI human rights activism in Asia, and how his business was one of 103 that supported Stonewall UK's recent campaign for trans equality.

About Rima Athar

Rima Athar, is Coordinator of CSBR, is a published author and a feminist organising for rights and justice all over the world. Most recently and Rima helped plan the first ever Global Feminist Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) Women's Conference.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

CSBR is an international solidarity network that supports the integration of a holistic approach to sexual and bodily rights as human rights across Muslim societies in South Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and North Africa through feminist knowledge building, strategic convenings, and activist capacity-building. GiveOut is supporting CSBR's movement building work for queer Muslims, and affirming & inclusive approaches to faith and sexuality.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 3, host Dan Vo and GiveOut's Grant-making Officer Claire Tunnacliffe speak with Amir Ashour, founder of IraQueer, to learn about how the organisation is working to challenge anti-LGBTQI hate speech in the mainstream Iraqi media.

Amir tells us about how IraQueer is providing safe house refuges for LGBTQI individuals during the pandemic, his own personal journey as a refugee, and shares his thoughts on the the role of young people in the fight for human rights following Iraq's October Revolution in 2019.

Plus Tag Warner from Gay Times, sponsor of Amplifund with GiveOut, joins us to talk about supporting LGBTQI media activism around the world and Gay Times' new 'It can happen. It does happen. It will happen.' campaign.

About Amir Ashour

Amir Ashour is a human rights defender with ten years of experience working with Iraqi and international organisations. He is the founder and Executive Director of IraQueer, and also holds a master's degree in human rights from Columbia University.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

IraQueer is Iraq's first and leading LGBTQI human rights organisation.

Although Iraqi law does not expressly prohibit consensual same-sex sexual activity, the law disproportionately disadvantages sexual and gender minorities. Due to this, the LGBTQI community in Iraq faces discrimination, threats, physical attacks, and even killings. IraQueer sees a lack of visibility and effective advocacy as the main obstacles to LGBTQI acceptance in Iraq, and is working to protect and promote the human rights of LGBTQI people.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 2, host Dan Vo and GiveOut Grant-making Officer Claire Tunnacliffe visit Pretoria to speak with Steve Letsike, Director of Access Chapter 2, to find out about how her organisation is providing essential support to the LGBTQI community in South Africa.

Steve tells us about how the values of fair play she learnt as a young soccer player shapes how she thinks about teamwork today in the fight for equality, how Access Chapter 2 is doing vital work in challenging conversion therapy, as well as her thoughts on the organisation's extraordinary work during this crisis.

Plus Steve Wardlaw, sponsor of the Emerald 50 Fund with GiveOut drops by to talk about the Fund and his relationship with Access Chapter 2.

About Steve Letsike

Steve Letsike is a well known South African activist, not only within the LGBTI sector but also on issues of feminism, human rights and social justice. She is the Founding Director of Access Chapter 2, a human rights organisation with a specific focus on LGBTI populations and issues of gender equity.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

Access Chapter 2 (AC2) works to protect and promote the human rights of LGBTQI people, women and girls in South Africa.

The organisation seeks to uphold South Africa's bill of rights, found in Chapter 2 of the country's Constitution, which guarantees civil, political and socio-economic rights for all. AC2's vision and mission is built from a women's and LGBTI centred approach, and seeks to ensure civil society sector's substantive participation in civil, political and socio-economic rights as enshrined in the bill of rights.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo

In Episode 1, host Dan Vo and GiveOut Grant-making Officer Claire Tunnacliffe zoom to Jakarta to speak with Lini Zurlia, Advocacy Officer for ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, about LGBTQI life under lockdown in Jakarta and how additional support is needed for the LGBTQI community in Indonesia right now.

Lini tells us about her religious background and overcoming challenges, what Pride looks like in Indonesia, how cultural narratives from Indonesia can help raise awareness and support for the LGBTQI rights movement now, and how LGBTQI activists must stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Plus Executive Director Rupert Abbott drops by to talk about the Covid-19 Global Solidarity Fund.

About Lini Zurlia

Lini Zurlia is an Indonesian queer feminist activist. She has been involved with issues of women and sexuality, democracy, and human rights in Indonesia for many years.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus is a network of LGBTQI human rights organisations working across Southeast Asia.

In 5 out of 11 countries in Southeast Asia, consensual same-sex sexual relations are criminalised. Even where they are not, the law often provides no protection for LGBTQI people, who face violence and discrimination.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben Editor: Samuel Gunn Host: Dan Vo