Prides are being cancelled or postponed all over the world because of COVID-19. There’s a real fear that the LGBTQI-movement will experience backlashes because of the coronavirus all over the world.
To make sure LGBTQI-rights are not forgotten, political scientist Rémy Bonny will make a weekly podcast for “as long as Prides are being cancelled”. For the podcasts, he invites activists and experts from all around the world.
PRIDE #3:
This week Rémy Bonny discusses with the leader of Tbilisi Pride Giorgi Tabagari how the fight for equality continues in Georgia after widespread violence against the LGBTQ-community last year. With April Anderson, he discusses how search engine and social media algorithms have negative effects for the LGBTQ-movement.
Tabagari explains the importance of European and international pressure on the Georgian government, but if Europe wants to be taken serious on LGBTQ-issues it has to get the situation in member states like Poland and Hungary in order first.
Anderson exposes how the algorithms of search engines and social media favour conservative content over LGBTQ media.
This episode is listed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Deezer:
PRIDE #2:
In the second episode, Rémy Bonny discusses with Dominik Kuc and Łukasz Jurewicz how it is to grow up in increasingly anti-LGBTQ Poland. The ultraconservatives don’t limit their actions to Europe. With Heron Greenesmith(Political Research Associates), he discusses the anti-LGBTQ attacks in the United States.
This episode is listed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Deezer:
PRIDE #1:
In the first episode, Bonny discussed with Viktória Radványi of Budapest Pride the recent initiative to ban legal gender changes in Hungary. With Steve Taylor (EuroPride) and Hans Verhoeven (Amsterdam Pride) he discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Pride: “Some Prides might not exist anymore next year.”
This episode is listed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Deezer:
