World Wide Wave

5 Jan 2016

2015: The year in review – Part 2

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Broadcast – 5 January 2016

In the second part of our walk down memory lane of 2015, we bring back some of the best interviews of our 52 shows of last year.

We revisit;

• The historic US Supreme Court ruling in favour of marriage equality with comedian and activist Robyn Tyler.

  [Listen to the full episodes here and here]

• Anastasia from SIBALT in Siberia tells us how they deliver HIV support services in remote Russia despite their anti-gay propaganda laws.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

• We look at gay fashion with Dr Shaun Cole from the London College of Fashion.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

• Bisi Alimi tells us of his personal story of how he ‘came out’ on national television in Nigeria and then had to flee the country.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

• We hear about new programs to assist Iranian activists from Hossein Alizadeh of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, now called OutRight International.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

• We discover life as an LGBTI person in Armenia with Mamikon Hovsepyan from Pink Armenia.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

• Catie Maye shares her journey of becoming an out-and-proud crossdresser in the UK.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

and

• International Mr Leather, Patrick Smith, shares his experiences of visiting the LGBTI communities of Uganda and Ukraine.

  [Listen to the full episode here]

Click through to hear the full podcast of each show.

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