World Wide Wave

4 Mar 2020

Palestine: The Intersection of Sexuality, Race and Identity

Africa and the Middle East, News & Politics

From the day we are born, we strive to forge our own identity. The parts of our life that make us both fit in and stand out. But the process is a whole lot more complicated if you are from mixed cultures. And it’s even more confusing and confronting when sexuality plays a part.

Elias Jahshan is Lebanese, Palestinian and gay. In a culture where ‘coming out’ is a foreign concept, he has shared his journey in a new book titled Arab, Australian, Other: Stories On Race And Identity.

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4 Jul 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – July 2nd, 2024

News & Politics, Social issues, Worldwide

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the ...

4 Jul 2024

Middle East: queer life in the gulf states

Africa and the Middle East, Discrimination, Social issues, Transgender, Travel, world wide wave

In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is ...

12 Jun 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 11th, 2024

News & Politics, world wide wave, Worldwide

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the ...