Rio’s Carnival: Songs about Afro-Brazilian religions “aren’t a coincidence but a movement”
Paraíso do Tuiuti Samba School told the story of Xica Manicongo, the first non-Indigenous trans person in Brazil.
President Trump’s first 24 hours
On day one of this presidency, Trump signed a flurry of executive orders. What are they, do they have staying power, and what do they mean for the working class?
Participants in Queer Pride March in Delhi call for the liberation of Palestine
Waving rainbow flags and multicolored balloons, the participants denounced the Israeli apartheid state and raised free Palestine slogans stressing “none of us are free until all of us are free”
Activists to appeal Pakistani Shariat Court’s scrapping of sections of 2018 transgender law
The ruling stated that a person cannot alter their gender based on their “innermost feeling” or “self-perceived identity” and must comply with the biological sex assigned to them at birth
Daily Round-up | J&J anti-TB drug loses patent extension bid in India & other stories
In today’s episode, we look at a verdict from India that will bring relief to patients of drug-resistant TB, the dismissal of workers from a factory in Myanmar and the ban on transgender athletes from participating in women’s events
“Meta/Facebook is unlikely to reform voluntarily and would have to be regulated”
Facebook whistleblower Sophie Zhang talks about why she did not depose before an Indian parliamentary committee and why it’s unlikely that the digital giant will change its behavior
The unity of our movements terrifies them: Pride and right-wing backlash against LGBTQ people
Transgender rights activist, Morgan Artyuhkina, reflects on recent right-wing attacks on LGBTQ people in the United States on the 53rd anniversary of Stonewall
Brazil: transgender murders increased by 41% in 2020
Report shows that 175 trans women were murdered last year, 68% of victims were black
Patriarchy and the pandemic: Disentangling the web of oppression
We discuss Coronashock and Patriarchy, a study done by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, with Renata Porto Bugni to understand the impact of the pandemic on women and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Duterte’s pardon for US marine who murdered trans woman sparks outrage in Philippines
Opposition parties and human rights groups such as Karapatan have accused president Rodrigo Duterte of giving in to US interests and have condemned the different standards applied to US personnel
French communist youth demand Medically Assisted Procreation for all in need
A bioethics bill with provisions for extension of Medically Assisted Procreation services to single women and lesbian couples was approved by the French national assembly. However, it was not extended to the transgender community
No revolution without gender justice
In this year-ender, we take a look at the prominent feminist and gender justice struggles from across the globe.
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
