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COVID-19 & International LGBTQ Organizing
Maria Sjödin, Deputy ED of Outright International
Naomi Brussel interviews Outright International's Maria Sjödin, the group's Deputy Executive Director on the group's efforts to ramp up their response to support LGBTIQ people and organizations. She will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on vulnerable communities . LGBTIQ people already experience barriers to access to health, high levels of domestic and family violence, and scapegoating for crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic is escalating. Outright International is raising funds to help LGBT organizing around the world.
Sjödin will also discuss new initiatives like Outright TV which features interviews with LGBTQI organizers and activists from around the world.
Samaratin's Purse Discriminates
Samaratin's Purse Rejected Gay Health Activist Timothy Lunceford-Stevens
Out-FM co-host John Riley brings us sound from Reclaim Pride's press conference, held last Tuesday, April 14, 2020 The COVID-19 Response Working Group of the Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC), a New York-based activist group which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, held a Press Conference in Central Park outside of the Samaritan’s Purse tents to discuss details of why Samaritan’s Purse is a bad medical partner for New York City and Mt. Sinai Hospital and to demand that Samaritan’s Purse drop its requirement that volunteers and employees agree to its transphobic and homophobic “Statement of Faith.” Scores of people and reporters gathered. Activists caried a banner reading, "Hate Won't heal" and signs reading: " Do no harm, Grahams Greed: 22 Million: his networth." Speakers included long time AIDS Activist Timothy Lundsford Stevens who was discriminated against by Franklin Graham's organization was among the speakers. Here's an excerpt from their press conference. We then take listener calls.
Reclaim Pride Press Conference Against Samartin's Purse