International Trans Day of Visibility

Exiled Zimbabwean activist Rikki Nathanson of OutRight Action International, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel L. Levine, co-founder of the Colorado Transgender Educators Network science teacher Sam Long and gender-fluid multi-disciplinary artist Dorian Wood reflect on the impact of their visibility for individuals and the community as a whole. Their comments are drawn from our special 2022 series “Queerly Yours, Profiles in Courage with Roger Q. Mason” in commemoration of International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st). And in NewsWrap: a new version of Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” criminalizes coming out, the Namibian Supreme Court overturns the citizenship granted to a bi-national gay couple’s child, Bosnian queer activists assaulted by Serbian opponents in Banja Luka, high courts in Bolivia and Nepal open doors to marriage equality, more U.S. states pass anti-trans bills, anti-queer bigots in Australia and the U.S. violently protest trans rights and Drag Queen Story Hour, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Sarah Montague and David Hunt (produced by Brian DeShazor).  All this on the March 27, 2023 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/