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World Wide Wave
by JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities
Focusing on international LGBT news, advocacy and views by featuring a different country every week
Episodes
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – July 2nd, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to July 2nd, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Middle East: queer life in the gulf states
In the Gulf States, penalties for queer acts can include imprisonment, deportation, torture and even death. Yet the region is dominated by migrants, including queer migrants, who make a deliberate decision to move there. One such migrant is telling their stories, including where queer people are...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 11th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 11th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing...
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Global: ILGA World’s new report on LGBTQIA+ rights
It’s Pride Month in the northern hemisphere. For many it’s party time, but for others there are still protests and a fight for visibility. Ahead of Pride Month, ILGA World launches a major new report, ‘Laws on us: a global overview of legal progress and backtracking on sexual orientation, gender...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – June 4th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to June 4th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Torres Strait Islands: special radiothon guest, Cerulean
It’s Joys 30th year on air. Still Australia’s only dedicated LGBTQIA+ radio station and one of the longest continuously running queer radio stations in the world. Tonight for this special radiothon episode, we have a very special guest who hails from the Torres Strait Islands and is now a…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – May 28th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 28th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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China: transgender histories from late imperial China
The term ‘transgender’ is a modern concept. Only in the last thirty years or so has it gained wide-ranging acceptance, but this is where the name and the lived reality part ways. Transgender people by different names have been around for all time, including in imperial China. Matthew Sommer is a...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – May 14th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 14th, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Global: the decline of gay bars
Do you ever lament the queer scene? Feel it’s not quite what it used to be? Do you feel there are fewer gay bars? The trend of gay bars closing is a worldwide phenomenon. Is it the death knell of queer nightlife, or merely a sign of reinvention? One person who is fascinated by the changes and…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – May 7th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to May 7, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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Egypt: religion and discrimination against queer people
Many queer people struggle to reconcile their religion with their sexuality. There just aren’t many accepting and inclusive religions. Queer Muslims are no exception. In Egypt, even though there is no explicit law against same-sex sexual acts, there are widespread reports of discrimination and…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – April 2nd, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 2, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Georgia: proposed bill threatens the country’s LGBTQIA+ community
The former Soviet country of Georgia has seen many challenges for the LGBTQIA+ community since the USSR collapsed in 1991. Homophobic politicians, pride march bans and violence. Now the current ruling party is proposing a bill that could see bans on changing gender, same sex couples from adopting...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – April 30th, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 30, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Eurovision and the politics of the Israel-Palestine war
With Eurovison, one thing is for certain, every year there will be controversy to some degree. This year the argument is over Israel. Elias Jahshan has been working for many years to give queer Arabs a voice. He has collected eighteen stories from queer Arabs in his new book, This Arab is Queer....
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – April 23, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to April 23, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Ghana: Global pressure to halt harsh anti-gay laws
The west African country of Ghana has passed some of the harshest anti-LGBT laws. The country now imposes gaol terms for anyone identifying as LGBTQ, anyone who participates in LGBTQ groups and members of the public who fail to report anyone who they think is LGBTQ. The only thing stopping these...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ News for the Week – March 19, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to March 19, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing…
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Global: A gay guide to travelling with Pride
We speak to Stefan and Sebastien, creators of The Nomadic Boys gay travel blog. What started out as blogging their travel adventures for friends has now turned into a full time job. They have now released their first book, ‘Out in the World: Your Gay Guide to Travelling With Pride’, detailing…
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Indonesia: Mr Gay Indonesia is a ‘unicorn’
On this episode of World Wide Wave we hear from Arozak Salam, who immigrated from Indonesia to Australia in 2010. Salam was the first person to hold the title of Mr Gay Indonesia in 2014. We ask him what the situation is like for LGBTIQA+ people in Indonesia today and what inspired him to write…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ News for the Week – February 27, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 27, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges…
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Russia: LGBT support in exile
The mysterious disappearance this week of the leading opposition voice inside Russia is not a surprise to many. Alexei Navalny was an outspoken lawyer, crusading against corruption and dictators. It shows a ruthlessness in dealing with any potential threats inside Russia. For the LGBT community,...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ News for the Week – February 20, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 20, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges…
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Global: What Pride means today
As the curtain comes down on Melbourne’s annual celebration of Pride, the Midsumma festival, and goes up to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras – it’s a good time to dissect what Pride today means. Is it a protest, a victory dance over past wrongs, a corporate marketing platform, or just a big...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ News for the Week – February 13, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the week to February 13, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBTQIA+ issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges…
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France: A survivor’s story of gay conversion therapy
There is plenty of literature and scientific studies about so-called gay conversion therapy and it all says the same thing – it doesn’t covert people and it’s not a recognised therapy. Big psychology organisations across the globe oppose it and yet it still continues. Our guest on this podcast is…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to February 6, 2024
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to February 6, 2024. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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Pride Around the World
July is Pride month in many parts of the world. A chance to be visible, wave the rainbow flag and party. Well… not everywhere. The expression of queer pride differs all over the world and it is certainly not always a party. International LGBT advocacy organisation – Outright International – have...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to June 27, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to June 27, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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USA: Seeking Full Equality in Florida
The U.S. state of Florida is home to two politicians who have made a sport out of anti-LGBT rhetoric – former President Donald Trump and current Governor Ron DeSantis. The latter has signed into law the “Don’t Say Gay” bill banning teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression…
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The Amplification of Hate
A wave of anti-LGBT hate is sweeping across formerly safe western countries – from the UK to Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The amplification of hate across multiple platforms – from blogs to mainstream media or social media – gives it a global audience. Many of the origins appear to be in...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to May 30, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 30, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the…
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Uganda: A Refugee’s Story of a New Beginning
When you woke up this morning, you probably thought about what you had on today – checked the weather, perhaps how you would get to work, perhaps who you would see or what you’ll have for dinner. For our guest tonight, each day started wondering if they would be attacked, imprisoned or even...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to May 23, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 23, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the…
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Kyiv Pride at Eurovision Time
It’s Eurovision time! It should be a time of wild celebrations, outrageous performances and controversial costumes. But for last year’s winner, it has been anything but that. Ukraine remains in the grips of war. Lives and livelihoods have been lost, homes destroyed and life’s simple pleasures…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to May 9, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 9, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the…
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Radiothon 2023 Special
It’s Radiothon – JOY’s annual fundraising campaign to keep us out, loud and proud. Building on last year’s theme ‘Grow with JOY’, this year’s theme is “Together we Thrive”. We are strengthened and better together. JOY is Australia’s only LGBTIQ+ radio station and we are currently building the...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to May 2, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to May 2, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the…
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World Athletics Versus Trans and Intersex Athletes
The world of sport has long had an uncomfortable relationship with Trans and Intersex athletes. This continued last week with World Athletics changing its eligibility rules to exclude any female athlete that had gone through male puberty. It also effectively forces unnecessary medical…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to April 4, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to April 4, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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USA: LGBT Health from the Perspective of Nursing
Ever since the AIDS epidemic, it has been understood that the LGBTIQ community has special health needs. Whether it relates to sexual health, mental health or the response to pandemics, the rainbow community has its own way of interrogating and improving health outcomes. One person who has made…
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 28, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 28, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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USA: Fighting a Cavalcade of Texan Anti-LGBT Laws
There is no doubt that there is a global attack on Trans people with anti-Trans laws and rhetoric continuing to grow. And if there is a front line, perhaps it is the US state of Texas. Whether it is a bill to remove gender affirming care or political directives to investigate parents for child...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 21, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 21, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community
In this podcast we venture to Central Africa and a country we have not visited before in over 11 years on air. In some ways, the Democratic Republic of Congo is more liberal than many African states, yet as we will hear, so many of the LGBTI community’s challenges are similar. Despite these...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 14, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 14, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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A History of Bad Gays
The latest display of World Pride has just concluded in Sydney. It was a month of celebrations of all things queer. But life is not all rainbows. There is evil in our ranks. From Emperors to shunned lovers to mass murderers and political leaders, just as there are good gays, there are also Bad...
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World Wide Wrap: LGBTIQ+ News for the Week to March 7, 2023
Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTIQ+ news for the week to March 7, 2023. World Wide Wave aims to promote awareness of international LGBT issues. Our program provides in-depth analysis and interviews. We focus on the challenges facing the...
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Hungary: Anti-Transgender Laws
After following Russia, by introducing an anti-gay propaganda law, Hungary is again drawing the ire of the international community. Last year, Hungary’s parliament passed a law making it impossible for transgender or intersex people to legally change their gender. And earlier this month, the...
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Focusing on international LGBT news, advocacy and views by featuring a different country every week
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