SoundOut

SoundOut is a podcast from GiveOut, sharing voices of LGBTQI activism from around the world. Join host Dan Vo and the GiveOut team to hear stories from our grant partners, providing a unique insight into the global movement for LGBTQI human rights. New episodes of SoundOut are released bi-monthly, and are available across podcast streaming services including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

16. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Kutlwano Magashula 01/14/2025

16. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Kutlwano Magashula SoundOut is back! In this episode, we speak with Kutlwano Magashula, a non-binary human rights lawyer and feminist from Botswana. As the Head of Programmes at The Other Foundation, Kutlwano is passionate about advancing human rights and freedoms for all. Their activism spans multiple social movements, including LGBTQI, women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, and economic justice, driven by the pursuit of freedom, recognition, and dignity for all. Listen to host Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Luke Smith talk to Kutlwano about the work of the Other Foundation, the current context for LGBTQI people in Southern Africa, and how their personal experiences have shaped their own activism. About GiveOut is an award-winning international LGBTQI community foundation bringing together our community and allies to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool the donations we receive to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world, ensuring they have more of the resources they need to defend our communities, tackle inequality and campaign for lasting change. Producer and Editor: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/34838440

15. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - End of Year Special 12/16/2022

15. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - End of Year Special 2022 at GiveOut has been a year of major impact. With the support of you, our partners have been able to protect LGBTQI people in Ukraine and those fleeing, advance LBTQ women's rights in Sri Lanka, and support law's being passed that affirm the lives of LGBTQI people worldwide. In this episode of SoundOut, the GiveOut team come together to discuss some of the key successes of our partners from the past year, and look forward to next year at what needs to be done to further protect LGBTQI communities around the world. On this episode of SoundOut, host Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott are joined by Baroness Liz Barker, Elliot Vaughan, Fae Vincent, Allan McKinnon and Luke Smith. Additional guest voices include: Lenny Emson from Kyiv Pride Kimahli Powell from Rainbow Railroad Joleen Mataele from Tonga Leitis Association Rosanna Flamer-Calder from Equal Ground Jayna Kothari from CLPR Tarek Zeidan from Helem About GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world. Producers: and Editor: Copy and Design: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/25347045

14. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lenny Emson 11/18/2022

14. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lenny Emson Following Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February, GiveOut activated our LGBTQI Emergency Fund to support OutRight Action International’s fundraising appeal responding to the situation. Through this appeal, funds are being distributed to LGBTQI organisations in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to enable them to provide emergency shelter, humanitarian assistance and other vital support to LGBTQI people in Ukraine and those forced to flee. On this episode of SoundOut, host Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott are joined by Lenny Emson, a Ukrainian LGBTQI activist and the Executive Director of Kyiv Pride, and Amie Bishop, OutRight’s Senior Research Advisor, to discuss the work that this support has made possible and what still needs to be done do to support LGBTQI Ukrainians. About GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world. Producers: and Editor: Copy and Design: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/25060752

13. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Jayna Kothari 08/04/2022

13. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Jayna Kothari For this special episode of SoundOut, we share with you the highlights from the launch of our LGBTQI Legal Aid Fund, through which GiveOut is working with leading law firms to support organisations using the law and courts to advance equality. One of these organisations is the Centre for Law and Policy Research, whose Executive Director, Jayna Kothari, spoke to GiveOut trustee Daniel Gerring about how law firms can support LGBTQI human rights. After the panel discussion, host Dan Vo spoke to lawyers from the Fund’s founding sponsors Travers Smith, Latham and Watkins, and Allen & Overy as well as Jayna Kothari and GiveOut’s Executive Director Rupert Abbott about the event and the importance of this Fund. About GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world. Producers: and Editor: Copy and Design: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/23956026

12. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lee Dibben 04/22/2022

12. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lee Dibben Happy Earth Day! In Episode 12, we celebrate the return of , who joins us to talk about the things that GiveOut are doing to mark Earth Day this year. Plus some additional clips from Ryan Joseph Figueiredo from Equal AF and introducing GiveOut Communication and Events Coordinator . About GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world. Producer: and Editor: Copy and Design: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/22866902

11. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Baroness Liz Barker 03/08/2022

11. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Baroness Liz Barker Happy International Women’s Day! On this special episode of SoundOut, Dan Vo and GiveOut’s Philanthropy Officer Lucy McMenamin discuss ways to support LBTQ women and the importance of building a community of women supporting women. Dan and Lucy then introduce our Raise UP, Rise UP event from September, hosted by GiveOut trustee Baroness Liz Barker, in support of three brilliant organisations, UHAI, Pink Armenia and Tongas Leitis Association, as well as a special fireside chat between Lady Phyll and Amber Hikes. About GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world. Producer: Editor: Copy and Design: Host: /episode/index/show/giveout/id/22370630

10. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Kimahli Powell 12/20/2021

10. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Kimahli Powell In Episode 10, to mark our Crisis and Community campaign, in episode 10, Dan Vo and Claire Tunnacliffe join Geff Parsons, a GiveOut trustee and Managing Director at Macquarie Group, to discuss how support from our community and corporate allies has made an impact on the lives of LGBTQI Afghans. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/21541907

9. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lord Browne of Madingley 09/02/2021

9. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lord Browne of Madingley Happy Pride Season! In Episode 9, host Dan Vo and GiveOut's Executive Director Rupert Abbott recap the Pride With Purpose report launch which featured Lord Browne of Madingley as well as speakers from Iraqueer, UHAI EASHRI, Latham & Watkins LLP and Standard Chartered Bank. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/20346380

8. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Emme KrisTi 04/22/2021

8. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Emme KrisTi Happy Earth Day! In Episode 8, host Dan Vo and Lee Dibben speak with Emme KrisTi, Consultant on Climate Justice at J-FLAG, the leading human rights and social justice organisation working for LGBTQI people in Jamaica. Emme tells us about the ground-breaking research being pioneered by J-FLAG to understand how their community is engaging with the climate crisis. Plus Kathleen MacLean from founding corporate sponsor EV Energy joins us to talk about the launch of the LGBTQI Climate Fund. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/18805772

7. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Rosanna Flamer-Caldera 03/08/2021

7. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Rosanna Flamer-Caldera In Episode 7, to celebrate International Women's Day Dan Vo and Lee Dibben look at women's activism in the LGBTQI movement and chat to Pippa Dale founding ambassador of LBTQWomen and GiveOut trustee Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, who is founder and director of Equal Ground. Rosanna tells us about her journey into activism, and how she is campaigning for legislative change in Sri Lanka through Equal Ground and as the chair of The Commonwealth Equality Network. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/18231167

6. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Elliot Vaughn 01/28/2021

6. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Elliot Vaughn We do a spot of time travelling to go back to a chat that host Dan Vo had late last year with the GiveOut team looking back on a tough year for everyone and our hopes for 2021. Guests include Elliot Vaughn, Rupert Abbott and Claire Tunnacliffe, with clips from Amir Ashour from IraQueer, Alexus D’Marco from the United Carribean Trans Network, Sebenzile Nkambule from The Other Foundation and Vikram Sahai from the Centre for Law and Policy Research. Plus we meet Bob the Unicorn! /episode/index/show/giveout/id/17723993

5. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Renae Green 10/29/2020

5. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Renae Green We speak with Renae Green, Director of Policy and Advocacy at TransWave Jamaica. Renae tells us about how Trans Awareness Month will be celebrated in Jamaica, including marking Trans Day of Remembrance on Friday 20 November 2020. Renae also tells us about the Trans Emergency Fund and other essential work currently being done on mental health and wellbeing. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/16598348

4. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Rima Athar 09/24/2020

4. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Rima Athar We speak with Rima Athar, Coordinator at the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR). Rima tells us about how CSBR is helping to amplify LGBTQI voices across outh Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and North Africa through digital storytelling. Rima also tells us about the communities of care that CSBR is creating in the region, that can respond quickly to calls for food, medicine and essential services among the LGBTQI community through their Resilience Seed Grants programme. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/16132649

3. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Amir Ashour 08/27/2020

3. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Amir Ashour We speak with Amir Ashour, founder of IraQueer, to learn about the impact of anti-LGBTQI sentiment in Iraqi media. Amir also tells us about how IraQueer is providing safe house refuges for LGBTQI individuals during the pandemic, and shares his thoughts on the the role of young people in the fight for human rights in Iraq. Plus we're joined by Tag Warner from Gay Times, sponsor of Amplifund with GiveOut. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/15776345

2. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Steve Letsike 07/30/2020

2. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Steve Letsike We visit Pretoria, South Africa to speak with Steve Letsike, Director of Access Chapter 2, to find out about how her charity is providing essential support to the LGBTQI community right now. Steve tells us about how the values of fair play she learnt as a young soccer player shapes how she thinks about teamwork today in the fight for equality. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/15399338

1. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lini Zurlia 06/25/2020

1. SoundOut - Voices of LGBTQI Activism - Lini Zurlia We zoom to Jakarta to speak with Lini Zurlia, Advocacy Officer for ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, about LGBTQI life under lockdown in Jakarta. Lini also tells us about overcoming the challenges of her Islamic and Muslim background, what Pride looks like in Indonesia, and how LGBTQI activists must stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. /episode/index/show/giveout/id/14949140

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