Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Steph One Never Told You, a production of iHeartRadio.

And welcome to our last feminist around the world for 2024, if you're listening to this within this year.

Or if not, you know, just so you know, this is the last one in 2024.

And today we are featuring queer and human rights activists and environmental activist,

Rosanna Flamer Caldera.

So Flammer Caldera is the founder and executive director of Equal Ground, which is the oldest

organization in Sri Lanka to advocate for the human rights and protections of the LGBTQIA community.

Of course, much like our other activists we feature, she has had many different

titles and positions in her life. She has been at the forefront in fighting for her people

and her community as well. So when we talk about one specific thing that she is done,

please note, again, like many of our other activists, there are so many other things that she has done

or she is doing, including being a political figure somewhat as well. So put that little

asterisk there. I think we'll just put that asterisk forever on all of our activists. So

Flammer Caldera was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Colombo.

At 18, she left Sri Lanka and made her way to San Francisco, which, by the way, I listened to a podcast that featured her, and they called San Francisco the gay capital of the U.S.

And I was like, oh, I guess once upon a time it really was, but that's changed since then, I would assume.

We should go back and look at that. Do we have what we would say at gay capital?

I think it's more widespread than one city now, but it used to be San Francisco.

Yeah, yeah, but I'm like, oh, that's such an old thought process because of that.

Anyway, going back, it is there. She says she participated

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