The Global Struggle For LGBTQI+ Rights
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🗓️ 30 June 2022
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Summary
During Pride month there have been several high-profile instances of violence targeted at queer people. These events are stark reminders that the struggle for equal rights and safety for LGBTQ+ people continues.
NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with three high-level diplomats assigned to LGBTQ+ issues – the U.S.'s Jessica Stern, Italy's Fabrizio Petri and Argentina's Alba Rueda – about whether life is improving for queer people globally.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is the last day of June and the last day of Pride. |
| 0:05.3 | This has been a month of celebrating queer joy all over the world. |
| 0:12.8 | At the same time, it's also been a month of increasing violence against LGBTQ plus people. |
| 0:18.5 | In Turkey, where Pride events have been banned in recent years, police in Istanbul detained |
| 0:23.3 | more than 300 activists who had assembled for a march despite the ban. |
| 0:33.0 | In Turkey, the government is toughening its stance against the LGBTQ community and their |
| 0:38.6 | rights. |
| 0:39.6 | Almost two activists were eventually released. |
| 0:42.6 | In Norway, a mass shooting took place at a gay club in Oslo, where two people were killed |
| 0:47.2 | and dozens injured. |
| 0:48.9 | One witness spoke to reporters at the Guardian. |
| 0:58.1 | He's saying there were many who cried, who screamed, injured, who screamed, people upset |
| 1:03.3 | and scared. |
| 1:04.7 | Here in the US, 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested in Idaho, where they had |
| 1:10.2 | plans to riot at a local pride event. |
| 1:13.1 | We did know about some of the threats that were happening online and yes, there were people |
| 1:16.5 | walking around the event with long guns and handguns and bear spray and all kinds of |
| 1:21.0 | stuff. |
| 1:22.0 | And after the ruling in Dobbs versus Jackson last week that struck down Roe vs Wade, |
| 1:25.5 | Justice Clarence Thomas encouraged the court to revisit its rulings that legalized birth |
| 1:30.4 | control and same-sex marriage. |
| 1:32.7 | Jim Oberg-A-Fell brought the case that established the nationwide right to marry. |
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