Blog: Perspectives

Kate Martin speaks to UN Program Intern Sonya Cotton about the various places she has lived, about not being able to enjoy New York while living in it, and how her future plans and hopes have changed in light of the pandemic.

Yvonne Wamari, Africa Program officer, speaks to Roselyn Odoyo, a.k.a Roxxy, in Kenya, about good intentions not being reflected in the enforcement actions of police, about forced isolation making her want to do things she would never have considered before, and channeling Gordon Ramsay while live-streaming her cooking adventures on Instagram.

The Wuhan LGBT Center sprang into action. 22 volunteers came forward to run different teams with jobs such as taking calls, collecting medicine, and delivering the medicine.

Caribbean Researcher Kennedy Carillo interviews her wife Kiki Carillo - and her artistic alter ego Franchesca “Ke Riiiiiiico Papi” - about being the captain of the home ship, looking for unripe tomatoes, rationing, and virtual music gigs as an outlet, a source of information and education.

To be eligible for a grant, organizations must work directly with and for LGBTIQ people (including MSM groups, trans groups, LBQ groups, and intersex groups), and be based outside the USA, Canada, the European Economic Area, the UK, Switzerland, Australia or New Zealand.

Caribbean Program Officer Neish McLean catches up with Alijah Caesar, a transgender man from Guyana who is an activist as well as a registered nurse, about his visibility, his activism and his work on the frontlines dealing with COVID-19.