Human Rights
The Human Rights track considered questions including:
How come over 70 countries still have LGBTQIA + discriminatory legislation? What responsibility does the rest of the world have to change that?
One of the main topics in the human rights track was the LGBTQIA+ refugee situation with the international Refugees, borders and immigration summit on 20 August. WorldPride House was drawing extra attention to the situation of LGBTQIA+ refugees. Several events were planned leading up to the Summit, focusing on different parts of the refugee issue.
Here are a selection of recorded events from the track…
Hur kan det vara heder?
Är hedersförtryck ett importerat problem? Hur är HBTQI-frågor och hedersförtryck relaterat till varandra? Kvinnojouren Öresund och Ungdomsjouren Öresund pratar om hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck ur ett bredare perspektiv. Föreläsningen kommer hållas av två av våra kuratorer som arbetar nära ungdomar som har blivit utsatta för hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Våra kuratorer kommer prata om hur HBTQ+ frågor och hedersrelaterat förtryck är kopplade till varandra. Många hävdar att hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck enbart existerar i specifika religioner och kulturer. Med vår föreläsning ämnar vi visa ett annat perspektiv på hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck och hur det är kopplat till HBTQ+ frågor. Vi kommer använda oss av en presentation och Kahoot. Kahoot kommer användas för att interagera med publiken och skapa möjlighet till diskussion. Efter föreläsningen finns det tid för frågor.
❗ Not suitable for under 15 yr old. May contain triggering content: Honour related violence.
[Event language: Swedish]
A life half lived? – What is happening to the human rights of sexual and gender minorities in Uganda?
This talk will outline ReportOUT’s findings from our ‘OUT in Uganda’ research project completed with seven Ugandan partner organisations. It will examine the key findings of the research and will describe what is happening to the human rights abuses of sexual and gender minorities in Uganda today. We hope to be joined by one of our Ugandan partners at this event, who will discuss their own lived experiences of being an LGBTQI+ person in Uganda.
❗ Possibly triggering content: Violence, sexual assault, state violence, harm, abuse.
[Event language: English]
All Out – A global movement for love and equality
This presentation will provide an overview of global LGBT+ human rights, using case studies and stories from All Out’s campaigns in order to give an insight into the struggle for equality in some of the most hostile places for LGBT+ people in the world. The session will include stories of pain and discrimination, but also courage, hope and redemption, with case studies from Europe, Africa and Latin America. It will also include an overview of community response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
❗ Possibly triggering content: Non-graphic descriptions of violence perpetuated against LGBTQIA+ people.
[Event language: English]
An Asian Perspective – a presentation and panel discussion on racial discrimination of Asians within the Gay community in Scandinavia
A presentation and panel discussion on racial discrimination of Asians within the Gay community in Scandinavia. In this presentation, dance artist and South Korean-Swedish adoptee Daniel Jeremiah Persson speaks about racial discrimination of Asian men within the gay community in a historical and contemporary context. Following the presentation, a panel of gay men from various Asian decent will discuss the topic and share parts of their lived experiences. The talk will cover themes such as covid-19 stigmatisation, interracial relationship dynamics, exotification and changing societal attitudes towards Asian men and more.
[Event language: English]
Central Asia and LGBT
I will talk about a few important things that I noted when I came here. About myself and my journey here. About Central Asia and homophobia, racism, being gay and Muslim, immigration rights and appreciation for diversity.
[Event language: English]
Hatred – the threat to sustainable societies
Freedom from violence is central to creating peaceful and inclusive societies. As long as LGBTQI people are exposed to hatred, threats and suffering, we cannot achieve the development we want economically, environmentally and socially. Hatred and threats prevent LGBTQI people from participating in society and politics. Social, economic and political inclusion is a prerequisite for reducing inequality in the world. In order to build a sustainable society, we must actively ensure that resources and influence are distributed fairly among all people, regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation. Movie screening with subsequent calls.
❗ Possible triggering content: Threats and violence against activists.
[Event language: Swedish with English subtitles]
Lesbian Moms, Their Children and Asylum: A case study of AB v Finland
In 2021, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child found that Finland failed to consider the best interests of the child of a lesbian couple when rejecting his asylum request, and to protect him against a real risk of irreparable harm when the family had no other choice but to return to Russia. Discussants will be unpacking the ground-breaking decision, the first asylum-related case from the UN system involving a child who is facing specific risks on the grounds of his mothers’ sexual orientation.
[Event language: English, Russian]
Many faces of the opposition and global resilience of LGBTQI movements
The session will take 60 minutes and bring together representatives of RFSL partner organizations in different countries (including Eastern Europe). The aim of the event is to bring together experiences of LGBTQI activists from different parts of the world in relation to the opposition they face (on national and international level), how it differs from context to context and what trends are common. The event will also have a proactive outlook discussing how activists navigate these challenges, what are their resistance strategies and what joint efforts are required in global advocacy fora. We also want to show that the opposition is not something that only occurs in the Global South and East and Sweden (as other states in Global North) faces its own challenges (including with trans exclusionary movements).
[Event language: English]
Mom, I’m not a girl, I’m a boy! What do we do now?
Follow along on a journey where Camilla Gisslow tells of her own experiences being a parent of a transgender child: a lecture of hope, hopelessness and the courage to be one’s self. Where she also shares her experience and work in the meeting of other families with transgender children, and the journey and process you go through as a family member. “This lecture takes you from the day my child was four and a half years old, and told me that he was not a girl but a boy, through the struggles he endured to be his self as well as my struggle as a parent fighting prejudice and societal norms.”
[Event language: English]
What does today’s trans youth want?
The last couple of years a debate regarding trans peoples rights has spread as wild fire through several countries. The main focus is on trans youth and the right to access gender affirming health care. RFSL Ungdom puts the needs and experiences of trans youth in focus.
❗ Possibly triggering content: Discussions on opposing the rights of trans people.
[Event language: English]
You don’t exist
This lecture is about children with a transgender identity and their rights according to the four basic principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Children. A lecture that highlights the importance of acknowledging and supporting children and young people with a transgender identity.
The mental illness among children and young people today with a transgender identity is higher then ever. What happens when you’re not noticed or seen and your rights are taken away from you? When you grow up and others think and claims your someone else. When the body does not match the image that society presents is you.
Camilla takes you on a journey from her own experience from her family and from her work with young transgender children and their families – on the importance to love and let your child be who they are, and why it’s important that society acknowledge transgender children and their rights.
[Event language: English]
#YouAreIncluded – Debunking myths around LGBTI+ people, religion and faith
A roundtable discussion focusing on the topics of debunking myths such as: “LGBTI and religion are in opposition”, “LGBTI rights are a Western import”, “LGBTI rights are unAfrican” and the need for greater global coordination in the face of rising conservative/fundamentalist groups targeting rainbow families, trans folks and women amongst others.
[Event language: English]