LGBTQ
Former Biden diplomat shares the global impact of Trump targeting LGBTQ rights
In her first interview since leaving the State Department, Jessica Stern, who served as the US special envoy to advance LGBTQ rights under the Biden administration, speaks with The World’s Bianca Hillier about the impacts that President Trump’s policies are likely to have for the LGBTQ community at home and abroad.
How the oud brought this Palestinian American musician closer to their culture, family and history
For Palestinians in the diaspora, staying connected to their ancestral home and making sense of the politics in the region has long been a challenge. Meklit Hadero, host of “Movement,” a series on music and migration, spoke with Clarissa Bitar, a Palestinian American who found that a musical instrument could bridge history and great distance.
‘Planet Hip Hop’: The music will always be the voice of the people, Samy Alim says
As we wrap up “Planet Hip Hop,” our summer series celebrating 50 years of hip-hop music around the world, H. Samy Alim returns to talk with host Marco Werman about the next 50 years. Alim is an anthropology professor and the director of the Hip Hop Initiative at UCLA.
Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law
Surrogacy is banned in Italy, but the government of Giorgia Meloni is now trying to go further: outlawing the practice of having babies through surrogacy abroad. This will likely have an outsized impact on members of the LGBTQ community, which many believe is the point.