This week's World Issues Forum: “LGBTQI Movements, Human Rights and Health: Notes from the Front Lines”

“LGBTQI Movements, Human Rights and Health: Notes from the Front Lines”

Amie Bishop and Anthony Adero, International Human Rights Advocates, will be the presenters at this week's World Issues Forum discussion at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the Fairhaven Auditorium.

Amie Bishop has decades of experience in global health and human rights and currently works in Seattle as an independent consultant on these issues. Since 2008, she has served on the Board of Directors and is now Board Co-Chair for Outright Action International, which has advocated for equality and justice for LGBTQI people for more than 25 years.

Anthony Adero is a Kenyan human rights, LGBTQI and HIV activist who has been living in Seattle for four years. In Kenya, he lobbied for improved human rights and access to sexual health information for homosexual men, especially related to the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). He currently works as a Client Navigator at the Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

The speakers will provide a brief overview of the status of human rights for LGBTQI people around the world, including both recent global and national milestones, as well as examples of backlash and how local communities are responding. They will also describe how global institutions such as the United Nations are working towards advancement of equality for LGBTQI people regardless of where they live, and the challenges they are facing. Finally, they will discuss the manifestations and impact of stigma and discrimination on peoples’ lives and describe, based on first-hand experience, how LGBTQI activists in every corner of the world are fighting for their rights, often in the face pervasive hostility, to bring justice to their communities.

For more information, call (360) 650-6680 or visit: www.fairhaven.wwu.edu.