This week, we’re tackling 2017’s biggest story in queer human rights: the crisis in Chechnya. My guest is Kimahli Powell, the Executive Director of Rainbow Railroad. Based in Toronto, Rainbow Railroad has been working very closely with Russian activists to get gay Chechens to safety. We’ll be discussing this urgent work and the organization’s other work to offer a “rainbow railroad” to LGBTI people all over the world at immediate risk of danger.
Links mentioned in the episode:
RFQ #010: Human Rights Day 2017 (Jessica Stern)
RFQ #009: World AIDS Day 2017 (Greg Millett)
RFQ #008: Standards of Progress (Fabrice Houdart)
RFQ #007: "The Buzzfeed Video Changed My Life" (Irene)
RFQ #006: "A Matter of Representation" (Luis Larraín)
RFQ #005: "We Didn't Start the Campaign - The Campaign Pushed Us" (Jennifer Lu)
RFQ #004: Limitless Visions (Mikael Owunna)
RFQ #003: "They Murder Us" (Andrea Ayala)
RFQ #001: Blingistan (Urooj Arshad)
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