In Episode 1, host Dan Vo and GiveOut Grant-making Officer Claire Tunnacliffe zoom to Jakarta to speak with Lini Zurlia, Advocacy Officer for ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, about LGBTQI life under lockdown in Jakarta and how additional support is needed for the LGBTQI community in Indonesia right now.

Lini tells us about her religious background and overcoming challenges, what Pride looks like in Indonesia, how cultural narratives from Indonesia can help raise awareness and support for the LGBTQI rights movement now, and how LGBTQI activists must stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Plus Executive Director Rupert Abbott drops by to talk about the Covid-19 Global Solidarity Fund.

About Lini Zurlia

Lini Zurlia is an Indonesian queer feminist activist. She has been involved with issues of women and sexuality, democracy, and human rights in Indonesia for many years.

About GiveOut

GiveOut is an award-winning charity growing giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights.

GiveOut enables individuals and businesses to give in one place to support LGBTQI activism worldwide. We pool these donations to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world.

About our Grant Partner

The ASEAN SOGIE Caucus is a network of LGBTQI human rights organisations working across Southeast Asia.

In 5 out of 11 countries in Southeast Asia, consensual same-sex sexual relations are criminalised. Even where they are not, the law often provides no protection for LGBTQI people, who face violence and discrimination.

Producers: Claire Tunnacliffe and Lee Dibben
Editor: Samuel Gunn
Host: Dan Vo