LGBT – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 LGBT activist promotes respect in Parisian schools https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2014/06/lgbt-activist-promotes-respect-in-parisian-schools/ Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:32:28 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=5221 When Gary Roustan visits school classes in Paris, he’s the first gay person some of the students have met. As the president of an LGBT organization, he’s fighting homophobia – a year after France legalized gay marriage.

Over the past year, he and other members of the organization haven been invited to speak to students in 128 different high schools about what it means to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

Listen to the report by Fabien Jannic-Cherbonnel in Paris:

Gary didn't accept that he was gay at the beginning - his forst contact with homosexuals was at le Mag, the LGBT organization he is now the president of (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

Gary struggled with accepting his homosexuality at first – his first contact with homosexuals was at le Mag, the LGBT organization he now directs (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

The members of Le Mag in Paris not only support each other - they also go out to inform others about gender issues (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

The members of Le Mag in Paris not only support each other – they also go out to inform others about gender issues (Photo: F. Jannic-Cherbonnel)

]]> Campaigning for the rights of Uganda’s LGBT community https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/11/documenting-the-campaign-the-rights-of-ugandas-lgbt-community/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:16:23 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2677 “Call me Kuchu” is a film about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender – or LGBT – community in Uganda. It is a feature film by two 28-year-old filmmakers Katherine Fairfax-Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall and has already won several awards around the world.

Listen to the report by Chiponda Chimbelu:

Listen to the report:

A scene from the documentray film “Call me Kuchu”

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