Straight Friendly Global

Technological advancements, in particular Artificial Intelligence (AI), are moving in a fast way in our world. Some of the advancements made public interest or even had a public debate around it, but there are some advancements that we are not even aware of, focusing on Artificial Gender Recognition that concerns that the LGBT communities are facing today. In this Episode, Michael Ross, the host of Straight Friendly Global and Jonathan Elkhoury, the production assistant of SFG, try to shed some light on these technological advancements, on the ethical issues they raise and on some of the proposed solutions that are being debated on in the European Union parliament and the Academy. Michal and Jonathan speak with two different scholars on this episode, firstly with Prof. Kobi Gal a researcher and teacher on the faculties at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Edinburgh. Prof. Gal will shear with us what is AI to begin with and the ethical debate around its usage today by governments or the private sector. The second speaker for this episode is Dr. Yuri Guaiana the secretary general of LGBTI Liberals of Europe and a Senior Campaigner at All Out. With Dr. Guaiana Michael and Jonathan will ignite a liberal debate about AI advancements and the steps his organisation is leading in the EU Parliament. He will share examples and ways to prevent the miss-usage of AI and the ways it could lead to harm mainly Transgender people and the LGBT communities. Dr Yuri Guaiana has been leading All Out's work against the anti-gay crackdown in Chechnya - including being detained in Moscow with local activists, as they tried to deliver 2 million petition signatures to Russian authorities. Prof. Kobi Gal received his PhD in Computer Science from Harvard University. He studies the design of AI technologies for addressing real world problems in such domains as education, governance and negotiation.

What is our responsibility as content creators for the LGBT communities? In this second part of the New year special Michael and Jonathan continue their conversation about Creating LGBT+ & Straight Friendly Global Content. In this Episode Jonathan Elkhoury the production assistant of SFG Podcast, a speaker and content creator himself, continues the Conversation with Michael Ross, the Host and Creator of Straight Friendly Global, about LGBT+ life in Israel, our responsibility as LGBT content creators for the LGBT communities and how it all started. Jonathan and Michael will discuss two more episodes we published -🏳️‍⚧️ Trans in the Business Sector - Bianca Lewis & Shachar Grembek (LGBTech IL) and 🌈 LGBT International Digital Content - Scott Gatz 🌏 If you haven't listened to the first Part: https://podcast.motherhasarrived.com/episodes/creating-lgbt-straight-friendly-global-content-part-1 Listen to the full episodes we mentioned in this part: 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans in the Business Sector - Bianca Lewis & Shachar Grembek (LGBTech IL)- https://podcast.motherhasarrived.com/episodes/bianca 🌈 LGBT International Digital Content - Scott Gatz 🌏 - https://podcast.motherhasarrived.com/episodes/lgbtq-international-digital-content

Do all the LGBT+ people and Communities around the world have a similar story? In this special episode, that is split into 2 parts, we will reflect on the amazing year we had at Straight Friendly Global creating LGBT+ and Straight Friendly Global Content, reflecting on some of the amazing episodes we recorded and published. Jonathan Elkhoury the production assistant of SFG, a speaker and content creator himself interviewed Michael Ross, the Host and Creator of Straight Friendly Global, about how it all started, why he decided to have a lecture about the GAY revolution, how did he make the move from activism to creating LGBT+ and Straight Friendly content and the slogan- Create, Empower and Connect. In this first first part Jonathan and Michael will discuss two of the episodes we published - LGBT Life in Russia will Bella Rapport and LGBT+ American Queer History with Jeffrey Masters Stay Tuned for part 2. Listen to the full episodes mentioned on this episode: LGBT Life in Russia will Bella Rapport - https://podcast.motherhasarrived.com/episodes/russia LGBT+ American Queer History with Jeffrey Masters - https://podcast.motherhasarrived.com/episodes/lgbt-american-queer-history-jeffrey-masters

The importance of digital content became crucial in the 21st century, moreover in became more relevant while a world pandemic when people are looking to connect and discover on events happening worldwide. In this special episode, we talked with Scott Gatz about the creation of Q.Digital and how can we, as content creators, reach the LGBTQ+ communities around the world, even in difficult places and about crating a family. Scott Gatz is the Founder and CEO of Q.Digital, the trusted voice in the LGBTQ media. Through Q.Digital's sites – Queerty (lifestyle and entertainment), GayCities (travel), LGBTQ Nation (news and politics) and INTO (first person perspectives) – Q.digital proudly act as an indispensable resource for millions of LGBTQ individuals worldwide; helping them to live their best and most fulfilling lives.

Join us for a special conversation about the 2nd populated country in the world- INDIA with Vikramaditya Sahai. We will discuss the Political and Law situation in India for LGBTQ+ people, different Cast structures and how social media affect marginalised communities for the different cultures in the country. Our mission At straight friendly global is to bring unique and inspiring stories for and about the LGBT communities around the world. Doing so, it gives us a huge privilege to listen and learn about the most interesting milestones throughout the LGBT history from ancient times to our days. Vikramaditya Sahai (They/Them) a post graduate in political science from University of Delhi. They have previously worked as faculty at the Gender Studies Department, Ambedkar University, Delhi and as a consultant on a project to study non-normative sexuality and gender housed at the Advanced Centre for Women Studies, TISS, Bombay. They are interested in sex, feeling, and the structure and narrative of living in their relation with forms of sociality, law and politics. A special thank you for FNF India for assisting to the creation of this Episode

Dating Apps have turned out to be one of the main ways for the LGBTQ+ community to meet and date. The lack of queer Places and bars in some places made the App dating scene to be the only way for LGBTQ+ people to meet. In this special episode, we invited Reut Sugar, the Host and Creater of the podcast "BANOT" (Woman) for a conversation about the differences between the dating scene in the Gay VS. Straight communities.

From the first brick thrown at the Stonewall INN more than 50 years ago to the Ballroom Culture & RuPaul, Join us for a journey discovering the History and current Gay Queer culture in the US. The United States is the third biggest Country in the World, after China and India. It seems that all LGBTQ+ people live in the US, yet they resemble only 4.2% of the world LGBTQ+ population. We had a conversation with Jeffrey Masters, the creator and host of the long-running interview podcast "LGBTQ&A", recommended by The New York Times. Guests include Pete Buttigieg, Laverne Cox, Melissa Etheridge, Senator Tammy Baldwin, and over 200 others. Masters is a GLAAD Media Award-winning journalist and has also appeared on MSNBC and NPR.

Hidden from history – In this episode we will be discovering some of the earliest Gay poems ever written, more than 1,000 years ago. We will discuss and learn about the term Pederasty and its effect on current day definitions. "We know only what other leaders in previous generations wanted us to know, that’s why we put a lot of effort in reconstruction" We talked with prof. Moshe Sluhovsky, specialist in the fields of Europe and sexuality at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Along with our conversation, like two archaeologists, we have analyzed several literary remains that reveal so much about different ancient Gay cultures throughout history and the Islamic world- was there love or just sexual attraction?

Hannah Safran is an Israeli feminist, activist, and researcher. She is one of the founders of the Coalition of Women for Peace and Women in Black. In this episode, we will be talking about so many aspects of feminism - and only with the regular academic western perspective. We will discover the stories behind different feminist movements and their impact on the freedom of so many individuals. We will even learn about the way technology, and mainly the internet has affected us all.

Poland has been mentioned so many times in recent news, because of the "LGBT Free Zones" - municipalities and regions of Poland that have declared themselves unwelcoming of an alleged "LGBT ideology", in order to ban equality marches and other LGBT events. We have interviewed the activist Filip Pawlak, that participated in some demonstrations called "The Polish Stonewall Riots" in which he got arrested. The production of this episode came to reality thanks to the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Jerusalem; and thanks to our volunteers: Alon Rosenblum and Ariel Skop. Also huge thanks to Filip Pawlak and Adam Gajek.