The RE: Project is excited to highlight the experiences of the #LGBTQIA+ community in International Development through a special series of podcasts featuring strong mentors who advocate for LGBTQ+ issues.
Our second speaker is Juan Miguel Sánchez Marin, Head of Programmes at The Kaleidoscope Trust, a UK-based, registered charity that works to uphold the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people globally.
In this podcast, Juan shares his journey and struggles working in the international development field as a gay man and his experience working around the world with his identity, the changes of perspective towards the LGBT+ community in the global development sector, and ways we can support the LGBT community.
With 15 years of international experience operating at the intersection of advocacy, policy and programming to create positive change for those most vulnerable, Juan is a law-based human rights and development specialist, holding a B.A in Law, a Master in Development Studies, a Diploma in Human Rights Law. Originally from the South of Spain, Juan spent most part of the last decade working with - and amplifying the voice of - human rights defenders, youth activists and civil society champions in different countries of South-East Asia and Central America. Currently, he serves as the Head of Programmes for the Kaleidoscope Trust, the UK’s leading LGBT+ international charity fighting for the human rights of LGBT+ people across the Commonwealth.
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