This article was written by Indian journalist Pawan Dhall for the SOGI Campaigns. The views expressed therein are those of the author. On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India irreversibly read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a British era relic that carried on for 71 years into independent India. This…
Is humanity controlled by alien lizards? – how fake news and robots influence us from within our own social circles. Even these days, there are still 12% of Americans to believe humanity is controlled by alien lizards who took human shape. Replace “alien lizards” with “bots”, and the laughable conspiracy theory might not be that…
This grassroots campaign got people to send holiday cards to queer people who feel isolated from their families.
On February 12, 2014 the New Zealand Prime Minister proudly announced on TV that he could medically prove that he was not a …lizard. Although this made everyone laugh, the sad truth is that he had to respond to a constitutional request of a citizen who demanded that the PM proved that he was not…
This article is reproduced from Medium.com For researchers in online disinformation and information operations, it’s been an interesting week. On Wednesday, Twitter released an archive of tweets shared by accounts from the Internet Research Agency (IRA), an organization in St. Petersburg, Russia, with alleged ties to the Russian government’s intelligence apparatus. This data archive provides…
Showing queer people shopping together or doing household chores, this campaign showed that LGBTIQ people are \”traditional\” Russians with the same values.
These children\’s books depict diverse families in Croatia and make for the best bedtime stories.
This photo campaign tells the stories of queer people in the countries where homosexuality is still illegal.
In Coppenhagen, campaigners paired a \”conventional\” activist tool like public speaking with a more creative tactic, maximizing their impact.
Getting the right message to the right people is not as intuitive as it might seem. You obviously can’t talk to everyone at the same time, so a first challenge is to identify who you will talk to, the target group that is the most relevant for us, here and now. In other words: your…