International LGBTQ rights organisation Rainbow Riots presents Rainbow Riots Radio, a web radio series in ten unique shows, exploring queer stories, culture and history from around the world; including Sweden, Uganda, Jamaica, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Australia and Germany.Rainbow Riots Radio is hosted and presented by the Rainbow Riots' founder, Swedish artist and activist Petter Wallenberg. Each episode mixes engaging stories, investigative journalism, and spoken word poetry, backed by specially composed music created by Petter and featuring his guests.Petter Wallenberg said: “This is both a radio show and a musical collaboration with some of the people I have met during my travels to fight for LGBT rights worldwide. Danger, drama and resilience - it’s all here. Rainbow Riots Radio connects our queer stories across continents and cultures and gives voice to those who are often silenced.”
Australia’s gay capital Sydney has a dark history. There was a time when gay men were being violently bashed and murdered. The police did nothing, so ...
Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg meets London based lesbian poet Andreena Leanne who was born in Jamaica. On a recent visit she found that the...
Shannon Power heads to the world premiere of Black Divaz, a documentary about Australia's first pageant for Aboriginal drag queens. Shannon catches up...
Sara Moein visits a bondage for beginners workshop in Berlin and explores queer bondage at a suspension session. To close friends Ciara and Rui, bonda...
Rainbow Riots’ founder Petter Wallenberg meets Nigerian Jide Macauley, Africa's first openly gay reverend. Jide explains how he, in spite of death thr...
Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg takes us to Kampala, Uganda, where we meet trans woman Alicia Houston and hear her story about her life as a ...
Rainbow Riots’ founder Petter Wallenberg is in Bombay, India and meets authors Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Johnson to discuss their book about queerne...
Rainbow Riots’ founder Petter Wallenberg meets Mista Majah P, a Jamaican rapper and reggae artist who has a bounty on his head because he takes a stan...
Rainbow Riots' founder Petter Wallenberg visits 73-year old Swedish gay historian and author Lars Fimmerstad who has lived through modern gay liberati...