the and you are watching t w news up next reporter will take a look at a street preacher in naples who is running a youth center after being forced out of his former parish by the matthew next by sir. thanks for watching. the people in trucks injured was trying to see the city center more and more refugees are being turned away. families to be crated and treated people fleeing 3 drams. getting 200 people around the world. more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. why?

because no one should have to flee make up your own line. w. need for mines. ah, ah, ah naples, a bar was hit by an armed robbery, and out on the street one night, a cock open fire. ah, just my son was murdered with 3 shots. 2 in the chest and one in the back of his head. the dead st. robber is immortalized in a mural. ah!

the moral organized crime syndicate glorifies their young recruits almost like saints. imagining to put up the picture of the robber or to worship a clan foster like a saint. that sends a bad message. though he will miss me . i will go. russo was shot and killed in march 1st. when 20 he was just 15. he's alleged to appointed a replica pistol with a driver and demanded his watch. the driver turned out to be caught and he opened fire. who died at the see what was going to be more when we got the news of my son's death. my world came crashing down. i was out of

control. only later did i find out that who go intended to commit a robbery. i was stunned. only must follow the bereaved father hold his youngest son as details about the tragedy. standing in front of the mural and quite funny, only go with the one looking towards his family and neighbors as if to demand truth and justice. on the night of the killing, enraged friends and relatives storm the hospital in laid waste to the emergency room. they demanded who goes body. the corona virus pandemic was just getting started. many of the bags already and short supply were damaged. we just saw that my son was murdered with 3 shot, 2 in the chest and one in the back of his head. allegations with the 15 year old boy was out to commit robbery were disregarded his father

himself known to the lease since he's a teenager, reacted defiant. nobody in the city seriously wondered why attacks like this take place? why these young people will do things like this. but the intention is to destroy us crush us like them and many quite the refund you all the resident share the sentiment, the new expresses and complain about a legit police abuses and applauding justice system. as in the case of the car, we shall go. loosen, russo family has received expressions of solidarity from artists than intellectual . they call for an investigation, as well as more social work in the cities problem areas. the one that i put it in this city still things along the lines of his own. i'm sure there's no social cohesion. the wealthy stay wealthy,

the post. they think a young man who's committed an offense ought to be shot. he's only got himself to blame. chaplin, a new priest. don't luigi meadow that criticizes the new religious deal to come more specifically, neapolitan brand of the mafia has been devoting to its heroes for years. may said it for my child imaginable to put up a picture of the perpetrator of a robbery or to worship a clam boss like a st. yeah, that sends a bad message to my job or that it somehow turns the bad into the good me. like we know that's not true database and all the mileage that i'll send, but in this bill i confiscated from a former come more a boss. the priest has been preaching that young who are not heroes or saints within these protected walls. the chaplain works with local young people. but now during the pandemic, exclusively online, he helps out with homework. and if not recovered 19,

he'd organize recreational activities as well. he also arranges for support for families who have been especially hard hit by the pandemic. so their youngsters won't be as easily tempted to resort to crimes. and i was wondering when you call the school cup oakland, every quarter has its own head of a clammy, the couple blindness to think. but most of the bosses and now in prison that's going on. so the young people take advantage of that on the school and they form gangs which they get into was not your lane. thank you. module that increases the violence law. the original boss loses control and can no longer keep order in the quarter. the way to evolve. but the workers at the youth center don't see keeping law and order as being attacked for criminals. but for the law abiding population of naples standards on the 4th, the law, the bite of all the police, we still have 103 african clans who get their revenues primarily from doing drugs.

and as many people here maintain, the state isn't doing its job. that may be true, but it's also true that it's high time we citizens got organized. so it won't be everyone just looking out for themselves for the way it's been up to now with killing, you know, i mean, obviously the neural data, young criminals and naples are stirring of debate. ah, this one even commemorated 17 year old luigi. chaos with candles and an altar. in october 2020 while committing a robbery. he was shot and killed by the police. ah! in the meantime, the police have had the mural removed. they have no desire to see criminals glorifying reactions in the quarter had been aggressive very it was much the same with an altar for the 1900 year old up and coming mob bus to manuel a see below. well, he was killed in a shoot out with a rival, clint,

ignoring furious protest before he took it away. the 20 year old manuel esposito grew up in one of naples problem area. here in jordan luigi middle, the youth center. he's in charge of the children's toys. the hope is that even if the pandemic drags on, they won't lose their feeling for community fairness and the ability to tell right from wrong. as all too many of a manuel is one time school friends seem to have done shepherd to whenever kids, i am worried about the youngsters we look after. once they get started down the wrong path, you don't get far away. and it angers me every one of my friends had the opportunity to take another path, but many of them didn't do so don't they didn't take the chance at a better life that was offered to them. keep or do you want to see it made you? now, am unaware of studying granada mix and even want to scholarship. as

a small boy, he often sat at the window and watched the teenage gang went about their shady business and terrorized the neighborhood. and the sense, again, bought 9 posted not the members of the clan showed up and started shooting and making threats that they were route to expand their territory and control the narcotics business that on there in the process of the late, never been more prestige and more cash for the little on the side and more harm to the community in palm pay outside naples in the thick of the corona crisis. some young people even broke into don luigi merrill. the 2nd youth center partied awhile and then trashed it with a deal to get some people beyond what you to do with question on does it change? those are the neighborhoods where almost 90 percent of youngsters aren't even attending school as required by law. especially not during the pandemic for you

guys. dropouts are an enormous problem, but not for they come order. ignorant are perfect to them. they're less educated, the better don't read, you won't be intimidated. he shot a video on site and posted on his social media channels. and he directed one appeal to the young intruders in particular the company to choose legality. otherwise you have prison cells awaiting you. or you kill one another because with a come order, you can only lose. francesco russo as an attorney for juvenile long. she advisors don't luigi met on and helps him come up with strategies to lower kids off the street. or one strategy makes use of knock off or imitations of internationally known fashion

items made locally. the police also stated them from workshops in naples, but instead of destroying the goods they gave them to the youth center to donate to youngsters in the area. love it. so the love lynne moleck fishing up, it's also in the funnel depot tolbert mosquito 40 when they'll do anything to wear these labels even if they can't afford us quine for. yeah, that's why many of them steal and rub metal react in this was most likely and go resource motive. he was after a rolex using a toy gun. now his family is tortured by pangs of conscience. their boy is dead and they're asking for help. know how to go quite well. nobody can say this is scorched earth. you will know the young people at greatest risk most in need of help. they need trust and then the opportunity to change your go to

google. russo sad and might just trigger change in naples public interest in the cases high. for the 1st time, families from the quite the response. julie turned out to protest in the elegant pedestrian mall where poverty and wealth most notice really clash goes. father sees himself and his son only because i only went to grade school, then i dropped out. nobody came to put me back in school. that has to change it can only really change if young hood ceased to glorify themselves. don regio merrill, i emphasizes that several times a week when he helps out the mothers of the kids at his center. his stance is clear that every time you get to succeed here, we need the combined strength of everyone under se, on get about this very important, the parents and their efforts to shape the only way we can change

a city like name for the better go up into and make it beautiful again, she started up. if don't we g glorifies any young person. it's one like him on away by sheer willpower. he made the decision for education and legality. and set an example. if we believe in young people who take their destinies into their own hands, but nobody is born to be criminal, they become one. and that's just what we hope to prevent. anyone who go russo's, friends swear, they'll never forget him. but how will they remember him? as another pseudo saint louis or other youngsters to commit crimes of their own. mm. i

77. they said that it's all about the cast all key b t q plus community. not sure exactly what that means to reset the light of the legal situation and on how to do that l g, b, c. keep the 77 percent on dw, it's like noah's ark in the middle of the desert, abu dhabi natural oasis, right next door to exquisite luxury, lies a unique animal reserve and that gives endangered species a chance to survive. among them is the re be an arcs island of the white analog in 45 minutes on t w. idea is one way to bring you more conservation. the

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community important because we believe in the rights and petitions of all minorities. so here's what's coming up. we'll look at how the l. c. b, c, q plus community. it's marginalized across africa. will nice. you've done them. photograph up with tells stories. and take a bath which walk around with musicians one law and yeah, this year, the house behind me was the focus of a hot debate over l g, b t q plus rights. for the 1st time, members of gone as a queer community had a center, a place where they could feel safe. but that was shortly. shortly after gone his 1st sofa, an only public space for the l g b t q plus we need to opened police. the landlord and some traditional, less storm center. the threatened to bennett down, alex don't call will be a nice a safe space. belly caught out in time. i had to pass to the back door in

a situation from experience. a lot of times these police officers and media persons would read an individual and already criminalize the individual before justice receiving will be saved. and i feel that that was going to be the situation for me. should i still be in this piece? gone in law doesn't commit to same sex relationships, dose arrest at phase $5.00 to $25.00 sentences. and although no one has ever been in prison for homosexuality, homophobia is deeply rooted in gun in society. thing to do, i don't we don't condone such such because i think it's, it's flout on on are now are all traditions,

it's loud and hard to call it. our customs is something that we didn't grow up with . it is not an african thing. we are not into this our 1st martinez introduce and it is that move. so we don't need it purely. we don't need it. the rate sparks public debate in ghana threats against don quin artists have gotten ways, but they are not alone. international celebrities like movie star, alba and super model naomi combo have shown celerity. many of them have signed an open letter in support of kindness l g p t q plus community. but these actions have done little to change would in ghana, in fact, lawmakers are speaking to criminalize the promotion of l g b t q plus issues. despite the threats and increased scrutiny, don't go and his colleagues won't give up to fight one equal gonna for everyone. that's why it's all of their pressure alex dog has agreed to speak with us. thank

you for your bravery. place for my 1st we are interested in understanding how the situation of sexual minorities has changed since the crucial of the l g. b t classes center. the close of the piece has led to the lack of services that we would have provided for the l g. b to q companies raise the sacrificial services. the legal services, health assistance that we will provide for the community is no more day as a result of the closure of this piece. there is also increase val live as a result of the narrative or the rhetoric that has been put out a day by politicians opinion leaders with the job people. there is also currently some members of parliament putting out a bill that said, criminalize l g, b, q persons in god. and why do people think that this sense?

i said, well that will be a question for these people, right? because we try to explain things to them to get them to understand that the since how was actually means to provide support to we can use right. people who are disconnected as a result of the no, no perceived sexual orientation or gender nbc pool are equal, right? to uses then there are numerous cases where l g b, q purses, go to the police station to report issues of abuse to the police and the end up being discriminated against the police. the very institution has been given the mondays to protect every gotten is there are due to go to the hospital and just by the resumes and get behavior loan the discriminated against and end up giving the basic services that they need to be provided for. when i sit in the tortures,

i hear people talk about you. you become the cost of really just saying once you become the center of social discussions, how does that make you feel? it's actually helpful, but it's not just limited to myself, right? interest enough too many other clear pearsons you've got also experience that in some of them is like, oh bits them stone ben to bend them and you know, all of those to that actually takes human life. some of the things that i hear people see, but of course it's well fortunately the people i was going with the kind of narrative, right? this also because of what people have been said, right, they have been fed with very negative narrative about the community. one that's demonized, the community and put the community back lives and you stand at the center of all of this as a person. how do you feel here, your name on the radio people discussing you that are probably been speaking to you to get your opinion right?

fortunately, right. because the narrative, i believe should come from the people who are affected by all of these challenges. that the fees and voice periods, is he a gather but interesting, the we have been dismissed and then we have been taken out of the whole not receive a rad. that homophobes, people who are already a gave the community was, were given the platform to speak about issues that affect us as a community. and that is how come it is increasing. the fall is again the community . i believe that it is about time that we appeal to discussion for us to have very close trustees discussion about l g b to q issues because that would you be to keep versus everyday normal people that we see on daily basis us. you've just had kinda isn't exactly a korea friendly country, but how is the situation like across of african countries? i asked some of my colleagues many have been arrested and tried in court niger as l g. b, c, q plus community is well aware of the risks. isolated on the community,

puffin had been with 64 percent of gay men of been being rejected by their own vision. president, joy must have any, has previously called gay people. disgusting homosexuality. dogs and always has existed in niger and society. in 2014, the governments passed the same sex marriage where he be shut up into law, which makes the same sex relationships a crime punishable by up to 14 years in jail. although no one has been given the full sentence, yes, many have been arrested and tried in court nigeria as l g. b, c, q plus community is well aware of the risks. so they explore the effects while it be in secret, or it won't get married to high density. it would be t

q, pride flag flies a pitiful, but the community is less recognized in the country. the general attitude toward the same sex relations a negative and isolated attacks on the community often have been 64 percent of gay men, often being rejected by their own siblings. unlike in the neighboring south africa where sim, 6 unions up committed, zimbabwe constitutions, prohibited gay marriages. zimbabwe law is the criminal lady. so to me, but i'm not clear on homosexuality. this is in clear violation of is human rights instruments such as the universal declaration of human rights to weak zimbabwe is a signatory in uganda. anything l g b, your class can be controversial. many before here i really just publicly homophobic

. for instance, president joe, it must have any has previously called gave people disgusting. just recently, the beginning of may, you're going to parliament past and you'll be that father criminalizes, same sex relationships. the m p. how proposed the maximum of kenya, dale thought the court, natural rights activists about to challenge the new legislation in court of law, just like the successful deed back in 2014, when parliament wanted to imprison, gave for life. the b t q plus maintain that the main no one for their choice to love each other. you've got to find them and say that it's mirrors aside to where most people view that's being gay is the more unfortunately, as you've just seen, the situation isn't very different in other african countries. and yet this year there was a massive our poor support for international celebrities. l. about now become bill

how has helped the situation. it is good dads, all of these celebrities and all of these institutions are calling out, got to be a better place for all of us to be the gonna, if a signatory to almost all these you treaties. so he means that's gonna how's the responsibility to court all of these rights to its citizens, right? but then this is the case with that isn't happening. so it means that every human rights organization, every institution that uphold and believe in human rights, in the time to speak up again, the to set up me as you see in this country as a result of the new look to see shortly. and how come the ordinary me and help to become satellite? i think the owners for so as to be a better people. right. and may be better people. i believe that we need to pin the composition for god needs to understand what it needs to be an l g b to q person,

right? all this law, like i mentioned it in the narrative, has to be shipped by homophobes. and that is how come people have the idea about pumping the diapers. it's ridiculous in the treat assistance for some people to think that it is all key to discriminate against other people based on your sexual orientation agenda identity. i think it is about time that we open the composition one that is on by as one that allows for the other side to speak about the issues that are fixed so that we can all come to an mika ball and solution to the challenges that we are facing you can definitely still g b to q person, he'll give you, chris's exists and we will continuously in the sense that people quote for a couple about that would you be to q person means that the needs to be discriminated, i guess, or 80 said i believe is about time that we opened up as a community or

a society and allow for every citizen to live up to their full potential and plead your quote to the developmental discussion. and i mean that you call protection for every citizen, irrespective of their sexual orientation, gender identity. yeah. read your carla. got religion was so what i got from this conversation is respect, respect is the key word. you need to respect people regardless of what the orientations are. but if you are wondering what is all of this l g b t feel class? well, somebody has the same question. and fortunately, assets and to cause some of the hello there and welcome to the spread a safe space where we get to discuss everything, sex and relationship. today we have a question on gender and sexual diversity. the question reads, hey kev, as

a person trying to be a better l g b t q plus ally. i'm finding it hard to understand all the new language around agenda, sexuality and sex. is there a way you can simplify it for me? so i can better understand how to conduct myself in spaces where i meet diverse group. i'd really appreciate it. thanks. let's start by creating 3 boxes, biological or assigned sex, gender, and sexual orientation. each of these boxes has many sub sections, but we'll focus on the most important points. the 1st box, biological sex, is what the doctor uses to identify you at beth, based on your genitalia most of the time. it's either male or female. but there are also cases where one is born with both male and female genitalia, that person is known as intersects. so 2nd box is gender. gender is a social construct. if what society throws that you to place you in a binary box of either male or female, for example,

dolls and the color pink or said to belong to only girl. whereas trucks and the color blue are set to belong to only boys. but not everybody conforms to this gender. binary gender identity comes from your in a sense of self and may not aligned with the sex that you were assigned at birth. you could be male, female, both neither or some other agenda. and this could mean, for example, that you're not comfortable with a pronouns, he or she and would rather be referred to as they or them. for example, the 3rd box is sexual orientation. the has to do with the attraction that you have to a person based on their agenda, which could be romantic, emotional, or physical men. and women strictly attracted to the opposite gender, and known as heterosexual. if you're attracted to some of the same gender, you could be homosexual. if you're attracted to someone regardless of their sex or

gender identity, you could be pansexual. keep in mind that this really is just the tip of the iceberg. there's so much more to learn about the l g, b p, q plus community. i hope this has been helpful and i do urge you to keep doing your research online. well informed allies like you are very important. that's it for me, kaz till next time. good bye. thank you, cause now i want to introduce you to a fascinating photographer. below the clock are less where focuses on changing perceptions and fights in still types. it's a small private photo shoot. i love you, quote, gallery, home and compiler. today's work as part of the lobby's gender identity projects, queendom photo series, documenting clear people across africa. america. we'd

put a book, the i phone my voice as a queer person, you know, in the country away. you know like illegal to be yourself. i want to normalize, you know, the indifference bad comes with us, you know? because when i talk to people like then the identity of sexuality or the stereotypes of beauty. you know where they have to say the boys can do make up or like flowers for boys for goes in like, you know, boys country addresses for me in my well that doesn't apply because they feel like they should be afraid of like re express 6 year old identifies as non binary clear. this means that a, lovey doesn't identify as a man or woman and consequently wants to be referred to as the day of them rather than he or she. yet you done the telling l g b t q stories and being part of the minority, queer community is anything but easy. i had my 1st come confiscated because you

know, i was in someone's backyard to, you know, like shooting, you know? like mike, we are friends for the going don't predict some things like i'm afraid to get out of the house because on the streets i've been called the p g because i simply have a symptom and they can be, was the arrest intimidation and the treatment. and those strangers and you got as quick community, but the threats and insults have not pushed the off their course the photographer, believe that every community with a queer, young, old, rich, or pull to be able to tell it story in some yeah, one of competitors because slums love, you inspire the next generation of photographers. you may teach photography for the heart of dance african rhythm project, a local n g o, which helps children learn new skills and other things. the kids are bursting with

potential. just because they're young and age doesn't mean they're not able to weigh on the skills because that young and it doesn't mean that knows what to tell a story. everyone has a story with our best fixed, with about 12, whether like, you know, 17 or whatever. everyone has the story because we all go through different, you know, circumstances where we grew up from, you know, so it's important to be able like the staff back home to love his daughter favorite, also try her hands of photography. 7 year old documents the world around her taking queues and tips from her parents. and like they taking a moment to really for me, like for myself so. so, so like when she's gone, oh son thing. i can just get the camera and you look at the moment

the as a child's favor, surrounded by people of bearing gender identities. it's a world where it doesn't matter what us, whether she wants to play with gold, football, or cameras. they will often joins in during photo sessions and in her lobby fees and then powered upcoming generation of storytellers. i'm trying to tell them to read to, you know, i'm trying to, you know, to defy the serial types. because i feel like these, a lot of like misconceptions of things about, you know, like, brought to us more acceptance, more open mindedness and freedom to love who wants an express one. so that's what they love you want and they hope to talk if he can inspire this one shot at a time. then on this story meet one of the cooper. cooper law is a music icon, a film director and an activist. he's one of

a few musicians here in ghana who advocates pull around for the countries, korea community. but us not the only reason why he's a bit controversial. barefoot with a wild main of dreadlocks and money. well, a will to bond, to stand out on the streets of acura, best known by his state name one, let the cooper of the gun. a romanian musician is known his distinctive style as much of his controversial phone. the 5th i'm with you mean the the look around as each other to try and see if somebody has an explanation for what the team. but i've seen you to 3 times people get used to me and me know when shoes is, because everywhere in the world i go, i remember how the ground feels like i have

a memory of the ground in paris or the ground in mean jack, everywhere i've been barefoot, i remember the ground, you know. and so as i can't like close the eyes of my feet anymore by way, shoes. time hooper law, which means valuable in the local language, began his me to career over a decade ago. as well as performing as a solo artist, also one half of you are f o k. and boy is the form of god as his life movement has carved out his own musical reach. somewhere between pigeon wrath and get the style and sometimes shocked audiences, playfully, crudely right, i make whatever feels true to me and i use it to speak truth. i call it to music, but i can do what kind of music i feel because we are now in a world where the expos swim anytime types of sounds and visuals growing up.

so, shutting itself, if you feel this is the kind of music i do, but what one wants to achieve with his music above all, is bringing about a change of mindset in the beesley. conservative society. over the years he has spoken out the l g, b, t q plus right. but his activism has triggered some backlash, especially in social media. people have been i've been given a 1000000 euros from some organization in europe to promote homosexuality. because we are not educated we, we do not know that most of the laws we are dealing with that and keep for people and g, b, t, q, and anti woman. all your piano is to ria to remove those laws, but i've read again, you know, whether the method you keep it sees it as we are trying to instill european values while we are simply trying to re instill africa we today,

he's on the set of his upcoming music video, he's like his track deals with the abuse of gone is l g b t t plus community. but one of admit, even he wasn't always an ally to queer people. it was only around 10 years ago that he started to change his mindset. now i look at our society and i see the gdc community as to the most important marginalized group of people, that live rates, the whole consciousness of finance. you know, once we are able to can reprogram our psyche, show love, and colleagues in compassion and marginalized group of human beings, we will excel as a people as a country one love the crew below is definitely one of the most divisive figures on god. music scene, but his willingness to push boundaries is undoubtedly opening doors and amplifying

his voice. they've come to the end of this week show. i hope they help you to better understand. i forget all t v t q class community. you can write to us and tell us what you think about the topics, but we have covered lots of interest in the w dot call all social media l. yeah, you saw one love the color. what came on a music video. and here it is. fresh out of the editing. enjoy. and also next time thanks for to me. i'm the actually good job is the

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