Equality..Optimism..Hope with Bisi Alimi #isharehope Episode 84

Bisi Alimi is a CONTROVERSIAL,
PASSIONATE, and POWERFUL internationally renowned researcher,
public speaker, policy analyst, television pundit and campaigner.
His expertise on Social Justice ranges from Sexual Orientation and
Gender Identity to Race and Race Relations, Feminism, Education and
Poverty Alleviation.

He has appeared on many
international television stations as a social and political pundit,
including, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, and CCTV, and outlets like NPR and
the Washington Post has profiled him.

His TEDx talk, “There should
never be another Ibrahim” has been listed as one of the 14 most
inspiring queer TEDtalk of all time, his talk at the Aspen Ideas
festival left the audience asking for more. Alimi gave the closing
speech at a Daily Beast event hosted at the New York Public Library
titled, “I am Bisi Alimi and I am not a victim.”

“The Development Cost of
Homophobia” is his most successful article that was translated into
over 15 languages globally. His most recent article for the
Guardian: “If you say being gay is not African, you don’t know your
history” has gone on to great review and cited in many news article
globally.

He has many laurels for his work
globally. He consults for World Bank on Economic impact of
Homophobia and serves on the Bank advisory board on SOGI. He was a
2014 New Voices fellow at the Aspen Institute. Listed 19 most
important LGBT person in UK 2015 and was named 77 on the World
Pride Power List 2014.