Shaya Goldoust

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Shaya Goldoust
شایا گلدوست
Born (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986 (age 38)
Rasht, Gilan province, Iran
Occupation(s)Journalist, human rights activist, LGBTQ activist, radio presenter, radio producer

Shaya Goldoust (Persian: شایا گلدوست; born 1 April 1986) is an Iranian-born Canadian journalist, human rights activist, radio host, and radio producer. She is one of the presenters of Iran Wire, and Radio Ranginkaman.[1] She lives in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

Biography[edit]

Shaya Goldoust was born on 1 April 1986, in Rasht, in the Gilan province, Iran. She is transgender.[2][3][4] At the age of 18, she emigrated from Iran to Turkey, and then to Canada.

Goldoust openly speaks on women's rights, and LGBTQ issues in Iran.[5][6][7] She has served as a speaker for the LGBTQIA in Iran (which are often refer to as the 'rainbow community') an Islamic state, which has included a collective letter sent to teachers in 2022.[8] Goldoust attended the Vancouver Pride Parade and Pride Toronto in 2023 during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, wearing a rainbow colored gown and carrying a sign of solidarity with oppressed minorities in Iran.[9][10][2][11] She was part of the radio documentary series, "My Censored Life", which described her personal experiences growing up in Iran.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b حیدری, فهیمه خضر (2021-04-26). "زندگی سانسورشده شایا گلدوست؛ «خیابان‌های شهر تونل وحشت بود»" [The Censored Life of Shaya Goldust; "The streets of the city were tunnels of terror"]. رادیو فردا (Radio Farda) (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. ^ a b لندن, کیهان (June 28, 2023). "حضور متفاوت ایرانیان +LGBTQ در «رژه افتخار» تورنتو؛ «در ایران آزاد جا برای همه به حد کافی هست»" [Different presence of LGBTQ + Iranians in Toronto's "Parade of Pride"; "There is enough room for everyone in free Iran"]. Kayhan London (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  3. ^ شایا گلدوست در تجمع ایرانیان کانادا: به عنوان یک زن ترنس ایرانی می‌گویم این انقلاب زنان است [Shaya Goldust at the gathering of Iranians in Canada: As an Iranian trans woman, I say this is a women's revolution] (Video) (in Persian). 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2024-05-30 – via VOA News.
  4. ^ کالسکه بهار – گپ‌وگفت نوروزی با شایا گلدوست، یک زن ترنس و کنشگر برابری جنسی و جنسیتی [Kaleske Bahar-Nowrozi chat with Shaya Goldust, a trans woman and gender equality activist] (Video) (in Persian). 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2024-05-30 – via VOA News.
  5. ^ Laqaei, Saqi (2022-01-17). "شایا گلدوست به صدای آمریکا: اقلیت‌های جنسی و جنسیتی ایران برای مطالبه حقوق خود تفاوت‌ها را کنار بگذارند" [Shaya Goldust to the Voice of America: Iran's sexual and gender minorities should set aside differences to demand their rights]. صدای آمریکا (VOA News) (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  6. ^ لندن, کیهان (June 13, 2019). "شایا گلدوست در گفتگو با کیهان لندن: در ایران دست افراطیون برای آزار و اذیت دگرباشان جنسی باز گذاشته شده" [Shaya Goldoust in Conversation: In Iran, the hands of extremists are free to persecute LGBT people]. Kayhan London (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  7. ^ "گروهی از اعضا و کنشگران «جامعه کوئیر»، خواستار حقوق برابر پس از جمهوری اسلامی شدند" [A group of "Queer Community" members and activists demanded equal rights after the Islamic Republic]. صدای آمریکا (VOA News) (in Persian). 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  8. ^ Aghaei, Hamid (2022-01-23). "نامه جمعی از کنشگران رنگین‌کمانی به معلمان، شایا گلدوست". Iran Transition Council (in Persian). IranWire. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  9. ^ "رژه افتخار ونکوور با حضور کوییرهای ایرانی" [Pride parade of Vancouver with the presence of Iranian queers]. شش رنگ (in Persian). 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  10. ^ "رژه افتخار ایرانیان در کانادا: چرخه ظلم را علیه کوییرهای ایران متوقف کنید" [Iranian pride parade in Canada: Stop the cycle of oppression against Iranian queers]. ایران اینترنشنال (IranInltv) (in Persian). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  11. ^ Mojtahedi, Negar (4 August 2023). "'Fighting for all': Vancouverite shares Iranian LGBTQ+ pride". Global News. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

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