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Iranian-born Canadian journalist, activist (born 1986)
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. She lives in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

Biography

Shaya Goldoust was born on 1 April 1986, in Rasht, in the Gilan province, Iran. She is transgender. 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. 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. 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. She was part of the radio documentary series, "My Censored Life", which described her personal experiences growing up in Iran.

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References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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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