Dispatches investigates the networks supporting a wave of anti-gay laws around the world
Dispatches takes another look at the rights of gay people around the world
In 2014 Channel 4’s Dispatches revealed the extent of vicious hate crime in Russia with their award-winning documentary Hunted.
Now they’re back with an investigation into the global networks that support all sorts of anti-gay laws around the world.
In this one hour programme, Liz MacKean’s team exposes the well-funded backlash against gay rights led by organisations that promote “family values”.
At a time when equality for gay communities across the globe may feel more within reach that ever before, Dispatches shines a light on a group called the World Congress of Families who have established links in over 80 countries. The documentary investigates the WCF’s involvement in anti-gay laws including the Russian legislation banning gay couples from adopting children.
The Dispatches documentary also interviewed Pastor Scott Lively, who had previously linked homosexuality with paedophilia and who also advised the Ugandan government on how they might take forward their anti-homosexuality legislation.
Hunted: Gay and Afraid was shown on Channel 4 Dispatches, 23 July at 11.05pm, however it is still available on Channel 4 at this time.
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