Shaya Goldoust Explained

Shaya Goldoust
Native Name:شایا گلدوست
Native Name Lang:fa
Birth Date:1 April 1986
Birth Place:Rasht, Gilan province, Iran
Occupation:Journalist, human rights activist, LGBTQ activist, radio presenter, radio producer

Shaya Goldoust (; 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

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] [11] She was part of the radio documentary series, "My Censored Life", which described her personal experiences growing up in Iran.

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  1. News: 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" . 2024-05-30 . رادیو فردا (Radio Farda) . fa.
  2. Web site: 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" . 2024-05-30 . . fa-IR.
  3. شایا گلدوست در تجمع ایرانیان کانادا: به عنوان یک زن ترنس ایرانی می‌گویم این انقلاب زنان است . 2022-09-26 . Video . fa . Shaya Goldust at the gathering of Iranians in Canada: As an Iranian trans woman, I say this is a women's revolution . 2024-05-30 . VOA News.
  4. کالسکه بهار – گپ‌وگفت نوروزی با شایا گلدوست، یک زن ترنس و کنشگر برابری جنسی و جنسیتی . 2021-03-24 . Video . fa . Kaleske Bahar-Nowrozi chat with Shaya Goldust, a trans woman and gender equality activist . 2024-05-30 . VOA News.
  5. Web site: 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 . 2024-05-30 . صدای آمریکا (VOA News) . fa.
  6. Web site: 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 . 2024-05-30 . . fa-IR.
  7. Web site: 2023-01-05 . 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 . 2024-05-30 . صدای آمریکا (VOA News) . fa.
  8. Web site: Aghaei . Hamid . 2022-01-23 . نامه جمعی از کنشگران رنگین‌کمانی به معلمان، شایا گلدوست . 2024-05-30 . Iran Transition Council . . fa-IR.
  9. Web site: 2022-08-04 . رژه افتخار ونکوور با حضور کوییرهای ایرانی . Pride parade of Vancouver with the presence of Iranian queers . 2024-05-30 . شش رنگ . fa-IR.
  10. Web site: 2024-05-30 . 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 . 2024-05-30 . ایران اینترنشنال (IranInltv) . fa.
  11. Web site: Mojtahedi . Negar . 4 August 2023 . ‘Fighting for all’: Vancouverite shares Iranian LGBTQ+ pride . 2024-05-30 . . en-US.