Safety First: Recording with Actors for an LGBTQ Story in Uganda
- Author
- Rob Rosenthal/PRX/Transom.org
- Published
- Tue 21 May 2024
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_223_38f2ca6f-d69e-4319-a142-11fd4de4ada8&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.prx.org%2FHowSound
It's illegal to be queer in Uganda and incredibly unsafe. Queer people risk violence, eviction, harassment, and arrest. How then does a producer protect the identity of interviewees, especially when someone's voice might be recognized. British freelance producer Mary Goodhart solved this problem and many other safety issues while working on an LGBTQ story for the BBC World Service Podcast "The Comb."
