Andy Cast's unabridged interview for SNS Online, in which he discusses his global human rights campaign, *Holding Hands 4 Equality. HH4E essentially asks everyone to help in making handholding ‘a casual, carefree act for everyone’, and is requesting that people from all around the world send in photos of themselves holding hands with their partners, friends, family – essentially loved ones – regardless of sexuality and race and religion. The campaign is hoping to get the hashtag #HoldingHands trending, and ‘D’ day is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17th. In this interview, we talk to Andy about the inspiration for the campaign, the groundwork already done and the help that only you and I can give! If you only ever share one show from the SNS Online range - this is it. Make #HoldingHands trend, send your photographs in, wherever you are in the world, and let's all celebrate our diversity.

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A short version of this piece has been broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside.

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SNS Online Series 2 - Andy Cast


'Help us make hand holding a casual, carefree act for everyone.'

On May 17th it’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. 

 For many of us, holding hands in public isn't the casual, carefree, intimate act that it should be. 

 We believe the best way to change that is for us all to just start holding hands in public - call it exposure therapy for the masses.

 So on May 17th hold hands and take a pic. 

 Gay, straight, bi, trans, black, white, old, young - whatever your label, whatever your identity, hold hands with us. 

 Post your pics on as many social media sites as you can using #holdinghands.

 Help us make a world where holding hands doesn't have to be an act of protest and where anyone can hold hands with the person they love without fear. 

http://www.holdinghands4equality.org/



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