“Wanted Across the Province Because of My Identity” Ziba* is the pseudonym of a 21-year-old trans woman who, like many people in the LGBTQI+ community, has endured severe hardships ranging from family...

Kabul – Afghanistan Zuhal is the pseudonym of a 24-year-old trans woman who, in order to survive,has been forced to conceal her identity, losing nearly everything in the process. Her family, her sense...

Kabul, Afghanistan Zuleikha (a pseudonym), a 26-year-old transgender woman originally from Ghazni province and raised in Kunduz, has managed to graduate in Electrical Engineering from Ghazni Universit...

Sahar (pseudonym), a 31-year-old lesbian woman from Daykundi, knew from childhood that she was different—but even earlier, she realized she was living in a society that neither sees nor accepts that d...

On the Occasion of the International Transgender Day of Visibility Bahar (pseudonym), a 47-year-old transgender woman, has spent a significant portion of her life under the shadow of discrimination, v...

Kabul – Afghanistan Almas (a pseudonym) is a 24-year-old trans woman from Parwan province in Afghanistan who continues to live in the country; a nation where gender identities outside traditional fram...