“Just black out my name.”
When I started shooting the photo project Just Black Out My Name, one of the subjects asked me not to mention/black out her name. The photos with her are...
Queer topics
The weaponization of homophobia in Kyrgyzstan and Belarus
When countries take authoritarian turns, it is the LGBT community that ends up as the canary in the coal mine......
“X”: photography project capturing lives of LGBTQ people in Kyrgyzstan
This is the story of my friend Daria and her girlfriend. We shared a flat, their relationship developed before my eyes, it was about someone close to me —...
“As a Last Resort, We Will Jump Into the River”.
Among Kurdish youth searching for a better life in Europe, there are also homosexuals who are tired of concealing their orientation. Belarusian journalist Evgenia Dolgaya who spoke to some...
“I Understand This Is Immoral, I Promise to Get It Fixed.”
Following the presidential election, the gay community in Belarus has been actively engaged in protests. However, its members have faced violence not only from security forces but......
LGBTQIA Muslims: “An online imam with background music is hardly the absolute truth”
Three queer Muslims from Central Asia talk about the internal conflict they may feel....
