Tag: Pride
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The Closing Walls: How Global Indifference is Fueling Pakistan’s War on its LGBTQI+ Community
By Ali Raza Khan Ali Raza Khan is a steering committee member of TheYouthPACT, an HIV-positive gay activist, and lives with PTSD. There’s a particular kind of silence that haunts you when you live at the intersection of identities the world wishes to erase. As a gay man, as an HIV-positive person, as an activist…
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Pride in the Post-Pandemic World: A Youth LGBTQI+ Open Mic Session by The Youth PACT Organisation
On June 18th, 2022, TheYouthPACT.org hosted an impactful “Youth LGBTQI+ Open Mic Session” titled “Pride in the Post-Pandemic World.” As a volunteer coordinator for the advocacy working group at TheYouthPACT.org, I, Ali Raza Khan from Pakistan, had the privilege of co-hosting this session alongside Paul Darrel Omenesis from the Philippines. The session commenced with an…