Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi

Artemis Akbary: The costs of being gay in Afghanistan

May 04, 2024 Roh Yakobi Episode 30
Artemis Akbary: The costs of being gay in Afghanistan
Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi
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Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi
Artemis Akbary: The costs of being gay in Afghanistan
May 04, 2024 Episode 30
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Artemis Akbary is an LGBTIQ rights activist and the co-founder and Executive Director of the Afghan LGBT Organization (ALO), and a producer/presenter at Radio Ranginkaman. They have spoken and campaigned at various international gatherings about the plight of the LGBTIQ community in Afghanistan. In this moving interview, Artemis shares their personal story, and their harrowing experience of growing up in Iran, fleeing to Turkey, and then settling in Europe, enduring years of torment and abuse, as well sharing stories of LGBTIQ  men and women persecuted in Afghanistan.

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Artemis Akbary is an LGBTIQ rights activist and the co-founder and Executive Director of the Afghan LGBT Organization (ALO), and a producer/presenter at Radio Ranginkaman. They have spoken and campaigned at various international gatherings about the plight of the LGBTIQ community in Afghanistan. In this moving interview, Artemis shares their personal story, and their harrowing experience of growing up in Iran, fleeing to Turkey, and then settling in Europe, enduring years of torment and abuse, as well sharing stories of LGBTIQ  men and women persecuted in Afghanistan.

Subscribe through “Support the Show” link below.

Support the Show.

Producer: Roh Yakobi
Music ©: Dawood Sarkhosh
Email: hello@rohyakobi.com
Instagram: @RohYakobi
X: @TheAfgPod & @RohYakobi