Английская Википедия:Basira Paigham
Шаблон:Short description Basira Paigham (born 1997/1998)[1] is an Afghan LGBT-rights activist.
Early life
Paigham originates from Samagan Province.[2]
Activism
In 2015, Paigham began anonymously using social media to connect with other LGBT individuals.[1] In 2016, she created a Facebook group specifically for LGBT Afghans.[1] In 2018, Paigham and some of her fellow activists organized community meet-ups in Kabul, as well as organizing mutual aid for fellow LGBT Afghans.[1] During this time, Paigham also spoke with international groups and journalists under a pseudonym about her life as an LGBT person living in Afghanistan.[1] She also gained some notability domestically as a women's rights activist.[1]
In 2020, Paigham was witness to a Taliban attack on the National Directorate of Security office in Samagan.[2]
In 2021, in the days after the Taliban claimed power, Paigham began receiving threatening phone calls from unknown numbers, and her apartment was searched.[3] In October 2021 she obtained a visa to enter Pakistan, and from there she fled to Ireland.[4] Paigham was recognized by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women of the year; at the time, she was living in an Irish refugee camp.[1][4][5]
Paigham was a keynote speaker at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's 2022 Born With Pride Conference. In 2023, she was made a UN Rights and Religion Fellow of Outright International.[6]
Personal life
Paigham is a lesbian.[1] She has said that her family is unsupportive of her sexuality.[1]
References
Шаблон:100 Women by BBC in 2021
- Английская Википедия
- 1990s births
- Living people
- 21st-century Afghan people
- 21st-century Afghan women
- Afghan emigrants to Ireland
- Afghan women activists
- Afghan LGBT people
- Afghan women's rights activists
- Lesbian feminists
- LGBT rights activists
- Afghan human rights activists
- Afghan feminists
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