Project in cooperation with Correctiv.org
Defiance in color, persecution in system: how Taliban rule, family
enforcement, Pakistan’s deportations and Germany’s failures leave
queer and trans Afghans without a path to safety.
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Nowhere to Exist: Queer and Trans Afghans on The Move
Report by CORRECTIV.Exile × Kite Runner
Berlin, 2026
Contributors: Minou Becker, Qais Alamdar, Shahzad Mudasir, Somaia
Walizadeh, Sabine Küper-Büsch, Viera Zuborova
Cover: Y.H. (Afghanistan)
Methodology: This report draws on five independently recorded
testimonies gathered through structured, trauma-informed interviews.
All claims are classified as: externally verified (Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch, BAMF, UN, ALO); corroborated by a
pattern across independent testimonies; or single-source accounts,
clearly attributed as such. Full methodology and source
documentation appear in Section IX. Names of individuals are
pseudonyms except where subjects chose public identification.
