Queer folks fleeing Azerbaijan: Alone, but liberated

Image by Sharaf Nagiyeva. Shared under partnership agreement. This article was first published on Chaikhana Media. An edited version has been republished here under a content partnership agreement. In recent years, dozens of queer Azerbaijani citizens have fled their homeland due to persecution for who they are. There are no official statistics on LGBTQ+ people leaving Azerbaijan, however anecdotal evidence indicates they seek safety in countries near and far. Pari Banu (she/they), a queer activist and artist, is one of those who recently resettled in Tbilisi, in the neighboring country of Geo…

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