Arya Jeipea Karijo is a trans woman in Kenya working at the intersection of human rights, LGBTIQ rights, feminism and gender equality. She is a user experience researcher and designer, building for simplicity in human lives – applications, experiences and interventions for people’s resilience and the planet’s sustainability. She was a Data Journalism Fellow for open Democracy’s Tracking the Backlash team in 2020.
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureRemembering Arnest Thiaya, father of Kenya’s trans community
Thiaya started to live his authentic self in 1986, long before the country had a trans community
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionStop imposing your imperialist Western transphobia on my people
Societies across the world acknowledged and celebrated gender-diverse communities – until the British arrived to...
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Published in: 50.50: FeaturePakistan’s trans community is still living with the violence of empire
Despite laws protecting trans rights, people face stigma, poverty and murder, thanks in part to a damaging colonial past
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow a viral video helped Kuwait’s trans women get their fight back
A defiant video by Maha Al-Mutairi about her experience as a trans woman has inspired people to believe that change...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’m a Yemeni trans man and my family want to kill me’
Yahyia Al-Zindani had to flee his homeland in fear of his life but continues to do all he can to support Yemen’s...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionDon’t queer Kenyans have a right to religion?
We are fed up with being shut out of church.
