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25.07.26 - 00:39
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Why Were Americans Funding Jobs For Transgender Workers In Nepal? (ZeroHedge)
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Why Were Americans Funding Jobs For Transgender Workers In Nepal?
Authored by David Manney via PJ Media,
Former HIV outreach worker and biological male Rubi Lama lost a job he'd held for nine years when U.S. funding vanished from a health program in Nepal. He tested people, counseled those at risk, and helped sex workers avoid infection.
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Months later, unable to find other work, he joined them along a highway outside Hetauda.
Fox News:
An Associated Press social media post about transgender aid workers in Nepal turning to sex work after losing their jobs due to U.S. foreign aid cuts sparked a wave of conservative backlash, with critics arguing the video made the case for defunding USAID rather than saving it.
The AP post said that in Nepal, where "a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options," around 100 LGBTQ aid workers left jobless by U.S. funding cuts had turned to sex work to survive. An accompanying video focused on Rubi ...
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