„Data is my first born. He is now eight. I had a nice, peaceful life, raising my kid, then I gave birth to another child and when my younger kid was two months old, s/he was so active and communicative, that I started comparing her/him
„As a queer activist, most of the time I feel proud and happy; however, frequently, I have equally felt bullied and isolated. Even though the first feeling is predominant, the bullying I’ve suffered is too destructive and being isolated is too disheartening. Being queer means to
„I have been in the field of medicine since I graduated First Medical Institute in Moscow. I worked as head of the Gynecology Department at Maternity House N26 (Moscow) until I moved to Tbilisi together with my family after the civil war. I was appointed
„I am a final year student and study sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of Tbilisi State University. At the same time, I work as a bartender. I have worked as a bartender just for three months, I have two jobs. Before
„I have been like a fish who swims against the flow since my childhood. My mother often told me that I would find difficult to live if I did not change. I have been always different from the environment in which I have had to
„My name is Shalala. “Shalala” means a waterfall in my language. I am the only unmarried girl among my former classmates. I graduated from the Marneuli School as an external student last year and enrolled at the Science and Arts Department of Ilia State University.
“I was 20 when I went to see the doctor because I thought I had thyroid problems, but instead it turned out to be the final stage of lymphoma…. The name “Lymphoma” sounded so harmless to me that I did not think it would kill me.
„I heard about the feminism project first in the Gori Youth Center, which was one of the UN projects implemented by the center. I heard this word during several meetings. Initially, I did not know even the meaning of the term. I just felt those
„I have worked on the protection of human rights in the health care system since 2006. From my own personal experience and professional interest I have gained some knowledge about people with disabilities (PWD), especially about children, which I ultimately would like to use for