In Canada, statistics show reports of hate crimes targeting transgender and agender people have also increased
and experts say attacks on that community and LBGTQ people are higher than what’s been reported to police.
“The community was very hostile. Some people are being killed. Some people are being raped. They don’t like LGBTQ persons because they believe we are agents of the devil, we’re the ones causing COVID-19, we are the ones causing famine, and all that stuff,” he says. Rustam, a 23-year-old bisexual man from northern Afghanistan,also says Canada has become a land of opportunity for him since he arrived in Calgary a little more than a year ago.
Rustam says he left the country a few years before the Taliban takeover to study in Turkey,but his visa was expiringand he couldn’t return home as the violence escalated.Article content
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