Almost 2.8 billion people live in countries where identifying as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex could lead to imprisonment, corporal punishment or even death.

What began as a photo based project by award-winning photographer and human rights activist Robin Hammond developed into a space where people can share stories of discrimination and survival. It is a stand against discrimination, persecution, and violence, by a people who cannot and will not be anything other than the way they were born–a people who refuse to be silenced.

Please click here for the NY Times article.

Please click here to read more about Where Gay Love is Illegal, A Witness Change Project.