Dries Van Langenhove(@DVanLangenhove):What fascinates me is not that Nepalese transgenders were given free condoms and lubricant by USAID, it’s that journalists see this and think: “yes, this story will make the American taxpayers want to send more money overseas”. Baffling behaviour.

2026.07.24 20:20

What fascinates me is not that Nepalese transgenders were given free condoms and lubricant by USAID, it’s that journalists see this and think: “yes, this story will make the American taxpayers want to send more money overseas”. Baffling behaviour.

The Associated Press@AP

2026.07.23 08:34

In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help.