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Swastika

Nepal

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Breaking Barriers: Inside Nepal’s First LGBTQIA+ Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic

“In my mind, I only ‘came out’ once – from my mother’s womb,” says Swastika, a transgender activist and clinic coordinator of Nepal’s first Hormonal and Laser Therapy Clinic for LGBTQIA+ people. The clinic was established in 2022 in collaboration with IPPF’s member association, the Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) and the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), Nepal’s pioneering LGBTQIA+ organization.   
Yaori Ajossou was listening to the radio with his wife in Togo’s capital, Lomé, when the usual chatter turned to a topic he’d never considered: vasectomy.

25 February 2019

Yaori and his wife Ami heard about vasectomies on the radio. Having six children already, they decided to head to their local family planning clinic, ATBEF, for more information. ATBEF is currently the only provider of keyhole vasectomies there and to date, they have performed 159 procedures.

Yaori Ajossou was listening to the radio with his wife in Togo’s capital, Lomé, when the usual chatter turned to a topic he’d never considered: vasectomy.

25 February 2019

Yaori and his wife Ami heard about vasectomies on the radio. Having six children already, they decided to head to their local family planning clinic, ATBEF, for more information. ATBEF is currently the only provider of keyhole vasectomies there and to date, they have performed 159 procedures.

Yaori Ajossou was listening to the radio with his wife in Togo’s capital, Lomé, when the usual chatter turned to a topic he’d never considered: vasectomy.

25 February 2019

Yaori and his wife Ami heard about vasectomies on the radio. Having six children already, they decided to head to their local family planning clinic, ATBEF, for more information. ATBEF is currently the only provider of keyhole vasectomies there and to date, they have performed 159 procedures.

Yaori Ajossou was listening to the radio with his wife in Togo’s capital, Lomé, when the usual chatter turned to a topic he’d never considered: vasectomy.

25 February 2019

Yaori and his wife Ami heard about vasectomies on the radio. Having six children already, they decided to head to their local family planning clinic, ATBEF, for more information. ATBEF is currently the only provider of keyhole vasectomies there and to date, they have performed 159 procedures.