Le Journal de la Photographie

Transmongolian Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Nyamka, 20 years old. Social worker. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Gambush, 67 years old. Ex-prostitute and laptop-dancing teacher in UB night clubs. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Gambush, 67 years old dressed with a traditional Mongolian queen costume. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian The weight of tradition and the years under Soviet control, a time in which homosexuals were sent to gulag, surmise a ballast for gay, lesbians and transsexuals, who continue to be repressed, rejected and victimized. Baara´s portrait at his home, outskirts of Ulaanbataar. Transmongolian © Alvaro ... Transmongolian Baara, 55 years old lives in one of the poorest and conflictive districts in Ulaanbataar due to his lack of resources. "When I was young I used to work in a small theater. I was happy because I didn’t have to hide myself, but those days have gone. Many of my gay friends got married with women and... Transmongolian "When I was young I used to sell my body, but now... it’s not possible anymore. I am too old " Gambush, who was the first transgender in Mongolia who admitted her condition, found a way of living in UB night clubs as striptease teacher. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Naaram, dressed with a traditional Mongolian queen dress. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Naaram with his adoptive son. "I took care of him since he was a baby, but, as it is not possible for gay people to adopt so my sister and his husband are, legally, his adoptive fathers". Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz Transmongolian Nyamka in a traditional Mongolian queen costume. Transmongolian © Alvaro Laiz