Something To Celebrate.
(Human Rights)
A visual essay about Monica Shahi, the first transgender person in Nepal to receive a passport that recognizes her gender identity as unconnected to her biological sex.
Role: Concept, producer, writer
Photographer: GMB Akash
"It is something to celebrate … my passport now reflects my present identity and this document will help me explain my gender expression.” She continues, “I had three aims in my personal life: First to get my citizenship according to my gender identity; secondly to get a passport; and, lastly to marry a man I am in love with. I have achieved the first two goals, I still have the last goal to pursue.”
