Vilhelm Stokstad

Photographer
      
Out of the Shadows
Location: Stockholm
Nationality: Swedish
Biography: My main interest lies in documentary photography. In 2013 i started working on the project  Voluntourism , investigating the phenomenon of mixing volunteer work with vacation. As the larger NGOs and more established volunteer agencies,... MORE
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Out of the Shadows
Copyright Vilhelm Stokstad 2024
Date of Work Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Updated Aug 2017
Location Yangon, Myanmar
Topics Activism, Buddhism, Civil Rights, Community, Discrimination, Documentary, Feminism, Gay, Gay Rights, Gender, Human Rights, Photography, Photojournalism, Sexuality, Transgender, Womens Rights
Strict gender roles, colonial legislation and religion have long restricted Burmese sexuality. In Yangon a new movement is emerging as LGBTI persons are coming out of the shadows.
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