Najib Faizi : Afghanistan's first drag queen needs a help
Sky world news/ Najib Faizi, who describes himself as the first drag queen of Afghan descent, left the country at age 10 and sought asylum in Germany.
Several gay Afghans told Insider how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory.
Men from Afghanistan's secret gay community say they are living through a 'nightmare' and fear that the Taliban will execute them at any moment Najib Faizi, 21, describes himself as the first drag queen of Afghan descent.
Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory.
Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men.
One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban. In tears, Rameen* said that his life has felt like a "nightmare" ever since kabul to the taliban on Sunday.
"I just hope that somebody comes and wakes me up from this bad dream," the 37-year-old gay Afghan told Insider during a phone call.
Rameen, who works for the United Nations, once enjoyed Afghanistan's vibrant "underground" gay scene.
Even though homosexuality was illegal, he said he felt relatively safe making his weekly visit to a clandestine karaoke bar in Kabul to sing and dance with other members of the country's hidden LGBTQ communities. "It was fantastic and so much fun," Rameen recalled.
But in days, Rameen's life, like so many gay Afghans, has been turned upside down.
He now lives in constant fear and is too afraid to meet up with his boyfriend of three years. "If the Taliban finds out about us, they'll sentence us to death," Rameen said, crying. "I think we will have to stop our relationship."