Why Asia's aging LGBT community is left in the dark
Ryan Figueiredo, 42, is an LGBT rights activist whose new NGO, the Equal Asia Foundation (EAF), focuses on the elderly LGBT population. Over the past 20 years, he’s dedicated himself to social development issues—from child nutrition to reproductive rights—in his homeland of India. Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), he speaks about why gay rights NGOs so often overlook the aging community.