{"id":4761,"date":"2023-01-27T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transrescue.org\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2023-01-27T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T18:59:50","slug":"blind-trans-woman-escapes-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transrescue.org\/blind-trans-woman-escapes-saudi-arabia","title":{"rendered":"Blind Trans Woman Escapes Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today a young Saudi trans woman is safe in the asylum system of a European country.&nbsp; Layla Al Darwish was born with the misfortune not only of being trans in the most repressive country on Earth, but with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that has made her functionally blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After her parents discovered she\u2019d contacted us, her father threatened to kill her. In Saudi, this is not an idle threat. The Saudi state will do nothing against a parent who harms their child. So we had to arrange her escape quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been a very dangerous extraction, the most difficult and complex operation we\u2019ve completed to date, spanning from June to December 2022. A half dozen very brave people helped Layla on her way. One of them nearly had loved ones killed doing so, and Layla was pursued by family members while on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her travels took her through the Republic of Georgia. We are deeply grateful for the assistance of <a href=\"https:\/\/equality.ge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equality Georgia<\/a>, who partnered with us in this operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today a young Saudi trans woman is safe in the asylum system of a European country.&nbsp; Layla Al Darwish was born with the misfortune not only of being trans in the most repressive country on Earth, but with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that has made her functionally blind. After her parents discovered she\u2019d contacted us, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/transrescue.org\/blind-trans-woman-escapes-saudi-arabia\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blind Trans Woman Escapes Saudi Arabia<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,59,64],"tags":[92,90,91],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blind Trans Woman Escapes Saudi Arabia - Trans Rescue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/transrescue.org\/blind-trans-woman-escapes-saudi-arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blind Trans Woman Escapes Saudi Arabia - Trans Rescue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today a young Saudi trans woman is safe in the asylum system of a European country.&nbsp; Layla Al Darwish was born with the misfortune not only of being trans in the most repressive country on Earth, but with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that has made her functionally blind. 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