Zak Ostmane

Zak Ostmane

Country

Algeria

Occupation

Activist

Description

LGBTQ activist and co-founder of Shams France, a gay rights organization created in 2014 defending the rights of people born of gender and sexual minorities in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya. Made headlines in 2017 when he was kidnapped and tortured in 2017.

Further Reading/Research

• http://transhomosdz.org/2016/01/14/interview-de-zak-ostman/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/bloggers/zak-ostmane/
• http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-activist-kidnapped-held-captive-violently-raped-two-days-france/#gs.8jm2Q9Y