water tales

Since I was a kid, I used to love to wear make up and dress up. Everyone, including my family, told me that was wrong, that was not a good thing to do, but the more they told me, the more I tried to find the way to get to feel beautiful. And with time I got to find my own self. This is what I'm, a very beautiful person.

Rapech is a student of traditional Khmer dance in Phare Ponleu Selpak Performing Arts School. She is collaborating with youth groups for human rights, mostly LGBTQIA+ rights.

When I start a new relationship, it's just finished after a while. Men tell me that I'm too sweet, that I need to be more masculine. I don't want to change, I'm sweet like the smell of Khmer flowers.

Chamroeun is a business owner; he sells everyday in his family’s convenience store.

I got bullied by friends for being gay, then I took art as a friend Now I realize that art is my best friend and that makes me change so much, from an introverted person to a happy person.

Karona is a student at Phare Ponleu Selpak Visual Arts and Applied School in Battambang He is also a very talented freelance artist.