On July 2, 2022, Maria Sjödin, OutRight's acting executive director, was quoted in an article in The New York Times commenting on Pakistan's 2018 law protecting trans individuals and the continued social discrimination despite the legal protections. Sjödin stated that the law "'was a great step forward,' one that most of the world has not yet taken." Find out more information about LGBTIQ protections in Pakistan by reading the full article here.