[1] During this time, Paigham also spoke with international groups and journalists under a pseudonym about her life as an LGBTQ person living in Afghanistan.
[1] In 2021, in the days after the Taliban claimed power, Paigham began receiving threatening phone calls from unknown numbers, and her apartment was searched.
[3] Paigham was recognized by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women of the year; at the time, she was living in an Irish refugee camp in Dungarvan.
[6] Paigham began working as a hospital cleaner, sending money back to her family to finance a move to a larger city in Afghanistan.
[6] Paigham was a keynote speaker at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom's 2022 Born With Pride Conference.