Kristi Pinderi

[5] During the parliamentary elections of 2013, Pinderi, together with activist Xheni Karaj, developed for the first time a series of consultations with key political parties to include LGBT rights reference in their programs.

In his years of activism, Pinderi is known for several heated debates in the media with politicians, and with figures from the art and culture environment, with journalists, as well as for some long lasting controversial media debates with former Albanian MP Mesila Doda (an opponent of same-sex marriages,[10] compared by Pinderi as an Albanian Anita Bryant[11]) or with the singer Eneda Tarifa, whom he publicly called a homophobic person after she made some controversial comments when singer Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014,[12] with actor Julian Deda, with journalist Enkel Demi, etc.

In June 2019, while studying at Langara College, he started working as the lead facilitator for a support group for LGBTQ+ newcomers in Surrey, British Columbia, a project hosted by DIVERSEcity, a community resources and resettlement non-profit in Canada.

[18] During the promotion of the book, feminist activists Xheni Karaj and Gresa Hasa read short paragraphs, and lead a discussion focusing especially on the disclosure of intimate events experienced by Pinderi, such as sexual assaults and repeated violence during his adolescence in Pogradec.

The book is considered the first memoir written by an openly gay man in Albania, and the first publication by an Albanian author that deals with issues such as sexual violence, and child abuse.