Misperceptions that all gay individuals were sex workers, perpetuated by conservative polities and their proxy medias, served as the catalyst for the campaign against Ali and the LGBT community.

In an interview with Middle East Eye, Ali sought to clarify this misconception and pointed out that some members of the LGBT community in the Kurdistan region may be driven into sex work due to lack of economic opportunities and blamed the KRG for not addressing this issue.

In a 2017 interview with makanati.net, he revealed that he came out as gay to his mother and older sister that same year, and that this was around the same time he founded Lava Foundation, an unregistered organisation working to raise awareness about LGBT issues.

[4][5] After working with Rasan for more than a year, Ali made the decision to leave the organisation and launch Yeksani, a movement dedicated to promoting LGBT rights in the Kurdistan Region.

[10][11] He also wrote on music journalism and other topics such as conflict in the Middle East, LGBT rights in Iraq, and social and civic issues for a local independent news outlet.

[12][13][14] Through his activism, Ali hopes to increase public knowledge of the struggles the local LGBT population faces, bring these issues to the attention of national and international actors to spur action, and seek to integrate the group into Kurdish society.

[29] In the statement Yeksani highlighted the shared aspirations for equality, human rights, and freedom from discrimination between the LGBT+ movement and the Kurdish struggle for self-determination.

The design sought to amplify the voices of LGBT+ Kurds who have historically been marginalized, allowing them to assert their identities and foster a sense of belonging within both communities.

[29] On February 22, 2021, it was announced that a lawsuit had been filed against Rasan by a member of the Islamist Kurdistan Justice Group, who argued that the organization's advocacy for local LGBT+ rights was "against the values of the Kurdish culture.

On April 1, 2021 news broke that the Kurdish security forces, known as Asayish, had set up checkpoints in Sulaymaniyah and arrested a number of individuals suspected of being gay.

[33][34] Despite widespread public condemnation of the operation on social media, it received support from a group of seventeen members of Sulaymaniyah's Provincial Council who signed a petition in its favor.

Ali also claimed that Asaiysh did not differentiate between LGBT sex workers and other members of the community, and that the operation was later rebranded as a crackdown on prostitution to avoid international backlash.

He emphasised that the government should be held responsible for the poor living conditions of LGBT individuals in Kurdistan, and the lack of alternatives leads many to engage in sex work.

Due to the pressure from civil-rights organisations and activists, Asayish eventually stopped the operation, released the detainees, and issued a statement that they were investigating reports of prostitution in the region and did not "target any specific groups of society.

[51] Ali also criticised other NGOs that claim to work on LGBT rights, stating that despite receiving significant funding, they take little action in reality and are often only symbolic entities.

Ali emphasised his dissatisfaction with the government's response in an interview with Al Monitor, saying that the LGBT community is highly concerned about the ongoing breaches of their human rights in the region.

During an interview, Ali discussed the difficulties with being part of the LGBT+ community and finding housing, reporting that many LGBT+ youth are denied rent or properties are not sold to them, so they are forced to marry the opposite gender to obtain a residence.

To solve the situation, the group demands anti-discrimination laws be put in place, which is also "sending a clear message that discrimination and violence against the LGBT community are not tolerated.

On October 10, 2024, he released his fourth single, a Daft Punk inspired track, Limerence, and also announced that he will be performing it live alongside Cloud Nine at Villa Concordia in Utrecht.