Today’s guest once wrote: “Activism for human rights does not necessarily lead to mental hardship—it saved me and many others.” 

Kristi Pinderi is an LGBTQ rights activist, who was one of the people who founded and marched at the first pride parade in his native Albania. Thanks to his tireless work, Albania adopted a National Action Plan for LGBTQ people in 2016. He’s made documentaries, written many articles, an autobiography and co-founded the first residential shelter for LGBTQ people in Albania.

He moved with his partner Erjon and their dog to Canada in 2017.