As a freelance journalist, Silvia Stöber has specialized for more than five years on the South Caucasus. She writes regularly for various publications such as the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the Tagesspiegel, Zeit Online, tagesschau.de, and other media sources. She travels in all three countries regularly. For this report on LGBTI rights, she interviewed activists, concerned citizens, politicians, and others. Not all are cited with quotes or names in order to protect their privacy.