# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-RlgmFvBh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11683088-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/20f2d9ca2e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-09-18T18:28:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photos by Danielle Villasana davillasana / Between the dangerous circumstances that pushed them out of their home country and their traumatic journeys north, Kataleya Nativi Baca and Alexa Smith faced unthinkable challenges. Both transgender women, they fled Honduras due to violence and threats. “I told my mom: it’s better if I had just died so as not to live the life I lived of them not accepting me,” said Kataleya of her family. Her brother beat her, fracturing her collarbone. 

Despite life-threatening situations and setbacks in the asylum process due to closed borders from the pandemic, they crossed documented into the United States this year. “I was happy to see the United States' flag,” said Kataleya.

To learn more about women migrating around the globe, explore a group project by National Geographic and the Everyday Projects (everydayeverywhere), which is also being featured at Photoville. Follow me davillasana for more images on human rights issues worldwide. Many thanks to insidenatgeo for their support of this work. #everydayeverywhere #women #migration #photoville

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