Emhari Abdi

Emhari Abdi is for the lesbians.

Promo Card Summary

 * Bitches love drama in the workplace until it involves them.
 * Lesbians born after 1994 can't cook, all they do is eat ramen, buy 7 wedding rings, eat hot chip, and cry.

Catherine Pinla
The Validate Milves have to have something going on.

Trivia

 * Both of his children are under 5.
 * Both she and Catherine are transfeminine moms who like true crime and horror.

Nasr

 * I remember when I first volunteered and I took a look at the characters and set my eyes on "Emhari Abdi - Half South African, Half Qatari, bigender" and my heart SOARD because for once, LGBT Arabs were being considered. I just KNEW I had to be the one to design him.
 * I want people to know that I specifically designed Emhari so that you can see she hasn't medically transitioned. It doesn't invalidate her identity as a trans person, and that shouldn't be the case in the first place. The reason for that is because many non-Western trans folk don't have the luxury or the privilege to medically transition, let alone socially transition. We have to rely on allies to treat us with respect, and for the most part the bare minimum feels like it has to be earned. By designing an Arab trans person that hasn't medically transitioned, or isn't far into their transition, I'm basically reaching out to all of us who are closeted and saying "I love you, and you're not alone."