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queerafricans · 6 months

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LGBTQ and Sudanese: Malab Alneel, Ahmed Umar, Savina Rise Mizrahi, Nxdia and Dua Saleh

#malab alneel #ahmed umar #savina rise mizrahi #nxdia #dua saleh #sudan #lgbtq in africa

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certainunkownlove2 · 15 days

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They can take our mouths

And make us speak no more

But we will learn to write

They can take our paper

And make us write no more

But we will learn to sign

They can take our hand

And make us sign no more

But we will learn to talk with our eyes

They can take our eyes

And make us blink not more

They can burn can burn us like witches

But when we can communicate no more

We will find a way to scream

"No more"

(this is a poem I wrote while brushing my teeth this morning. It's about kosa but also other protests. It means that even if the government takes our social media to try and silence us, we will find a way to fight back.

This situation we are in is like when workers unions where kinda banned in some companies because the bosses didn't want people to work together. They still found a way to meet and to protest together. I believe that as queer people, we too can fight for freedom and the ability to talk without our government interfering.

So fight against kosa, email your reps. Fight against the homophobe and transphobia that is happening in Africa by learning more about what's going on and how you can help at @queer-africa.

Fight and when you have been silenced, find a way to scream)

#kosa #lgbtq #kids online safety act #kosa bill #stop kosa #fuck kosa #kids online safety bill #Poetry #Poem #poetry on tumblr #poetry community #protest #Lgbtq in Africa

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bidotorg · 5 months

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Today, we take a moment to celebrate a historic milestone - the anniversary of South Africa legalizing same-sex marriage. 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈 On this remarkable day, South Africa not only became the first country in Africa to recognize love in all its forms, but also set a precedent for human rights and equality across the globe. This day serves as a reminder of the progress we've made, and the work that still needs to be done. Let's continue to fight for love, acceptance, and equality for all. Today we celebrate love, human rights, and the beautiful rainbow nation of South Africa. 🌈❤️

#lgbt #queer #bisexuality #bi #lgbtq #lgbtqia #bi pride #same sex marriage #same sex love #same sex relationships #love wins #south africa #marriage equality #equality #equal rights #marriage #relationships #global #milestones

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politijohn · 6 months

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Progress being made in Africa

#Africa #news #good news #lgbt #gay rights #gay marriage #same sex marriage #politics #government #international relations #the left #lgbtq #lgbtq community #lbbt rights

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queerism1969 · 8 months

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thevvitchbitch · 4 months

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#free palestine #gaza #west bank #south africa #international court of justice #ceasefire now #jerusalem #yemen #social justice #lgbtq #palestine

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mangopodcast · 7 months

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I NEED YOUR HELP TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING:

Nowadays no one is racist. Even Nazis get offended if you call them racist. Even people covered with fascist tattoos get offended if you call them racist. Politicians who support racist policies don't see themselves as racist. Medical personnel who mistreat Black and POC intentionally are not *racist. C0ps who kill and harass Black and POC are not racist. Teachers who give Black and POC students a hard time are not racist.

Someone does something racist, you tell them "hey! That's racist" and they start crying, offended. "I'm not racist, how dare you?!" "I dated a Black person once" "I don't see color", and my personal favorite "you're the racist for calling me racist!"

There's no racism in this world because no one is racist. Racism is such a taboo nowadays. You are even afraid to discuss it on scial media.

If no one in this world is racist, then where is all this racism coming from?

#history #leftism #decolonize #decolonise #black history #europe #feminism #africa #lgbtq+#black lives matter #antiracism #antiracist #sociology #anticapitalism

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kaapstadgirly · 3 months

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Yesterday, here on tumblr, someone reached out to me, seeking help. And now I am here seeking yours. I don't care about your opinions and views. The matter of the fact is that everyone deserves to be treated as human beings, and they deserve the rights of human beings as we all do.

Right now, we have a violation of the LGBTQ+ community in Uganda after its government passed one of the harshest anti-gay laws, which includes punishment by death.

Here are two Al Jazeera articles on this:

1. Displaced twice: Gay Ugandans on the run face upheaval in Kenya

2. Ugandas anti lgbtq law causing wave of rights abuses activists say

Yesterday, @annoyingpaintertragedy (please take a look at their blog) reached out to me regarding this. They mentioned that many of Ugandas lgbtq civilians were forced to flee Uganda to neighboring Kenya. But situations are just as bad in Kenya. They spoke of the Kakuma refugee camps where they now live along with many other refugees.

I myself am just now learning of this. But if you have any information or links of organizations that may help regarding this situation, please send them to me or add them to the reblogs.

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zestingbloodorange · 5 months

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The ignorance that the queers of the world have about swana/mena queers and them only bringing us up when talking about how they're illegal there and they would get raped and killed there speaks volumes in so many ways.

and one of them is that it's because it's about them. It's about them wanting to come to our countries and have vacations and adventures and wear our cultural attires for aesthetic and getting free / cheap stuff and rides and even places to stay. I've seen so many tourists take advantage of our hospitality thinking their posts won't reach bilingual arabic speakers. film us whilst laughing as if we are circus animals. and fetishizing us and making content out of us...etc.

it was never about our safety and lives it's about their safety if they wanted to come visit countries that they will never be forced to go to or live in.

The western celebrities that come to the middle east and wear rainbow things have done absolutely nothing for us and actually it has backfired on us so many times while they get to leave. because it was not thought out and it was not about us from the beginning just for them to look good and for their non swana/mena queer fans.and their silence and neutrality at this critical moment tells me enough.

I'm not surprised because when we actually need solidarity we get ignored we only exist when it fits an agenda, for jokes, fetish or for selfish reasons.

And we have queer swana/mena famous artists and activities by the way (I know that's crazy) and they did are doing so much for the community than any westerner queer activities have done and is doing.

#swana #middle east #southwest asia #north africa #queer #lgbtq+#lgbtq community

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comrade-onion · 7 days

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Stand with students, stand with Palestine❤️🇵🇸

(Not OC)

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 8 months

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George W. Bush, the infamously anti-gay and neoconservative former U.S. president who invaded Iraq on a lie, has criticized congressional Republicans for threatening to defund the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a largely successful African HIV-prevention program that he launched back in 2003. “There is no program more pro-life” than PEPFAR, he wrote.

Though PEPFAR is estimated to have saved over 25 million lives, its funding is set to expire on September 30. Congressional Republicans are falsely claiming that the program promotes abortion and using its re-funding as a bargaining chip in budget negotiations. Republicans have threatened to defund the entire federal government at the end of the month unless they’re allowed to slash military diversity programs and military aid to Ukraine and to increase anti-immigration measures at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“We are on the verge of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. To abandon our commitment now would forfeit two decades of unimaginable progress and raise further questions about the worth of America’s word,” Bush wrote in a Wednesday opinion article in The Washington Post.

Bush said that his Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, his White House chief of staff Joshua Bolton, and his senior policy advisor Michael Gerson had advised him to begin PEPFAR. Gerson reportedly told Bush that it would be “a source of national shame” if the U.S. didn’t try to help end the worldwide HIV epidemic.

Bush’s opinion article cited words that Gerson himself had written in defense of PEPFAR in November 2017: “Are Republicans in Congress prepared to squander a legacy of GOP leadership that has won the United States considerable goodwill around the world? Among evangelical Christians, what definition of being ‘pro-life’ does not include saving millions of lives from preventable disease and death?”

Adding his own thoughts, Bush wrote, “There is no program more pro-life than one which has saved more than 25 million lives. I urge Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR for another five years without delay.”

During his presidency, Bush backed a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage, and used bans on same-sex marriage to help him win re-election in 2004. While he served, 27 states banned same-sex marriage.

Despite Bush’s anti-gay record, PEPFAR was “a sound investment in U.S. security,” Ben Plumley, the former CEO of the now-defunct international HIV organization Pangea, said in a now-deleted interview with Hornet.com. Plumley said the program “generated very significant goodwill towards the United States” and countered “the spread of radical Islam or radical anti-Western attitudes in sub-Saharan Africa.”

Plumley also noted that most HIV transmissions in sub-Saharan Africa are heterosexual, meaning that conservative Republicans could support PEPFAR without worrying about seeming too overtly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community.

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queerafricans · 8 days

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LGBTQ and Nigerian

Ceechynaa

Ayo Edebiri

Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

Eloghosa Osunde

Debby Friday

Noni Salma

Kai Isaiah Jamal

Okechukwu Nzelu

Nneka Onuorah

Cynthia Erivo

#lgbtq in africa #nigeria #cynthia erivo #nneka onuorah #okechukwu nzelu #kai isaiah jamal #kai-isaiah jamal #noni salma #debby friday #eloghosa osunde #morenike giwa onaiwu #morénike giwa onaiwu #ayo edebiri #ceechynaa

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certainunkownlove2 · 15 days

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queer people in Africa are hurt for their sexuality but they can't get the medical attention they need and the places they will help can only do so much. Go to https://href.li/?https://gogetfunding.com/support-lgbtiqa-refugees-from-kakuma-refugee-camp/ to donate

And go to https://href.li/?https://youtube.com/channel/UCyk1ApqRiDtjtFMVIC_qNpw to learn more

You can also go to @queer-africa to learn more

#lgbtq #lgbtq in africa

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achromecoveredclone · 3 months

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I cannot describe how much I hate homophobia. It's so viscerally upsetting. It destroys relationships. It destroys hearts. It destroys people. It hurts me.

I can't look at the line where the clouds touch the sky. It's raining outside. There's rain on my cheeks. Don't worry about me.

I miss her. She misses me. Her mum hates it. My dad hates it too.

It destroys relationships. It destroys hearts. It destroys people. It hurts me.

First time I really noticed it, she looked at me and told me that I was prettier than anything else in the world. My cheeks hurt.

I miss her. She misses me. Her mum made her call me. My dad rolls his eyes.

It destroys relationships. It destroys hearts. It destroys people. It hurts her.

I remember when I put on my favourite song. We looked up at the stars and she kissed me. It was better than anything else. It was inexperienced. It was indescribable. It was incredible.

I miss her. She misses me. Her mum made her end it. My dad heard me describe it.

She cried down the phone and the tears flooded my own eyes. I couldn't stop crying. I can't stop liking her. I can't. I can't. I won't. I can't.

I cannot describe how much I hate homophobia. It's so viscerally upsetting. It destroys relationships. It destroys hearts. It destroys people. It hurts us.

#african queer #african lesbian #lgbtq africa #Nigerian lesbian #breakup #homophobia #poetry #gay poetry #gay poem #lgbt #lgbtq #lesbian #i miss her.#and i know she misses me.

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queerism1969 · 2 months

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thevvitchbitch · 4 months

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#free palestine #gaza #west bank #free gaza #signal boost #ceasefire now #usa news #us politics #jerusalem #social justice #feminism #lgbtq #south africa #international criminal court #world news #pjo tv show #percy jackson

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