Being trans and/or non-binary while being religious is often portrayed as contradictory, given the dominant religious messages are often unfavourable towards sexual and gender minorities. In French-speaking West African countries, where traditional…
There’s something beautifully complex, textures in ways that can’t always be explained but felt and layered about seeing yourself in a movie; seeing parts of yourself or all of yourself, your experiences…
Comme dans la plupart des pays du monde, les personnes LGBTQIA+ d’Afrique francophone continuent de résister à une oppression institutionnelle et sociale profondément enracinée. Dans cette région, les lois varient entre criminalisation…
As in most countries around the world, LGBTQIA+ people in Francophone Africa continue to resist historic institutional and social oppression. Laws in the region vary from explicit criminalisation to implicit criminalisation, a…
Attending the AWID Forum was like stepping into an assortment of connections, knowledge and belonging. Held in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2024, the Forum is convened by the Association for Women’s Rights…
On November 8th, 2024, I lost a dear colleague, Charity Muturi, to suicide. The initial news reached me through social media, where a post reported an “unidentified woman” had died by suicide.…
In November 2024, I joined more than 1000 people from over 100 countries fighting for the liberation of LGBTIQ persons against discrimination and violence. At the 31st ILGA World Conference, I was…
African lesbians today face significant discrimination and violence at the intersection of homophobia and misogyny in deeply patriarchal societies, despite their crucial roles in feminist and queer organizing across the continent. Lesbians…
How can we describe a gathering of globally marginalised people that, paradoxically, is organised in a way that reflects neocolonial dynamics? This may be the case with ILGA 2024. Earlier in 2024,…
Convenings and forums are always layered with complexities, even when they are necessary and life-giving to queer people. On the one hand, they present an abundance of opportunities to network, forge partnerships,…