Masi Zhakata is a lesbian mother living in Cape Town, South Africa. Their story begins in Zimbabwe, when their family discovered their sexuality. After several members of their family tried to “fix” them with a process known as corrective rape, they forced them to marry a man. They became a wife and had a child, but the constant abuse and ...
When Lambert fled her home country of Cameroon in 2018, she was just looking for a country to live freely and without fear as an LGBTQ person.
“In Cameroon, you are forced to hide because your relationship cannot be public knowledge or it will be a disaster,” she says. Traveling from Turkey to the island of Kos, in Greece, and then onto ...
Sulah Mawejje's formative years in Uganda were difficult, as a young man who didn’t “seem” quite like the others. He endured physical bullying and taunting, and much of that abuse came from his family and close friends, leading to a feeling of self-alienation. It was not an easy path, but it was not unlike that of many young queer people in ...
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