Masi Zhakata is a lesbian mother living in Cape Town, South Africa. Her story begins in Zimbabwe, when her family discovered her sexuality. After several members of her family tried to “fix” her with a process known as corrective rape, they forced her to marry a man. She became a wife and had a child, but the constant abuse and correction ...
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 ...