Sexual Minorities

The prohibition sign laid over the VPN symbol with anonymous masks hidden in the flag of Tanzania in the background.
“My privacy matters”: Tanzania’s new VPN policy leaves LGBTQ+ individuals exposed

Sabel*, a gay man living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, uses pseudonyms to engage with…

A drawing of a human eye superimposed with the logo of Eswatini Sexual & Gender Minorities and the national flag of the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Eswatini’s LGBTQ community is “mounting and waving their flags”

Editor’s Note: This story contains references to sexual violence.  MANZINI, Eswatini – On the evening…

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This Nigerian anthology on queer joy wants to make you “Feel Good”

Much has been said in criticism of the fetishisation of queer suffering. For a long…

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Embracing the Lady and the Boy: How this Kenyan singer is engaging queerness through music

There is nothing novel about the concept of art as liberation.  All across the world,…

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From taboo to truth: The influence of African queer positive films in challenging stereotypes

In a scene from Ìfé, a 2020 movie about two Nigerian lesbian lovers overseen by…

Pride to Prejudice: The Nigerian queer community's complex relationship with social media
Pride to Prejudice: The Nigerian queer community’s complex relationship with social media

When Ms. Fola Francis, an openly trans woman living in Nigeria, joined a trend and…

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Tuning into queerness: How I found my identity with music

I have never really thought of myself as a queer artist. As a matter of…

A group of queer individuals standing with targets on their bodies and Tanzania’s parliament building in the background.
Tanzania’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights: “The government is making [us] hide”

On April 22, 2023, Milembe Suleiman, a 43-year-old Tanzanian lesbian, was brutally killed and mutilated…

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“We look out for one another”: Queer, Hausa, and Woman in Nigeria

TW: This article contains descriptions of suicide.  Maryam remembers watching her girlfriend overdose. It was…

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A story of me: Being queer in North Sudan

TW: This article contains descriptions of sexual and physical violence.  When I started university in…

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