#LGBTQAfrica

[mysteriouslynoisyshark]

Love is just love. Blind. 🫢 Blindingly beautiful;

Love is Beautiful. 🫶🏿

Why persecute us? 😢

🏳️‍⚧️#LGBTQAfrica 🌈#LoveIsLove 🙌🏿 @verygaypurplething

[harvardfineartslib]

     “When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, many African countries were still fighting for their independence from European colonialism, and black nationalism was at an all-time high. While Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia were slowly winning independence, South Africa’s fight for freedom against racialized oppression was quashed with brutal force by the apartheid state. 

     It is so unfortunate that, in most of those countries that gained independence before South Africa, homophobia, queerphobia, transphobia and lesbophobia are deeply entrenched, with African leaders criminalizing homosexuality and publicly projecting hate speech.

     As black lesbian women and gay men today we are resisting homophobia, queerphobia and transphobia simply by living our lives. We put ourselves at risk in the townships by coming out and being seen, but we refuse to comply and to deny our own existence.” – Zanele Muholi, Johannesburg, April 2014

Image 1: Left: Lebo Mashifane, District Six, Cape Town, 2009, Right: Linda Myataza, NY 147, Gugulethu, Cape Town, 2011

Image 2: Left: Thandeka Ndamase, Kwa Thema, Springs, Johannesburg, 2010, Right: Ayanda Magudulela, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2010

Zanele Muholi : faces and phases 2006-2014 Author / Creator Muholi, Zanele [photographer]   Göttingen, Germany : Steidl ; New York : Walther Collection, 2014. "In Faces and Phases 200614, Zanele Muholi embarks on a journey of visual activism to ensure black queer and transgender visibility. Despite South Africa’s progressive Constitution and twenty years of democracy, black lesbians and trans men remain the targets of brutal hate crimes and so-called corrective rapes. Taken over the past eight years, the more than 250 portraits in this book, accompanied by moving testimonies, present a compelling statement about the lives and struggles of these individuals. They also comprise an unprecedented and invaluable archive: marking, mapping and preserving an often invisible community for posterity." English HOLLIS number: 990144021650203941

[naijaboi]

Taking a break from creating to say hi. Editing this new footage has me. Hope you get outside even tho it's cold. #CreativesRebuildnewyork #QueerAdventures #lgbtqafrica #QueerAfrica #Director #QueerandTransOrisaStorytelling https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ7d_k9FgUv/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lordzannis]

this is out of my range but please do help your lgbt fellows!

🌙 Ramadan Mubarak from lgbtiq folks in Kenya kakuma refugee camp 🌙

As we begin this sacred month of fasting, we're calling to support our lgbtiq community in observing Ramadan with peace and dignity. Fasting can be challenging, and many of our members need support to complete this spiritual journey smoothly.

We are calling on our supporters, well wishers and lgbtiq allies to stand with us—whether through donations, food supplies, or any form of assistance. Your kindness and generosity will help ensure that our lgbtiq Muslim siblings have what they need to observe Ramadan with ease in kakuma refugee camp

📌 To support, reach out to us today through sharing, advocating, reblog, repost and mostly donating anything even if it's little

Together, we can uplift and strengthen our community through assistance

https://gofund.me/6930e2d7

#TransArrivalsKenya #RamadanKareem #Solidarity #SupportTransLivesTraTrans & Intersex History.AfricaJinsianguRainbow RailroadEATHAN - East Africa Trans Health & Advocacy NetworkKuchu Shiners UgandaMatasia Trans Capabilty

[orangemoonsherbert]

There's so much of my past self that I don't resonate with at all anymore, but I love them all the same. They were growing, they were fighting-- they were doing their best! You should love every version of yourself because you cannot hate yourself into a version you love. They fought so hard for me to get here.

[gaydudeknysna]

Well you did say... "yall can never be too skinny or to rich" @mjrodriguez7 @dominiquet.a.r.jackson We love all o' yall.... #DGAMEDIA #illustration #digitalart #photoediting #graphicdesign #drawing #typography #illustrationartists #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqafrica #love_outa_knysna (at Knysna, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnTJzJL8WR/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rodwey2004]

#lgbtqafrica at Pride Jubilee 🖤🏳️‍🌈💛🏳️‍🌈💙🏳️‍🌈💜 . Visit my website: rodweyphotography.com/Pride-2019 . . #diversity #petertatchell #ukblackpride #everystorymatters #ukbp #whenwerise #prideweekend #gaypride #lgbtafrica #pridejubilee #equality #london #lgbt #pride #prideinlondon #keepupthenoise #stonewall50 #lgbtqia #loveislove #stonewall #lgbti #rainbowflag #photooftheday #igshotz #pictureoftheday #canonphotography #streetphotography #lgbtq🌈 #canonuser . . @prideinlondon @london_metropolis @petertatchellfoundation @ukblackpride @metro.co.uk @london @toplondonphoto @alamyltd @gettyimages @canonuk @evening.standard @smugmug @guardian @thetimes (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Orjz8g6F_/?igshid=sefg9ktlxc50

[nefertiti-kinkyedges]

If i wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself- @muholizanele - - Ps- @tyonnaxroberts says i “look like a take your kid to work” picture, 🙄😂 - - - - - - - - #blackherstorymonth #blackhistorymonth #lgbtqartists #lgbtqafrica #happyblackhistorymonth #takeyourkidtoworkday https://www.instagram.com/african_.jawn/p/Bt88KB1AAKk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18gxwdkmm54ox

[mysteriouslynoisyshark]

Torn, it still stands.

Ragged, it still means a lot-

✊🏿 ***Resilience and Strength***💪🏿

🏳️‍⚧️#LGBTQAfrica🌈 @verygayp

[gaydudeknysna]

For my #lgbtq🌈 nation #gayillustration #gayart #lgbtqafrica #DGAMEDIA #illustration #digitalart #photoediting #graphicdesign #typography (at Knysna, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8eVwEpkCb/?igshid=jpf808dd9ue1