#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

[nassalidali]

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[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

[nassalidali]

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.

[naijaboi]

Posted @withregram • @weareallout Good news from Ghana! 🥳 The court dismissed all the charges against the 21 people illegally arrested during an event for LGBT+ rights organizers. Back in May, 21 LGBT+ people were arrested in Ghana for "unlawful assembly" when running a workshop on human rights. In response, activists from Ghana started a petition on the All Out petition platform demanding the release of the 21, and the dropping of charges against them. They also shared their pressing need for legal support, food and medical supplies for the 21 people arrested. This spurred us on to create the Emergency Action Fund, to support countries throughout Africa experiencing attacks against their LGBT+ communities. The support of All Out members made a huge difference – and you can do it too! 📨 If you haven’t already, subscribe to our email alerts and get updates on urgent fights and actions for LGBT+ rights around the world. #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #lgbtqghana #lgbtqafrica #allout #weareallout #QueerAfrica https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuc0nWFiTl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[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