Towards a thriving LBQ community, living in a supportive and inclusive environment
Kenya
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We are a Community!
UAFI is a community of LBQ persons who work together to better the lives of Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) persons in Kilifi County, in the Kenyan coastal region.
This year’s International Safe Abortion Day calls for Solidarity in Action: advance reproductive justice and urgently strengthen health systems for comprehensive abortion care.
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We begin our Silent Week running from today until 1 September — a moment to pause, breathe and rest.
But silence doesn’t mean we are leaving you alone. As LBQ persons and communities, peace and safety are not things we should have to navigate alone.
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Our liberation has room for all of us 🏳️🌈
We affirm that queer communities are not a monolith. Our bodies, identities, histories, politics, cultures and experiences may be different and that difference does not make any of us less deserving of belonging.
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May we build communities brave enough to hold complexity, make space for disagreement, and embrace one another without demanding sameness. Different does not have to mean divided. We can make room for each other.
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#affirmation #MondayThought
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We are currently participating in data protection training for civil society organisations facilitated by Amnesty International Kenya and DPO 360. 🧵
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To stand at a public political rally and suggest that perpetrators should "just rape women and not kill them" is not only reckless but deeply harmful.
As pride month comes to a close, we’re reminding that pride is more than a celebration, it’s a commitment to equality, dignity and the right for every person to live authentically.
As pride month comes to an end, we are reflecting on what it means to build communities rooted in safety, inclusion and care.
Peacebuilding is about creating spaces where LBQ persons feel safe, valued and connected.
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Pride is visibility. Pride is peace. Pride is resistance.
When we care for one another, we strengthen our communities and create spaces where everyone can exist with dignity, safety and belonging
#wealldeservetoexistwithdignity #Mshikamanowakifemisti #collectivecare
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Pride is visibility. Pride is peace. Pride is resistance.
By creating spaces for dialogue and collective action we strengthen communities where diversity is valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute to peace and social change.
#Amaniniujumuishaji #pridemonth
Pride is visibility. Pride is peace. Pride is resistance
Gendered disinformation and online hate seek to silence and erase queer communities, but our voices and stories matter. Our existence is not up for debate.
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We are reclaiming the internet as a space of safety, expression, feminist solidarity and healing.
#FeministPeacebuilding #PeaceandInclusion #pridemonth #usalamamtandaoni
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As we observe Lesbian Visibility Week, it is important for organisations and institutions to reflect on what true inclusion requires. From a human rights perspective, inclusion cannot count as an add-on. 🧵
#lesbianvisibilityweek
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Imagine experiencing violence and having to ask yourself: If I report this, will it bring justice..or more harm? For many LBQ persons in Kilifi, access to justice feels distant and sometimes unsafe. And when cases enter the justice system, the process can be long, confusing,
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and emotionally exhausting. A fair justice system must be safe, inclusive and accessible to everyone.
#accesstojustice #justiceforall #humanrights #accountability
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Boda boda operators in Kilifi are helping promote safety and more inclusive public spaces. As part of our ongoing engagement, we distributed reflectors to increase visibility on human rights while reinforcing messages of respect, dignity and inclusion.
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By continuously working with boda boda operators, we are strengthening peer-led advocacy and ensuring that the message remains clear: that everyone deserves safety, dignity and respect.
#BilaJamiiHakunaUkombozi #HumanRightsForAll
#Safety
#Dignity
#inclusion
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Boda boda operators in Kilifi are helping promote safer and more inclusive public spaces. As part of our ongoing engagement we distributed reflectors to increase visibility on human rights while reinforcing messages of respect, dignity and inclusion.
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Being "afraid of nothing" embodies the courage needed to speak up, confront prejudice and occupy space even when doing so is risky or uncomfortable. When taken as a whole, Lorde emphasises the need to pursue justice and equality with unwavering courage and deliberate action. 1/2
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Audre reminds us that, we need to actively promote gender equality by making thoughtful, calculated decisions to bring about change rather than waiting for it to occur.
#motivationalquotes #progress #change #voice #agency #motivationmonday
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As we gear towards International Women’s Day, we celebrate the rights, strength, contributions and resilience of women and girls in all their diversities. We deserve equal rights and access in law and all spheres of life. 🧵
Today marks International Sex Workers' Rights Day. Sex workers in all their diversities deserve safety, dignity, respect and free from stigma, discrimination and violence.
Sex work is work
Decriminalize sex work
#HumanRightsForAll #safety #decriminalizesexwork
