# @girlsagainstoppression on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsWFNBht7jA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34697936-girlsagainstoppression-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/dd497edd3c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-05-17T12:55:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Girls Against Oppression (@girlsagainstoppression) — https://gondola.cc/girlsagainstoppression

## Caption

The theme for this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia is "Together Always: United in Diversity" . Our legacy as Africans cannot be an internalisation & reproduction of colonial narratives & discriminatory behaviours like queerphobia.
✍🏾 lusyxmo_ (name/they/them) 
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#feminist #activism #queercommunity #africalgbt #socialjustice #internationaldayagainsthomophobia #internationaldayagainsthomophobiatransphobiaandbiphobia #lgtbtqia

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Sources & further reading:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/3/15/how-an-lgbtq-court-ruling-sent-kenya-into-a-moral-panic
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/why-are-kenya-and-uganda-cracking-down-on-lgbtq-rights
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/fight-for-lgbtq-rights-in-africa/
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/10-ways-be-ally-black-lgbt-people
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/22/progress-and-setbacks-lgbt-rights-africa-overview-last-year
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/african-sexuality-and-legacy-imported-homophobia
https://www.unfpa.org/events/international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia
https://alturi.org/news_items/zambia-police-arrest-feminist-ngo-leaders-accuse-them-of-promoting-homosexuality/
https://www.afrocritik.com/activists-in-africa-and-diaspora-changing-the-lgbtq-narrative/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/African-lgbtq-activists-who-changed-africa/

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## Tags

socialjustice, internationaldayagainsthomophobiatransphobiaandbiphobia, feminist, africalgbt, internationaldayagainsthomophobia, activism, lgtbtqia, queercommunity

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