Towards a thriving LBQ community, living in a supportive and inclusive environment
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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 often talk about abortion access as though it begins and ends with whether a service exists. But access also means being able to reach care, afford it, find accurate information, trust the system, and receive care safely, confidentially and without stigma.
This #September28, means strengthening the conditions that make abortion care genuinely accessible, safe, timely, confidential and dignified.
#AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionAccess #StrengthenHealthSystems
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UNGA81📣
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We did not go to New York simply to participate. We went with questions. But more importantly, we went with demands.
Over two weeks, @Zamara_fdn engaged spaces where decisions on multilateralism, development, financing and human rights were being debated, bringing feminist analysis, research and the voices of women and girls in all their diversities into the room.
The work does not end when the General Assembly closes. We take the conversations home. We take the demands home. And we keep organising.
#UNGA81 #ZamaraVoices
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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We believe in creating spaces where we can feel safe, included, supported, and cared for collectively. That’s why we created REIMAGINING PEACE: Safety, Inclusion and Collective Care for LBQ Persons.
During this week, we may be quiet. But we’re still here.
Still listening.
Still caring.
Still building toward safer, more inclusive, and more caring communities.
#SilentWeek #ReimaginingPeace #CollectiveCare #RestIsResistance #SafetyAndInclusion
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.
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
We are currently participating in data protection training for civil society organisations facilitated by Amnesty International Kenya and DPO 360. 🧵
The training is strengthening our understanding of data governance, privacy and responsible data handling and our obligations under Kenya’s Data Protection Act, 2019.
For us, data protection is more than compliance. It’s about protecting people’s privacy, safety, dignity and trust. Protecting data is protecting the community we work with.
#DataProtectionKE #DataGovernance #privacymatters #responsibledata #civilsociety
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Celebrating Monalisa’s incredible award! 🎉 A true testament to the power of showing up and leading the way. Read More: 🔗 kuchutimes.substack.com/p/re…
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Online harassment and doxxing disproportionately target women, LGBTQ+ people and activists in Kenya, often with little recourse. Digital rights are human rights: report abuse, document evidence, and know that speaking up online shouldn't cost your safety.
#RaiseYourVoice
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JUST IN: Wendy and Diana the two young women from Uganda who were arrested because of a kiss are now free from persecution.
Folks we won this ❤️🏳️🌈
BREAKING NEWS: The prosecution against Wendy Faith (Torrero Bae) and Alesi Diana Denise has officially been discontinued by Uganda’s Director of Public Prosecutions. The case had attracted international attention after the two were arrested over allegations of kissing in public and charges brought under Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act. Finally, Wendy and Diana are free. Thank you to everyone who stood with them and supported them throughout this journey. theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Today, tomorrow and always,
Your gender identity matters and your life matters.
Happy #NonBinaryPeoplesDay !💛🤍💜🖤
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.
It creates the dangerous impression that rape is somehow a lesser offense that can be tolerated, so long as it does not end in murder. Rape is not an acceptable alternative to femicide.