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angelsaxis · 4 months

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Image ID: URGENT!!! Nigerian trans woman is facing housing issues is urgently in need of funds for rent as her rent has expired for a while now and she needs help to get sheltered soon as the landlord has asked her to move out soon. She also needs support with her hrt meds

GOAL: $1050

Paypal: @angelsaxis

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I have to remake because the last one got a lot of notes, but little to no help.

Lola is constantly at risk of being homeless, and Nigeria is a violently homophobic and transphobic country. She needs money for food, housing, and HRT. She also recently suffered a terrible loss when her friend, Fola (IG), drowned a few weeks ago.

When I say any amount helps, I mean it. I can't tell you how many times just a handful of fives here and there adds up faster than you'd expect.

Her twitter is @/Afreau_Deity. At the moment, she hasn't eaten all day.

312.84/1050 USD

#angel posts #transgender #mutual aid #crowdfund #lesbian #gay #bisexual #nigerian #queer #trans #queer nigeria #queer nigerian #lgbt #lgbtq #ace #asexual #pan #pansexual #trans help #ally #allyship

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queerism1969 · 2 months

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clonerightsagenda · 1 year

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"I told her that you were the first person I'd ever met as an adult who wasn't ashamed to not want sex. I told her you looked at me and said, Sex, for me, doesn't mean anything. Even if it did, it wouldn't mean what it does for other people. It wouldn't mean closeness. That's just not how I say I love you.

I told her you were the first person I loved without needing to escape. You didn't do drugs, so I couldn't dump my head in them. We didn't have sex, so I couldn't throw my body at the issue. I had to look at myself, and maybe that was the problem? She said, Not even once?, returning to the sex thing with shock. I wanted to slap her, but instead I just said, No, not once. She asked me if I regretted it. I told her no, that we knew other ways to communicate, other ways to love, other ways to touch each other. The conversation made me miss you even more. It reminded me that most people think sex is where love goes to graduate, that sex is where love matures. I always forget that we're not the norm."

from Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

#this is a fantastic book about a variety of queer experiences in Nigeria #and I was not expecting any ace stuff to come up because it often doesn't even in books of that type #but it did! and I have carried the picture of this page in my phone for months

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queerafricans · 2 months

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Igbo-Tamil interdisciplinary artist Akwaeke Emezi has released their debut extended play “Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive!”

#akwaeke emezi #nigeria #queer african release #genderqueer in africa

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caribeandthebooks · 1 month

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Caribe's Top Reads

An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Adult Fiction

Setting: Nigeria

Description: An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming of age story of an intersex twin, Oto, who is forced to live as a boy and adhere to prohibitive Yoruba traditions despite his desire to live as a girl. His wealthy and powerful family are ashamed of him and we see Oto become more estranged from his twin sister and experience heart-breaking brutality at the hands of his mother…Read more on Goodreads/Storygraph

Content Warning information can be found via the above Storygraph link.

#an ordinary wonder #buki papillon #contemporary fiction #adult fiction #books set in nigeria #read around the world challenge #read around the world #diverse books #diverse reads #favourite reads #lgbtqia #queer

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achromecoveredclone · 1 month

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that time my mum said "ethnically, you are Nigerian, but culturally... are you really?" when I told her about how othered I felt by native Nigerian kids at my school

#like wow okay #i know it was half a year ago but that weighs on me every day without fail #imposter syndrome #black cultures #nigerian #nigeria #british Nigerian #black brit #black british #nigerian brit #yoruba #nigerian lesbian #nonbinary nigerian #african lesbian #african queer #african #soreness

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olofintuyita · 3 months

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Reflections on Ethics Discussion

The past couple of weeks of ethics discussions have been a fun time. I enjoyed hearing various perspectives from my classmates. My favorites include "Working towards the Philosophies of J. Chillin" and "Living a Life Full of Fun and Whimsy." After hearing others present before me, my response to what inspires my ethics has changed. Initially, I was going to talk about the levels of utilitarianism that I apply to myself and others close to me, but after listening to others, I decided to talk about something more personal. One person in class talked about the differences between Eastern and Western cultures and living within both settings. I relate to her experience of recognizing a heightened desire for independence in the United States that can come in contradiction with the desire to put one's family first. I have attempted to find that balance in my life and though I don't think I will ever reach an equilibrium, I am much happier for trying. This led me to talk about my family and how they have impacted me growing up. I have always had my family to take care of me and for that I am grateful.

#ethics #nigeria #naija #nigerian #queer

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misterjt · 1 year

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In This Nigerian Market, Young Women Find a Place of Their Own

#photography #black and white photography #nigeria #africa #queer culture #women #skateboarding #skatergirl #stephen tayo

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randomberlinchick · 1 year

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Arinze Ifeakandu wins Dylan Thomas prize for ‘kaleidoscopic reflection of queer life in Nigeria’ | Books | The Guardian

Oh wow, this sounds like a must read!! 👏🏾📖👏🏾

#arinze ifeakandu #lgbtq+#nigeria #queer life in nigeria #God’s Children Are Little Broken Things #short stories #dylan thomas prize #literature

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angelsaxis · 3 months

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"I’m Lola, a Black transfemme living in Nigeria, where my existence is illegal with two decades of jail time. I got kicked out by my parents after I was forcefully outed and am currently in a homeless shelter.

I’ve been harassed multiple times, and recently, I was followed and harassed by four men near the shelter who threatened to kill me and split my head open. My life is in danger, and I’m facing homelessness as the shelter will be shut down by this month’s end. Being homeless as trans woman or transfemme in Nigeria is a death sentence

I’m also dealing with suicidal thoughts from gender dysphoria and a lack of access to HRT.

I’m seeking help so I can afford safe housing and gender affirming care so I can transition safely and save my life. This GoFundMe is the second one created because of problems with the first."

Lola is currently living on the streets because their homeless shelter kicked them out when they reported transphobic harassent and violence. they've been attacked, and they need food and money for a place to stay.

if you prefer not to donate to the GFM, you can send money to Lola through P*yP*l here: paypal.me/angelsaxis

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queerism1969 · 2 months

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queerafricans · 1 year

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Revival - the debut extended play from Nigerian-American singer-songwriter and model Annahstasia

#annahstasia #annahstasia enuke #nigeria #queer african release

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theafropolitandiaries · 10 months

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#lgbtqplus #lgbtqplus in Nigeria #nollywood #queer cinema

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straponstrapoff · 2 years

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Uh oh girlies i had responsibilities today but i was not immune to going back home late due to an amazing dicking met on a very queer festival

Situation managed now but ofc im here like. My life sure chooses The Timing

#shoutout to the girl from nigeria giving me a hickey first and asking orientation questions later #bro she bit too hard too fast tho but apparently queer women find me Rigid #Sophisticated And Hot?#i mean one queer woman but still uh yeah tis I a known mom friend #keeping ppl in place is my love lingo #i think #look this Was A Night #do not ask me abt the belarusian dick tho i will blush and look away #i still Got It apparently hahah

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gwydionmisha · 2 years

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#Refugees #Nigeria #Queer Refugees #LGBTQIA+#News

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ecologydyke · 1 year

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begging pleading for people to use their critical thinking skills when it comes to the environment. way too many people have this idea:

climate change isn’t real = wrong and bad

climate change is real = correct and good

and while yes, denying climate change *is* wrong and bad, that doesn’t mean you should immediately trust everyone who says climate change is real.

ecofacism is a really concerning trend i see, especially among the younger generation because of how undeniable climate change has become to us. facists are taking advantage of the existential despair that’s rising in young people due to the climate crisis to indoctrinate them into their ideology. the most important thing to remember about ecofacists is that *they don’t actually care about the environment.* it’s a front to make facism more palatable to people who are concerned about the climate. it’s so so so important to learn how to recognize ecofacist talking points because i see them repeated by people who otherwise wouldn’t be described as a facist and it’s very concerning.

if someone says climate change is due to overpopulation, that’s an ecofacist talking point.

if someone says climate change is due to immigration, that’s an ecofacist talking point.

if someone says climate change is a necessary purge of humankind, that’s an ecofacist talking point.

if someone says all humans are inherently evil and deserve to die, that’s an ecofacist talking point.

if someone says that we are the virus, that’s an ecofacist talking point.

ecofacists claim that overpopulation is causing the climate crisis. it’s not. pay attention to the particular spots in the world that have the densest populations: china, india, bangladesh, and nigeria are usually the main countries in these claims. they are targeting asian and african people and blaming them for climate change entirely, when in reality these poorer people living in very high density cities have some of the lowest carbon footprints. ecofacists will say that overpopulation is the issue in asia and africa, and while they usually don’t say this part out loud, the implied solution to the climate crisis is mass genocide against mainly black and brown people. *facism as we know it is white supremacy.* they also use a similar argument to claim that immigration is contributing to climate change, saying that (again, mostly black and brown) immigrants are causing overpopulation in “civilized” countries and that the planes and boats used to take them across the world are causing all that pollution.

ecofacists will say that floods and famine and the subsequent deaths that result from climate change are a necessary evil to keep the human race in check. again, think of who will be most affected by climate change-related disasters (who already are being affected by them). this is not a coincidence.

because they are the masterminds behind the theory that all humans are evil and should die, logically that means the ecofacists would be the ones leading the massacres and choosing which groups to eliminate. again, facism is white supremacy. they will target people of colour, disabled people, queer people, jewish people, and elderly people until only the “ideal” (read: white, abled, cishetallo) members of society are left. this is not a coincidence.

i’m using very extreme examples here obviously but that’s just to demonstrate what the goal of ecofacism is. ecofacists want to use the climate crisis to guilt trip people into giving everything up for the sake of the environment and subscribing to their racist ideals.

it’s very important to mention how rampant ecofacist ideology has become in vegan circles online. obviously there’s nothing wrong with being vegan, but ecofacist talking points are *everywhere* in online vegan communities and it’s very concerning. it’s especially common among animal rights activists (which almost always go hand in hand with veganism, although not all vegans are aras). it’s really important to keep in mind that animal rights activism and animal welfare activism are very very different - animal welfare fights for ethical treatment and slaughter of livestock, while animal rights fights for the complete eradication of animal products. the whole argument over animal welfare vs animal rights can be saved for another post but it is very, very important to recognize how animal rights activism and in many cases veganism parrots racist ecofacist ideas.

it’s really really important to acknowledge that native populations of turtle island and polynesia in particular are damaged by ecofacist ideals. a core part of animal rights activism is the push for completely criminalizing all hunting of wildlife, and who’d have thought - that is incredibly important to the indigenous way of life and forcing native people to stop hunting (*especially* inuit living in the north) is cultural genocide. ecofacism also uses the guise of conservation efforts to push native peoples off of their own land.

it’s true that human consumption can and does lead to climate change, but it isn’t poor people living in slums or even really an average western household. ecofacists put all the blame for climate change on people of colour and other marginalized communities, even when they’re the ones contributing the least to the climate crisis. while a lot of what i’m saying here is intentionally extreme to properly illustrate the point i’m trying to make, it is absolutely a thing that happens that oppressed people actually do die because of ecofacism. the el paso shooter in texas a few years ago admitted to having ecofacist ideals and that his targeting of a store frequented by mexican immigrants was not a coincidence. the shooter that killed 51 people in mosques in christchurch that same year also shared similar ecofacist beliefs.

ecofacist propaganda can be hard to spot and can even make its way to mainstream media. do you remember a couple years ago at the height of tue pandemic when major news outlets were posting videos of dolphins returning to the venecian canals? those videos were not real. they were made with the implicit message of “humans are the virus” - which is, again, an ecofacist talking point. whether the videos were created by an ecofacist or not doesn’t really matter - what matters is that they spread ecofacist propaganda *everywhere*.

it’s really important to recognize absolutist statements like “all humans are evil and should die” or “overpopulation is causing climate change” and be able to critically think about who they might be benefiting and who they might be detrimental to. there are clues in ecofacist talking points, but they’re usually hard to spot - that is the point. if you see some statement that raises a red flag, you should think about who it’s being said or implied is causing the harm, whether it’s a radicalized or oppressed group, and how they’re being portrayed by the people saying these statements. it’s also really important to think about how they propose climate change should be solved: if it involves more police, more surveillance, excluding or pushing entire groups of people out, more military action, or closing borders and denying people the freedom to move - that is an ecofacist talking point.

also, i should mention that not everyone who spreads these types of ideas are ecofacists. in fact, i think most of them aren’t, or at least fully. ecofacism is just the most covert form of facist propaganda right now and it’s very easy to fall into the idea that all humans should die or whatever, no matter if you subscribe to the racist implications of that or not. just please be aware of how ecofacism manifests and how easily it spreads online - don’t be afraid to point out when you think someone is unintentionally spreading racist rhetoric, and be self-critical of what the implications of some of the things you might be saying have. critical thinking wasn’t taught in school just so you could figure out if the curtains were blue or not - it affects everything.

some articles about this topic that i like a lot

#if anyone would like to add on or correct me on anything please feel free to #ecology #environment #climate change #climate crisis #vegan #animal rights #animal welfare #ecofacism #facism #long

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