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This is what I talk about when I talk about fashion and celebrity normalization. Until today, almost all of the talk I’ve been hearing about Will & Kate’s Carribbean tour is what a disaster its been- everywhere they’ve gone, they’ve been met with large-scale protests over ongoing imperialism and the British monarchy’s role in enslaving Africans and colonizing the Caribbean. The purpose of these tours is traditionally to strengthen ties with the native population of commonwealth countries, but instead, it’s looking more and more like Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize may do like Barbados did recently and remove the Queen as their head of state.

And, just to be clear: this colonialism isn’t just a thing of the path, it’s ongoing. In Belize, Will and Kate wanted to visit a cocoa farm, and their plan was to land their helicopter on a soccer field. The land the soccer field is on is owned by the conservation organization Flora and Fauna International. It took 12,000 acres of land, acres that had previously been freely used and sustainably managed by the indigenous Q'eqehi Maya people, and told them it was private property and they couldn’t use it any more. Will and Kate are patrons of Flora and Fauna International.

And then Kate shows up in what is objectively a very beautiful gown and the conversation changes. Suddenly it’s all about Kate in a pretty dress and not the very real historical injustice that this tour represents, and its colonialist political goals.

Call me Ben, I am 21 years old and I am an atheist transgender woman living in a  country where its a big sin to be homosexual or transgeder. The sentence is 14 years imprisonment if caught or reported with evidence.

I have been living an undercover life for four years now, my family are extremely religious and wouldn't let it slide if they get to know about me. My uncle suspected me once, he told my parents and they promised to hand me to the Feds if the suspicions a true. My mom (who is lenient)promised to send me to corrective therapy and never allowed access to the outside world until I'm sane (they see my originality as insanity).

I can't keep this cover up for much longer, already I'm raising eyebrows and so many are watching my every step. I'm scared, and all I ask Is be what I want in a safe environment. I don't want to face 14years jail term nor want to be looked up in a corrective therapy.

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Her family members saw this post she made. Now they want her locked in a corrective therapy center.

Ben is safe with a friend who reached out to me.

There's limited time for Ben to leave that hell of a country.

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