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markup of KOSA is happening this wednesday.

if you live in the united states, i ask of you to call your state representatives.

the SCREEN act has failed but i still ask of you to continue sharing this around and taking action.

FUCK MASS SURVEILLANCE

i’ve been seeing way to much transandrophobia lately

so i want to try something

reblog if your blog is a safe space for transmascs

please. we need the support.

adding a reblog bait tw here, because some might need it <3

The broad picture for gay people in most of Africa is a grim one, with homophobia frequently starting in the family home; it is not unusual for parents to reject their gay children, even to the extent of killing them, or hiring contract killers. The only way to survive is to flee from countries such as Uganda, where I come from, or the French-speaking so-called Great Lakes countries: Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo. We come to Kenya, for that is where the UNHCR is based in East Africa, seeking resettlement on third countries that do not criminalise homosexuality, and for many it is out of the frying pan and into the fire, exchanging one terrible situation for another. If you are a victim of a brutal attack, as many of us have been, including my life-partner, who suffered slashes with pangas, then nowhere can be less dangerous than elsewhere.

The authorities in Kenya do little to help: the Kenya police are notoriously brutal and corrupt. We have the feeling that UNHCR turns a blind eye to the situation, and our reports of violence to our persons are usually ignored. We have voluntary advocates writing to UNHCR in Geneva, Kakuma and Nairob , but their emails are rarely answered.

We suffer insecurity, hunger and health issues. The WFO – World Food Organisation – gives us monthly rations, but these are not enough, as grateful as we are for the food that is issued.

We are also caught in a complicated bureaucratic network that is not freely forthcoming with help. It is often difficult to contact those who are our case workers, and we wait months and months between interviews, and some of us have been here for years.

We need the moral support of people outside, above all in parts of the world where gay people are free to express themselves. That is why I am presenting this to you, in the hope that you will use your voices to make known to a wider public what we go through on a daily basis.

Jax:I am transeomen Pomni my name is Jaz now

Pomni:ok wanna fuh

Jaz: yes

*later*

Ragatha:Oh my got they getting at in it

Pomni: oh ya Jaz but it in my buh

Jaz:hya hough graah you remind me of my dead gf

Pomni:what