Date ideas with your lover

Queer Ethiopia

Because the country we live in doesn’t accept our identity, we tend to spend a lot of time at home with a lover to protect our safety. What can we do to have a good date while still being safe? What can we do to avoid boredom that might come about from just staying at home all the time?

We can, of course, try to cook together at home, exercise, watch movies, listen to music, and, at times, take flights of fancy together by daydreaming. Sometimes we despise the idea of going out when we think about the world outside that is bent on hating us because of our sexuality. But what can we do outside the house? What are the things we can do to find joy away from prying eyes?

My lover and I try to have a good time by partaking in some of the following activities to avoid boredom:

  • We go on walks in nearby locations
  • We go to cultural and arts programs or theatre  of our choice
  • We explore restaurants that are not very busy and are not very well known.
  • We travel outside of Addis Ababa by using various transportation methods that are within our budget. 

How do you spend your time?

Love is made even sweeter when you put effort into it.

Published by Queer Ethiopia

"Queer family" is an alternative space created by a group of queer Ethiopian women. It is designed to be a space for a diverse group of Ethiopian queer women whose sexual and gender identifications vary. It includes cis and trans women who may be lesbian, bisexual or asexual. This is a space where the experiences of queer people takes center stage. We hope to include personal experiences from our daily lives as queer people, various stories, interviews, original artwork and poetry. We hope it will also serve as a place where Ethiopians in Ethiopia and Ethiopians in the diaspora come as themselves to explore and create an online community. If you would like to send us something, please send us an email via etqueerfamily@gmail.com «ኩዊር ኢትዮጵያ» የተለያዩ ፆታዊና ወሲባዊ ዝንባሌ ላላቸው ኢትዮጵያዊ ኩዊር ሴቶች እንዲሆን ታስቦ በኩዊር ሴቶች የተመሠረተ አማራጭ ምኅዳር ነው። ይኽውም ሌዝቢያን፣ ባይሴክሽዋል ወይም ኤሴክሽዋል የሆኑ ሴቶችንንና ትራንስ ሴቶችን ያካትታል። ይህ ምኅዳር የኩዊር ማኅበረሰብ ታሪክ እና የሕይወት ልምድ ትልቅ ሥፍራ የሚይዝበት ነው። እንደ’ኩዊር ማኅበረሰብ የዕለት ተዕለት ሕይወታችንን ገጠመኞች፤ የተለያዩ ሰዎችን የግል ታሪኮች፤ ቃለ- መጠይቆች እንዲሁም ሥነ-ጥበባትን እንደምናካትት ተስፋ እናደርጋለን። ከነዚህ በተጨማሪም በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ እና በዳያስፖራ ለሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን ቤተሰቦች ራሳቸውን ሆነው የሚመጡበት የበይነ-መረብ ማኅበረሰብ መድረክ ሆኖ እንዲያገለግል ማስቻል ፍላጎታችን ብቻ ሣይሆን ጥረታችንም ጭምር ነው። etqueerfamily@gmail.com

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