As digital violence escalates, so does religious conservatism. Many conservative religious social media users express heartbreak over Ethiopia’s direction. It reminds me of a transgender poet, Jay Hulme’s poem Jesus at the Gay Bar.

“He’s here in the midst of it – 
right at the centre of the dance floor, 
robes hitched up to His knees 
to make it easy to spin.

At some point in the evening 
a boy will touch the hem of His robe 
and beg to be healed, beg to be 
anything other than this;
and He will reach His arms out, 
sweat-damp, and weary from dance.

He’ll cup this boy’s face in His hand 
and say,
my beautiful child
there is nothing in this heart of yours that ever needs to be healed.”