“እውነታው ሁላችንም ነፃ እስካልወጣ ድረስ አንዳችንም ነፃ አንወጣም።" - ማያ አንጀሎ
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International Women’s Day
“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.” - Maya Angelou
Excerpts from a Diary: Learning to unapologetically name myself
This is our "Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We publish excerpts of thoughts and reflections from emails, dairies and journals of people from the queer community. These excerpts could be complete entries or uncompleted and unstructured excerpts that show our personal thoughts and reflections about our lived experience. We welcome submissions and they can be… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: Learning to unapologetically name myself
Excerpts from a Diary: Creating spaces, building bridges
This is our "Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We publish excerpts of thoughts and reflections from emails, dairies and journals of people from the queer community. These excerpts could be complete entries or uncompleted and unstructured excerpts that show our personal thoughts and reflections about our lived experience. We welcome submissions and they can be… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: Creating spaces, building bridges
Excerpts from a Diary: My father & I
This is our "Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We publish excerpts of thoughts and reflections from emails, dairies and journals of people from the queer community. These excerpts could be complete entries or uncompleted and unstructured excerpts that show our personal thoughts and reflections about our lived experience. We welcome submissions and they can be… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: My father & I
Excerpts from a Diary: Ramadan memories
This is our "Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We publish excerpts of thoughts and reflections from emails, dairies and journals of people from the queer community. These excerpts could be complete entries or uncompleted and unstructured excerpts that show our personal thoughts and reflections about our lived experience. We welcome submissions and they can be… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: Ramadan memories
ሥቃይን ማቅለል
ስለ ጦርነት እና በኢትዮጵያም ሆነ በሌሎች የአፍሪካ አገሮች በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠሩ የውስጥ ተፈናቃዮች ጉዳይ ላይ ዝም ብለን በዩክሬን ስላለው ወቅታዊ ሁኔታ መፃፍ እንግዳ ነገር መሆኑን እናውቃለን። ይህ በከፊል ወደ ራሳችን ተገቢ ያልሆነ ትኩረት ላለመስጠት እና በዚህም በኢትዮጵያ ያሉ የLBTQ ማህበረሰብን ማገልገሉን ለመቀጠል የተሰላ ውሳኔ ነው። በሰዎች ላይ የሚደርሰው ሥቃይ ምንጊዜም አሳሳቢ ጉዳይ ነው ። የጥቁር ስደተኞች… Continue reading ሥቃይን ማቅለል
Easing suffering
We know that it is strange to write about the current situation in Ukraine while we have chosen to stay silent about the war and the millions of internally displaced people in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa. This is a calculated decision made in part to avoid drawing undue attention to ourselves and thus to… Continue reading Easing suffering
Excerpts from a Diary: Experiencing Addis with a queer stranger
This is our "Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We publish excerpts of thoughts and reflections from emails, dairies and journals of people from the queer community. These excerpts could be complete entries or uncompleted and unstructured excerpts that show our personal thoughts and reflections about our lived experience. We welcome submissions and they can be… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: Experiencing Addis with a queer stranger
ከፍቅረኛሞች ቀን ባሻገር
የፍቅረኛሞች ቀንም የአበባም አድናቂ አይደለሁም:: ምንም እንኳን የፍቅረኛሞች ቀን ካፒታሊስት እና ተቃራኒ ፃታ አፍቃሪነትን ብቻ ልክነትን የሚስል ባህል ነው ብዬ ብከራከርም፥ ጓደኛዬ ለፍቅረኛዋ አበባ እንዳደርስላት ጠየቀችኝ:: በተላላኪዎች መላክ አልቻለችም ምክንያቱም ሴት ለሴት ቀይ አበባ መላክ አዲስ አበባ ላይ የቀስተ ደመና ባንዲራ እንደማውለብለብ ነው:: ምንም እንኳን ጓደኛዬ በገዛችልኝ ምሳ ብደሰትም፤ እንዲህ አይነቱን ፍቅር ለመገላለፅ ድብብቆሹ እና… Continue reading ከፍቅረኛሞች ቀን ባሻገር