Excerpts from a Diary: Remembering anti-queer violence

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: Remembering anti-queer violence

Excerpts from a Diary: Why are you queer?

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: Why are you queer?

Excerpts from a Diary: Religion, anger and 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: Religion, anger and I

ኢትዮ ኩዊር ፓድካስት: እምነትና ወሲባዊነትን ማስታረቅ

አብዛኛውን ጊዜ እንደ LBQ ኢትዮጵያውያን ቤተ እምነቶች እና የእምነት ሰዎች እምነትን ለወቀሳ እና ጥላቻ ሲጠቀሙብን ተገለን ወይም ውጪ ሆነን እንመለከታለን። በተከታታይ ተመሳሳይ ፃታ አፍቃሪነት ከምዕራብ የመጣ እንዲሁም የሃይማኖት መሪዎች እንደየእምነቱ ቢለያይም ጊዜ ወስደው ተመሳሳይ ፃታ አፍቃሪነት የሚያስከትለውን "ክፉ ነገር" ይሰብካሉ።  እናም ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ላለው ኩዊር ማህበረሰብ ራስን የመቀበል ችግር እምነት እና ወሲባዊነትን ለማስታረቅ ያለው ትግል… Continue reading ኢትዮ ኩዊር ፓድካስት: እምነትና ወሲባዊነትን ማስታረቅ

Ethioqueer Podcast: Reconciliation of faith and sexuality

As LBQ Ethiopians, we often sit on the sidelines and watch religious institutions - and oftentimes people of faith - weaponize faith against us. We are constantly taught that homosexuality is a Western import and our religious leaders may spend - depending on our place of faith - an inordinate amount of time preaching about… Continue reading Ethioqueer Podcast: Reconciliation of faith and sexuality

Pride: In our Ethiopian context

Every year when Pride Day comes, I am reminded of how I used to google “What is a lesbian?” when I was younger. I remember finding photographs of people and learning about their life experiences, learning about people who have been murdered and who have fought for their rights until the end of their lives.… Continue reading Pride: In our Ethiopian context

የኩራት ቀን በኢትዮጵያ

በየአመቱ የኩራት በዓል ሲመጣ ልጅ እያለሁ ተደብቄ ሌዝብያን ማለት ምን ማለት እንደሆነ በኢንተርኔት ስመረር ያገኘሗቸው የሰዎች ፎቶ እና የህይወት ተሞክሮዎች፣ በማንነታቸው ተገፍተው የተገደሉ እንዲሁም እስከህይወታቸው ፍፃሜ ለመብታቸው የታገሉ ብዙዎችን ያገኘሗቸውን ያስታውሰኛል:: ክርስቲያን ቤተሰብ ውስጥ እንዳደገች ልጅ ደግሞ ለክርስቲያን ተመሳሳይ አፍቃሪያን መብት የታገሉ ብዙዎችን አስባለሁ:: ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ባድግም ባህል እና ቋንቋችን ባይገጣጠምም..ኩዊር በመሆናችን ብቻ የሚፅፉቸው ፅሁፎችና… Continue reading የኩራት ቀን በኢትዮጵያ

አጫጭር ታሪኮች ከግል ማስታወሻ ላይ: የቀድሞ ፍቅረኛዬ እና እኔ

ከስር ያቀረብንላችሁ  <<አጫጭር ታሪኮች ከግል ማስታወሻ ላይ>> ከተሰኘ ተከታታይ ፅሁፍ የመጀመሪያው  ሲሆን በዚሁ መልክ ከኩዊር ማህበረሰብ በፍቃድ ከሚላኩልን የግል መልእክቶች፣ የግል ማስታወሻዎች እንዲሁም ግለ ታሪኮች ላይ እየቀነጫጨብን ወደእናንተ የምናደርስ ይሆናል። እነዚህ የፅሁፍ ቅንጭብጫቢዎች ልክ ህይወታችን አስልተን እንደማንኖራት ሁሉ የቆምንበትን የህይወታችንን ትክክለኛ ገፅ  የሚያመላክቱ  አንዳንዴ መግቢያ፣ ሌላ ግዜ ተሟልተው ያልተፃፉ እንዲሁም የተዘበራረቁ ፅሁፎች ናቸው።  ይሄን ፅሁፍ… Continue reading አጫጭር ታሪኮች ከግል ማስታወሻ ላይ: የቀድሞ ፍቅረኛዬ እና እኔ

Excerpts from a Diary: My Ex and I

This is the first of our new “Excerpts from a Dairy" series. We will 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… Continue reading Excerpts from a Diary: My Ex and I

ንስንስ ብርታት ሆናኛለች

በወጣትነት ጊዜዬ በአማርኛ የተፃፈ ኩዊር ነክ ነገር ማግኘት ይቅርና ምን ተብሎ እንደሚፈለግም አላውቅም ነበር:: ጉግል ሳደርግ ያገኘኋቸው ነገሮች ሁሉ ከውጪው አለም ጋር የተገናኙ ስለሚሆኑ ለኔ ባደኩበት መስመር የሚሄድ ፅሁፍን ለብዙ ጊዜ ማግኘት ተቸግሬ ነበር:: ንስንስ ምን ያህል እንዳስደሰተችኝ ለመግለፅ ይከብደኛል:: በአክራሪ ቤተሰብ እና ኃይማኖት አድገን ለመጣን ደግሞ እጅግ በጣም ትልቅ ነገር ነው:: ሃገራችን ላይ በእምነትና… Continue reading ንስንስ ብርታት ሆናኛለች