This is how to love a trans*body
Let’s talk with Eva Hello readers, hope you are all in good health, in this edition I will delve on love, focusing on how we can love our own bodies as transdiverse people, but also on […]
Tag: existence
Still i shine…
Like a cunning thief, loneliness threatens to steal my joy. Even when the pain is choking and suffocating, my faith is my only hope. My God guides and grounds me. ln all my pain and sorrow, I […]
A refugee’s transphobic encounter in Sweden
I fled Tanzania owing to continued harassment and threats, so when I was attacked recently at an African party in Sweden, the horrific memories of my days of incessant torture back home raced through my head. […]
Zimbabwean Trans activists panic as cyber bullying escalates
The recent revelation of names, addresses, phone numbers, alleged HIV statuses and images of individuals who are reportedly gay through a Facebook group, has left many in the Zimbabwean LGBTIQ community in a panic mode. […]
“There is strength in standing for what you believe in.”
Names: May Age: 28 Country: Zimbabwe Transman, Gay QM: How is it being a transman living in Zimbabwe MT: Firstly because of my appearance and dressing I am often interrogated by authorities about my gender marker […]
Love that i can not receive from outside
My femininity is very conservative. I rely on the existence of masculinity to exist. They say in sociology identities are relational. I am black in relation to white people. Queer people are queer in relation […]
The Swazi beauty and brains
My name is Zikhona Mbagana aged 26, I am a heterosexual transwoman born and bred in Swaziland. Being a trans* person in a country like mine is very challenging. On a daily basis as I […]
I cannot make you see a woman
I cannot make you see a woman, I am in a man’s body I try to run away from these broad shoulders that make it difficult for me to put on these dresses that I […]
Make peace with God, not the church
It is difficult to accept. But if your church is homophobic, biphobic or transphobic, it’s time to leave. You have to ask yourself for whose benefit do you attend? What are the hateful messages doing […]
The young and the inspiring
They are young, they are trans* and they are queerly phenomenal. At a time when most youths are seating and complaining about anything and everything and doing nothing about it, they have to do […]