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.  […]

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 […]

Meet Uganda’s dancing queen

My name is  Alicia Nalunkuma I am a 22-year-old  dancer, transgender woman and a sex worker. In live in Mukono a township in  Uganda.  They are a myriad of issues affecting many transdiverse people in my […]

Still we rise!- Zimbabwean Trans* activists

..as  more Trans  and Intersex groups emerge Queerstion  Magazine QM interviewed  Tinashe Sande TS  the leader of Trans Intersex Rising TIRZ a  movement building initiative by and for transdiverse Zimbabweans at home and in the […]

Zambian Trans* people castigate ‘indecent clothing’ ban

Human rights activists and some trans*  people  have castigated the Zambian police’s  announcement banning   ‘indecent clothing’  for citizens effective April 1 2017. In the alleged statement circulating on social media,  signed and typed by  police […]

Queerstioning, what independence ?

  Subjective Perception:  Namibia @ 27  Roots, they bind me. Culture, rooted within my faith. Proud I am to be of the soil,  of the land of the brave.   Namibian child I am, pure […]

Here is how you can support this trans youth activist

Siya Maphanga is a   South African  Trans youth activist. He is a  writer and a poet who is dedicated to the  LGBT movement.  As an unemployed trans youth activist, Siya is not in position to fund […]

Lessons from dating a trans guy

I am a feminist lesbian. I have always said I  am emotionally, spiritually physically, intellectually and sexually attracted to female-identifying persons.  I  used to be one of those people who believed in the butch or femme binaries. […]