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 […]
Tag: transwoman
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. […]
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 […]
Our existence, our resistance.
Nothing says resistance to me more than waking up, showing up and living your life in the face of the forces that say otherwise. Studying your oppressors, cunningly playing to their tune to a point […]