7/18/2023 0 Comments Folx transphobicMukasa (M) is a Senior Program Officer at International Trans Fund, a participatory grantmaking fund made up of trans activists and donors.Yugartan (Y) is part of SAQFE-سقف, a FRIDA grantee partner from the MENA region that works at the intersection between art and activism to elevate LGBTQIA+ voices and concerns.Tiffany Mugo (T) runs the sex positive platform HOLAAfrica! which looks at a things sex and sexuality within the African continent and beyond.Di (D) is a queer feminist activist and researcher, who has been associated with organizing around LGBTQIA+ rights at the grassroots level.We invited members of FRIDA community and peer grantmaking organizations for a roundtable, where they engaged in answering some key prompts to help inspire these reflections. As a donor supporting young activists doing intersectional work, we want to promote dialogue and understanding about challenges faced by those fighting homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, and offer grantmakers learnings on how to better support them while also having conversations around diversity and inclusion. There lies strength in this diversity and May 17 is a good reminder to value it daily and condemn transphobic, biphobic and homophobic attitudes that we are, unfortunately, so familiar with.Īs COVID-19 deepens the vulnerabilities affecting LGBTQIA+ lives and the rise of conservative governments around the world perpetuate persecution and violence, FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund makes space for a collective reflection led by the diverse voices that are part of our ecosystem. The queer community has, essentially, taught us to question the binary way of looking at things re-emphaisizing that humans are beautifully complex people and these differences make us who we are. This May 17, on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, we call out the prejudice and discriminaion faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals in their daily lives and celebrate sexual and gender diversities. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) 2021 ![]() A roundtable dialogue–in two parts–among movement actors and philanthropists on LGBTQIA+ organizing, what philanthropy needs to do more and how we can mobilise together to rise above hate and continue building transnational solidarities.
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