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LGBTI Africans share their real life coming out stories
There are a lot of people, both LGBTI and straight and cis-gendered, who believe the struggle for LGBTI acceptance is won.
But videos showing Kenyans and a Ugandan telling their coming out stories show many people still have to ask themselves: ‘It is really safe to come out?’
The interviewees describe their experiences of coming out, struggling for self-acceptance and rebuilding bridges with loved ones they lost.
Kendi Magiri said she would tell her younger self: ‘Stay true to who you are.
‘I told so many lies to myself, and I ended up putting myself in situations that almost totally ruined my life.
‘I was so self-destructive.’
The videos have advice for young people coming out today.
Lorna Dias advises: ‘There is somewhere you can go. You are not alone.
‘The business of coming out is very difficult; it is something traumatizing… It is understandable.’
Cleopatra Kampugu says of her experience: ‘If you are sure [of who you are], you don’t need anyone to validate you.’
The videos were created for IDAHOT 2015 (International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia) as a documentation project by None On Record. It is an organization which collects the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Africans.
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Jack Flanagan
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