I realized I should probably make a pinned post uhm:
Hi I'm Kendi, I use they/them. I think this is an art blog? Well I post art whenever I'm done with art so I think that counts. I don't just draw but I'm trying to edit a bit more. I'm currently into Utena (And other Ikuhara works), 70s Shojo manga, and Lolita fashion. I have a side blog but it's still in construction so, I basically only have 1 blog for now.
It's very weird to try to frame sexualized drawings of children as smth inherently queer or progressive considering the average "lolicon" on Twitter is a heterosexual nazi
Queer refugees in East Africa are living at the intersection of multiple forms of vulnerability fleeing violence at home, only to face new risks in displacement.
Across the region, many LGBTQ+ people are forced to leave their countries because of criminalization, persecution, and threats to their lives. In some places, same-sex relationships are still punishable by severe penalties, even death.
For those who reach countries like Kenya or Uganda, safety is not guaranteed. Refugee camps such as Kakuma have seen reports of discrimination, attacks, and tensions affecting LGBTQ+ residents, even as humanitarian agencies try to improve protection.
Recent years have also seen more people fleeing harsh laws like Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act pushing queer individuals to seek asylum across borders, often into already strained systems.
Beyond physical safety, queer refugees face isolation, lack of healthcare, limited legal protection, and mental health challenges shaped by both displacement and identity-based trauma.
And yet, across East Africa, queer refugee communities continue to organize, support each other, and demand dignity, visibility, and rights.
Queer refugees are not just statistics they are people seeking the same thing anyone would: safety, belonging, and the freedom to live openly.
🏳️🌈 Their stories matter. Their safety matters. Their rights matter.
(A post from a queer Sudanian refugee who can't set up a fundraiser in his own country.)
I watched this sunday and while it is a drag a bit I still liked it... I liked the way that it handled the class thing between its lead and his kindof gay very toxic relationship with the rich boy, but I do have a feeling of wanting something more out it? IDK what i want i have a fever rn.
Its a shame that nobody really talks about it but then again its a bnw 50s film made in Japan so I guess I shouldve expected it.
it's no doubt been said many times, but global warming is a class issue. not only because how the economy runs and how much environmental harm it produces is almost exclusively controlled by the capitalist class in most countries, but because that class, and its lackeys, move between air conditioned homes, air conditioned cars, air conditioned offices, and air conditioned recreational spaces, while many people in lower classes globally suffer inescapable heat due to the way they're forced to live. the suffering and deaths caused by hot summer days is a class issue