PLEASE HELP US QUEER REFUGEES SUDAN

https://chuffed.org/project/178462-help-oscar-keep-his-community-safe-and-fed please kindly intervine with the suffering LGBTQ refugees in Sudan 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[oscarkatamba]

🏳️‍🌈 Queer refugees in africa deserve safety, dignity and hope.

Every day, LGBTQ+ refugees and displaced people across east africa face rejection, discrimination, homelessness, violence, and lack of access to basic needs simply because of who they are. Many have fled conflict, family rejection, or persecution, only to continue struggling in silence.

Advocacy matters because queer refugees are human beings deserving of love, protection, healthcare, shelter, and community support not fear and isolation. Even small acts of solidarity can change someone’s life: • sharing their stories

• donating food, clothing, or emergency funds

• supporting safe spaces and mental health care

• speaking out against hate and discrimination

• amplifying LGBTQ+ African voices

To every queer refugee trying to survive and stay hopeful: you are valid, your identity matters, and you are not alone. 🌈

The world often overlooks LGBTQ+ refugees in East Africa, but we can choose compassion over silence. Let’s continue building communities rooted in kindness, safety and mutual support.

If you cannot donate, please reblog and spread awareness. Visibility saves lives. ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Help Oscar a vulnerable Ugandan queer refugee at Gorom camp at East African camp

(A post from a queer Sudanian refugee who can't set up a fundraiser in his own country.)

[oscarkatamba]

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.

Help Oscar a vulnerable Ugandan queer refugee at Gorom camp at East African camp

(A post from a queer Sudanian refugee who can't set up a fundraiser in his own country.)