Pachedu Group

We are an African LGBTI+ collective living in South Africa.

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

Please consider donating to our African LGBTI family. All proceeds go directly to securing our food, shelter and/or medical care. https://t.co/acRkKDMYiU

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

After a long time of us not meeting finally happy to be meet and catch up.Cant wait to see you all 🌈🤟🤟🤟🤟

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

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[#SAYNOTOHOMOPHOBIA | SMUG🏳️‍🌈 @SMUG2004]

Even as the second wave of COIVD bites down, LGBTI+ Ugandans still have the looming threat of the Sexual Offences Bill. Here is our analysis of the bill from a queer perspective. #RepealSOBUG #DeleteClause11

[Queerprism256 podcast @queerprism256]

Today as we celebrate the International Non Binary day 😍😍😘!! Let's not make any assumptions about someone’s gender identity, be polite enough to ask what gender and pronouns someone is comfortable with and stick to that..#NonBinaryAwarenessWeek #NonBinaryDay #nonbinary

[#SAYNOTOHOMOPHOBIA | SMUG🏳️‍🌈 @SMUG2004]

When African countries pass or even debate Anti LGBTIQ+ legislation, there is a tendency for more to follow because of the group mentality. Sign this petition, join our solidarity with the Ghanaian Queer community. #GhanainaQueerLivesMatter
https://t.co/z8oPEOf9AJ

[#SAYNOTOHOMOPHOBIA | SMUG🏳️‍🌈 @SMUG2004]

10 Amazing African LGBTQ+ Activists You Need to Know https://t.co/xj7asNcKqn #globalcitizen
Our ED was named! We love to see it!

[Them @them]

Our hero @itskerrii 🧡 https://t.co/Zq0Dq476yF

[Legal Resources Centre @LRCSouthAfrica]

This report on the experiences of LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers in South Africa shows the use of stereotyping, bigotry and misapplication of the law by Home Affairs officials to reject applications https://t.co/i65viTbLCG

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

A brave cis gay man from Zimbabwe living in South Africa shares about his experiences here.

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

My latest doccie is a look into the life of a gay Zimbabwean man who fled to South Africa. Commissioned by @GALAarchives ; funding by @rosalux_global through Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development https://t.co/KbZbVw0JBo

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

Solidarity with these brave organisers in Ghana! 🌈

[BRIAN PELLOT @brianpellot]

In hiding, Ghana’s queer activists keep up the fight <3 @CarlCollison @LGBTRightsGhana https://t.co/kwFO1xhtMr

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

On this page, we'll share stories of over fifty African LGBTI refugees' resistance, love and courage.

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

4/ & the asylum system designed to help us is failing https://t.co/WKR9qy8HEA

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

1/ Learn more about our experiences.

“South Africa gave me this identity of someone who belongs nowhere. The [Department of Home Affairs] stripped me … of my identity,” says George Barasa of Kenya.

https://t.co/ELHdvJB5m5

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

3/ Rates of violent crime against our LGBTI+ family in South Africa is on the rise https://t.co/WKR9qy8HEA

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Report by several civil society organisations finds evidence that LGBTI refugees are being denied asylum in South Africa despite being “eligible for protection under international and domestic law”.
https://t.co/AMb0Nnc5jf

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

“Foreigners are always soft targets. But when you are a foreigner who is gay, you are the softest of soft targets,” says LGBTI+ refugee in South Africa, Omar.
https://t.co/hkhPbf3KBq

[Jeff Crisp @JFCrisp]

Refugees are not a threat to security:
https://t.co/znCopK3iTO

[Pan Africa ILGA @PanAfricaILGA]

Yesterday, Uganda Police raided an LGBTI shelter and arrested 44 members of the community. This, is the second shelter being raided in a year. We join our member organisations and human rights defenders in Uganda to urgently call for their release. #ReleaseThe44. 🇺🇬🏳️‍🌈 ✊

[Pachedu Group @PacheduG]

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[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

UNHCR is proud to support LGBTIQ+ rights 

Every LGBTIQ+ person must be able to live peacefully and safely in their own country 🌈.