#LimitlessAfricans: Aru, Queer Congolese (Shot in Brussels, Belgium)Q. What would you have to say to
#LimitlessAfricans: Aru, Queer Congolese (Shot in Brussels, Belgium)Q. What would you have to say to people who say that being LGBTQ is “un-African”?“There are various resources one can read or watch in order to understand history in Africa better. Non-white washed sources. Though it has gotten to a point where having such dialogues have become tiring and never ending, but more emotionally draining on my end. People fear what they do not understand. And when someone doesn’t understand what it is to truly be themselves, and love who they are then I’m really not surprised that there is such resistance to having an open mind and understanding their history. To put Africans in a box of heteronormative western structures is to really deny yourself of your true history. We were never meant to be enslaved physically and mentally. Imagine how different our countries and mind-set would be if we weren’t so deeply rooted in western ideology.”- Aru (they/them)Read Aru’s Full Interview: http://www.mikaelowunna.com/mikael-s-blog/limit-less-project-aruWebsite: www.limitlessafricans.comDonate: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=48VSXUG4RBZVG -- source link
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