cyarakaira1

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TW: Transphobia, refugee displacement, eviction

please read with care

hi everyone

my name is Cyara (she/her). i’m a trans woman and refugee living in Gorom Refugee Settlement, South Sudan. i’m writing with a lot of fear and a bit of hope to reach out to this queer space for support.

it’s just me and three other trans sisters here. we’re a tiny group of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers who’ve survived so much already and now we’re facing government eviction, with nowhere safe to go.

I have started a GoFundMe to try and raise emergency funds for shelter, food and if we’re lucky relocation to safety. we’re not asking for much. just trying to survive and hold each other through this.

if it’s okay to share this here, we’d be really grateful. and if anyone wants to talk or learn more, i’m totally open to doing a video or audio call to share our story and answer any questions. we just want to be seen and, hopefully, helped.thank you for reading. even a reblog or a kind word means everything right now.

with love,

Cyara

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Queer Refugees, Need Your Help to Survive

My name is Cyara Kaira, and I’m a trans woman and refugee currently stranded in South Sudan.

A few days ago, the government ordered all LGBTQ+ refugees to leave the camp where we’ve been trying to survive. The deadline has passed. Now, we live in fear waiting for the day they come to arrest or disappear us, just for being who we are.

The host community and even non-queer refugees have made it clear: we’re not wanted here. We’ve been rejected and left behind.

We’ve found a possible safe place to go a small shelter in Juba city. But we need help covering the cost. We are fundraising to survive, and we don’t have much time.

We are asking for your solidarity before it’s too late.

If you can help, please DM me for donation info.

If you can’t donate, please REBLOG this.

Your voice might help save lives.

We are queer. We are refugees. We are human.

https://gofund.me/bd40a4f9

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Ice cold takes from a Transgender Woman:

Men are not inherently Evil

Everyone has the capacity for evil

Transgender Men are men

Transgender Women are women

Excluding Cisgender Men from your spaces requires Transgender Men to out themselves if they want to engage (Same for Women)

Anyone can be Non-Binary, there is no "look" or requirement

Non-binary masculine presenting people should be welcome in queer spaces, many are just treated as men and predators

Non-binary feminine presenting people should be welcome in queer spaces without being seen as "Woman-Lite"

Edited the wording on the first point because too many terfs keep thinking I'm their friend.

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April 30th, 2021 – A Day I’ll Never Forget

Today marks 4 years since I crossed the border into Kenya, fleeing death in Uganda simply for being a transgender woman.

I thought I had escaped the worst. But in Kakuma refugee camp, I faced even more persecution more violence, more fear, and a system that saw me as less than human.

Eventually, I had to flee again.

Now, I find myself still stuck in a refugee camp this time in a different country, still struggling, still fighting for the right to live in peace and dignity. The pain didn’t end, but neither did my courage.

I share this not for pity, but to remind the world: we exist. We matter. We are still here, surviving against all odds.

To my trans siblings and all LGBTIQ+ refugees your strength is real. Your story matters. And so does mine.

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I actually support real artists not the AI generated stuff … What do you think?

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What happens to people who are homeschooled by fundamentalist families and only taught one way to see the world?

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Sometimes, when I sit alone, the memories come back like waves that refuse to rest. I remember how my own family wanted to take my life because they found out I was transgender. How my stepmother beat me, burnt me, and cursed me, telling me to go meet my father in hell. The pain wasn’t just physical it was the kind that sank into my soul, that made me wonder if I was ever meant to be loved.

I always ask myself, Would my mother have been there for me? Would she have protected me? Held me? Chosen me? I will never know. And that question, unanswered, stays with me every single day.

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On this Transgender Day of Visibility, I’m honored to share my blog, shedding light on the horrors faced by transgender refugees. Our struggles are often unseen, but our voices matter.

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This is what is meant by living in Kakuma refugee camp. The LGBTIQ people are victims of torture, rape,fire attacks and so many kind homophobic experiences. It's unfortunate that even the police is also against the us.

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I'm She/her. What about you?

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I'm She/her. What about you?