LGBTI activists are reclaiming Rwanda, one neighborhood at a time

Mailly walks into every room like she’s auditioning for Next Top Model, even when it’s just her own kitchen.

She passes by the oven like she’s stepping onto the runway. Applies her make-up like she’s about to step onto a TV set for the last damn interview of the week

Mailly wants a bigger, more glamorous world than the one she’s been given. But as a trans woman in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, her stage is limited: kitchen, bedroom, the occasional bar. She can’t go to work because she can’t apply for employment without producing identification and revealing the sex she was assigned at birth. She can’t escape to America, even for a brief trip, because the country doesn’t readily grant visas to Rwandans like her, and likely won’t for a long time. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | LGBTI activists are reclaiming Rwanda, one neighborhood at a time