Femme Is Not Synonymous With Woman – Portrait by Billy Hani
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Andrew:
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“I am a femme non-binary activist living in Kenya.
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Being femme for me is powerful. It gives me a space to be flexible and to express myself as I am.
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In our society, being femme is associated with patriarchal oppression and for people who are male, it’s seen as taboo to be femme or feminine.
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Expressing my gender as femme makes me happy and I feel superb in my element.
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I believe that we don’t have to limit ourselves because of what people will say about our gender expression.
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How I show up in my femme self and being myself has impacted on other queer people to embrace themselves and show up fully as they are.”
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Our bodies. Our lives. Our rights.