CHEVS - Queer Youth Collective
@chevsafrica.bsky.social
We mobilise and strengthen LGBTQI+ communities in West Africa for collective action through movement-building, advocacy and narrative change.
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🔥 2024 was a year of deep uncertainty — but also of unwavering resistance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
🐚 CHEVS invite les groupes francophones, queer et de jeunes, à participer à une série d’interviews sur la manière dont nos communautés vivent, définissent et répondent aux traumatismes à travers des approches féministes transformatrices.
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🐚 CHEVS invite les groupes francophones, queer et de jeunes, à participer à une série d’interviews sur la manière dont nos communautés vivent, définissent et répondent aux traumatismes à travers des approches féministes transformatrices.
In response to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which focuses on access to justice for all women and girls and reviews commitments on participation in public life and the elimination of violence, this statement by the LBTI Caucus addresses the legal,
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In response to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which focuses on access to justice for all women and girls and reviews commitments on participation in public life and the elimination of violence, this statement by the LBTI Caucus addresses the legal,
💡 La libération n'est pas linéaire, elle se fait par étapes.
Du démantèlement des systèmes oppressifs à la réinvention de la résilience en tant que stratégie, notre rapport annuel 2024 montre comment CHEVS intègre la défense des politiques, la défense juridique, la fortification numérique et
Du démantèlement des systèmes oppressifs à la réinvention de la résilience en tant que stratégie, notre rapport annuel 2024 montre comment CHEVS intègre la défense des politiques, la défense juridique, la fortification numérique et
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
💡 La libération n'est pas linéaire, elle se fait par étapes.
Du démantèlement des systèmes oppressifs à la réinvention de la résilience en tant que stratégie, notre rapport annuel 2024 montre comment CHEVS intègre la défense des politiques, la défense juridique, la fortification numérique et
Du démantèlement des systèmes oppressifs à la réinvention de la résilience en tant que stratégie, notre rapport annuel 2024 montre comment CHEVS intègre la défense des politiques, la défense juridique, la fortification numérique et
💡 Liberation is not linear, it is layered.
From dismantling oppressive systems to reimagining resilience as strategy, our 2024 Annual Report shows how CHEVS weaves policy advocacy, legal defence, digital fortification, and community care into intersectional justice.
From dismantling oppressive systems to reimagining resilience as strategy, our 2024 Annual Report shows how CHEVS weaves policy advocacy, legal defence, digital fortification, and community care into intersectional justice.
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
💡 Liberation is not linear, it is layered.
From dismantling oppressive systems to reimagining resilience as strategy, our 2024 Annual Report shows how CHEVS weaves policy advocacy, legal defence, digital fortification, and community care into intersectional justice.
From dismantling oppressive systems to reimagining resilience as strategy, our 2024 Annual Report shows how CHEVS weaves policy advocacy, legal defence, digital fortification, and community care into intersectional justice.
🔥L’année 2024 a certes été marquée par une profonde incertitude, mais elle a aussi été marquée par une résistance inébranlable.
À travers toute l'Afrique de l'Ouest, les communautés et les mouvements LGBTQI+ ont tenu bon face à des attaques sans précédent.
À travers toute l'Afrique de l'Ouest, les communautés et les mouvements LGBTQI+ ont tenu bon face à des attaques sans précédent.
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🔥L’année 2024 a certes été marquée par une profonde incertitude, mais elle a aussi été marquée par une résistance inébranlable.
À travers toute l'Afrique de l'Ouest, les communautés et les mouvements LGBTQI+ ont tenu bon face à des attaques sans précédent.
À travers toute l'Afrique de l'Ouest, les communautés et les mouvements LGBTQI+ ont tenu bon face à des attaques sans précédent.
🔥 2024 was a year of deep uncertainty — but also of unwavering resistance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🔥 2024 was a year of deep uncertainty — but also of unwavering resistance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
Across West Africa, LGBTQI+ communities stood firm in the face of unprecedented attacks. From Nigeria to Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire, the year tested our collective endurance.
L'avortement est un soin de santé. Y avoir accès est une question de justice. ✊🏾🌍
À l'occasion de la Journée internationale pour l'avortement sans risque, nous affirmons que
À l'occasion de la Journée internationale pour l'avortement sans risque, nous affirmons que
September 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
L'avortement est un soin de santé. Y avoir accès est une question de justice. ✊🏾🌍
À l'occasion de la Journée internationale pour l'avortement sans risque, nous affirmons que
À l'occasion de la Journée internationale pour l'avortement sans risque, nous affirmons que
Abortion is health care. Access is justice. ✊🏾🌍
On International Safe Abortion Day, we affirm: safe, legal, and inclusive
abortion care is a RIGHT for ALL bodies, ALL identities, ALL communities. 🌍
#AbortionIsHealthcare #SafeAbortionSavesLives
#SexualJustice #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice
On International Safe Abortion Day, we affirm: safe, legal, and inclusive
abortion care is a RIGHT for ALL bodies, ALL identities, ALL communities. 🌍
#AbortionIsHealthcare #SafeAbortionSavesLives
#SexualJustice #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Abortion is health care. Access is justice. ✊🏾🌍
On International Safe Abortion Day, we affirm: safe, legal, and inclusive
abortion care is a RIGHT for ALL bodies, ALL identities, ALL communities. 🌍
#AbortionIsHealthcare #SafeAbortionSavesLives
#SexualJustice #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice
On International Safe Abortion Day, we affirm: safe, legal, and inclusive
abortion care is a RIGHT for ALL bodies, ALL identities, ALL communities. 🌍
#AbortionIsHealthcare #SafeAbortionSavesLives
#SexualJustice #AbortionRights #ReproductiveJustice
✨ À l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la contraception, nous rappelons au monde entier que les personnes queer d'Afrique de l'Ouest méritent elles aussi d'avoir pleinement accès à la santé reproductive et à la contraception, sans stigmatisation, sans honte et sans exclusion.
September 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
✨ À l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de la contraception, nous rappelons au monde entier que les personnes queer d'Afrique de l'Ouest méritent elles aussi d'avoir pleinement accès à la santé reproductive et à la contraception, sans stigmatisation, sans honte et sans exclusion.
✨ On World Contraception Day, we remind the world that queer people in West Africa also deserve full access to reproductive health and contraception without stigma, without shame, without exclusion.
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
✨ On World Contraception Day, we remind the world that queer people in West Africa also deserve full access to reproductive health and contraception without stigma, without shame, without exclusion.
💜 Aujourd'hui, à l'occasion de la Journée de la visibilité bisexuelle, nous célébrons la joie et
l'amour bisexuels.
Être bisexuel en Afrique signifie souvent vivre dans le silence ou l'effacement. C'est une résistance audacieuse contre les binaires imposés à nos corps, à nos amours et à nos désirs.
l'amour bisexuels.
Être bisexuel en Afrique signifie souvent vivre dans le silence ou l'effacement. C'est une résistance audacieuse contre les binaires imposés à nos corps, à nos amours et à nos désirs.
September 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
💜 Aujourd'hui, à l'occasion de la Journée de la visibilité bisexuelle, nous célébrons la joie et
l'amour bisexuels.
Être bisexuel en Afrique signifie souvent vivre dans le silence ou l'effacement. C'est une résistance audacieuse contre les binaires imposés à nos corps, à nos amours et à nos désirs.
l'amour bisexuels.
Être bisexuel en Afrique signifie souvent vivre dans le silence ou l'effacement. C'est une résistance audacieuse contre les binaires imposés à nos corps, à nos amours et à nos désirs.
💜 Today, on Bi Visibility Day, we celebrate bi joy, bi love.
Being bisexual in Africa often means living in silence or erasure.
It’s a bold resistance against binaries forced upon our bodies, our loves, and our desires.
To our bi siblings: you are seen, you are valid, you are revolutionary. 🌈✨
Being bisexual in Africa often means living in silence or erasure.
It’s a bold resistance against binaries forced upon our bodies, our loves, and our desires.
To our bi siblings: you are seen, you are valid, you are revolutionary. 🌈✨
September 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
💜 Today, on Bi Visibility Day, we celebrate bi joy, bi love.
Being bisexual in Africa often means living in silence or erasure.
It’s a bold resistance against binaries forced upon our bodies, our loves, and our desires.
To our bi siblings: you are seen, you are valid, you are revolutionary. 🌈✨
Being bisexual in Africa often means living in silence or erasure.
It’s a bold resistance against binaries forced upon our bodies, our loves, and our desires.
To our bi siblings: you are seen, you are valid, you are revolutionary. 🌈✨
Burkina Faso: A Dangerous Setback for Human Rights
On September 1, 2025, Burkina Faso’s military regime amended its Personal and Family Code to criminalize same-sex relationships.
On September 1, 2025, Burkina Faso’s military regime amended its Personal and Family Code to criminalize same-sex relationships.
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Burkina Faso: A Dangerous Setback for Human Rights
On September 1, 2025, Burkina Faso’s military regime amended its Personal and Family Code to criminalize same-sex relationships.
On September 1, 2025, Burkina Faso’s military regime amended its Personal and Family Code to criminalize same-sex relationships.
Burkina Faso : un recul dangereux pour les droits humains
Ce 1er septembre 2025, le régime militaire du Burkina Faso a modifié son Code des personnes et de la famille afin de criminaliser les relations homosexuelles.
Ce 1er septembre 2025, le régime militaire du Burkina Faso a modifié son Code des personnes et de la famille afin de criminaliser les relations homosexuelles.
September 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Burkina Faso : un recul dangereux pour les droits humains
Ce 1er septembre 2025, le régime militaire du Burkina Faso a modifié son Code des personnes et de la famille afin de criminaliser les relations homosexuelles.
Ce 1er septembre 2025, le régime militaire du Burkina Faso a modifié son Code des personnes et de la famille afin de criminaliser les relations homosexuelles.
Les jeunes féministes et activistes queer ne sont pas l'avenir, mais le présent. Nous résistons à l'oppression et réimaginons un avenir juste. Un futur féministe exige une redistribution des ressources, un partage du pouvoir et une solidarité intergénérationnelle. 🗣️
April 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Les jeunes féministes et activistes queer ne sont pas l'avenir, mais le présent. Nous résistons à l'oppression et réimaginons un avenir juste. Un futur féministe exige une redistribution des ressources, un partage du pouvoir et une solidarité intergénérationnelle. 🗣️
Young feminists & queer activists are not the future—we are the present.
🗣️ A feminist future needs more than token inclusion. It demands resources, shared power & intergenerational solidarity.
🔗Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/SCVHVWMXHF
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSilosToSolidarity
🗣️ A feminist future needs more than token inclusion. It demands resources, shared power & intergenerational solidarity.
🔗Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/SCVHVWMXHF
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSilosToSolidarity
April 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Young feminists & queer activists are not the future—we are the present.
🗣️ A feminist future needs more than token inclusion. It demands resources, shared power & intergenerational solidarity.
🔗Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/SCVHVWMXHF
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSilosToSolidarity
🗣️ A feminist future needs more than token inclusion. It demands resources, shared power & intergenerational solidarity.
🔗Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/SCVHVWMXHF
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSilosToSolidarity
“For us to do more, we have to do it together.” ✊🏾
Collective power is about uniting movements and finding common ground to solve problems.
Join the movement: https://f.mtr.cool/zvajvgkvvo
Collective power is about uniting movements and finding common ground to solve problems.
Join the movement: https://f.mtr.cool/zvajvgkvvo
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
f.mtr.cool
April 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“For us to do more, we have to do it together.” ✊🏾
Collective power is about uniting movements and finding common ground to solve problems.
Join the movement: https://f.mtr.cool/zvajvgkvvo
Collective power is about uniting movements and finding common ground to solve problems.
Join the movement: https://f.mtr.cool/zvajvgkvvo
🌱Le Sud global est un bastion de résistance et de changement.
🌍 Soutenir ses mouvements exige de transférer le pouvoir aux activistes locaux, de faire confiance aux solutions indigènes et d’offrir un soutien flexible et durable.
🌍 Soutenir ses mouvements exige de transférer le pouvoir aux activistes locaux, de faire confiance aux solutions indigènes et d’offrir un soutien flexible et durable.
April 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌱Le Sud global est un bastion de résistance et de changement.
🌍 Soutenir ses mouvements exige de transférer le pouvoir aux activistes locaux, de faire confiance aux solutions indigènes et d’offrir un soutien flexible et durable.
🌍 Soutenir ses mouvements exige de transférer le pouvoir aux activistes locaux, de faire confiance aux solutions indigènes et d’offrir un soutien flexible et durable.
The Global South is a hub of resistance shaping change. 🌍 To sustain these frontline movements, donors and allies must shift power to local activists, trust indigenous solutions & provide long-term, flexible support.
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Global South is a hub of resistance shaping change. 🌍 To sustain these frontline movements, donors and allies must shift power to local activists, trust indigenous solutions & provide long-term, flexible support.
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
Les réunions ne servent pas seulement à élaborer des stratégies —ce sont des espaces de soutien & solidarité essentiels aux mouvements. Mais en Afrique, ils sont rares & inaccessibles à cause des coûts & visas.
🚨 Il faut plus d’espaces accessibles & communautaires pour se connecter & agir!
🚨 Il faut plus d’espaces accessibles & communautaires pour se connecter & agir!
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Les réunions ne servent pas seulement à élaborer des stratégies —ce sont des espaces de soutien & solidarité essentiels aux mouvements. Mais en Afrique, ils sont rares & inaccessibles à cause des coûts & visas.
🚨 Il faut plus d’espaces accessibles & communautaires pour se connecter & agir!
🚨 Il faut plus d’espaces accessibles & communautaires pour se connecter & agir!
Convenings aren’t just for strategy —they’re spaces of care, support & solidarity that keep movements strong. But in Africa, they’re too few & often inaccessible due to high costs & visa barriers.
🚨 We need more accessible, community-driven spaces to connect & mobilize!
#WhatYoungFeministsWant
🚨 We need more accessible, community-driven spaces to connect & mobilize!
#WhatYoungFeministsWant
April 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Convenings aren’t just for strategy —they’re spaces of care, support & solidarity that keep movements strong. But in Africa, they’re too few & often inaccessible due to high costs & visa barriers.
🚨 We need more accessible, community-driven spaces to connect & mobilize!
#WhatYoungFeministsWant
🚨 We need more accessible, community-driven spaces to connect & mobilize!
#WhatYoungFeministsWant
“When we build together, we win together.” ✊🏾
Building collective power means supporting activists to organise sustainably, and nurturing spaces for connection and knowledge sharing.
💡 Learn more about our strategy for #buildingcollectivepower: bit.ly/CHEVS-Strategy
Building collective power means supporting activists to organise sustainably, and nurturing spaces for connection and knowledge sharing.
💡 Learn more about our strategy for #buildingcollectivepower: bit.ly/CHEVS-Strategy
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
f.mtr.cool
April 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“When we build together, we win together.” ✊🏾
Building collective power means supporting activists to organise sustainably, and nurturing spaces for connection and knowledge sharing.
💡 Learn more about our strategy for #buildingcollectivepower: bit.ly/CHEVS-Strategy
Building collective power means supporting activists to organise sustainably, and nurturing spaces for connection and knowledge sharing.
💡 Learn more about our strategy for #buildingcollectivepower: bit.ly/CHEVS-Strategy
🚨 Anti-gender groups weaponise feminist & human rights language to push harmful agendas—claiming to protect women and "family values" while attacking gender justice and LGBTQI+ rights. We must unite across movements to counter this. ✊🏾
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
April 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 Anti-gender groups weaponise feminist & human rights language to push harmful agendas—claiming to protect women and "family values" while attacking gender justice and LGBTQI+ rights. We must unite across movements to counter this. ✊🏾
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
#WhatYoungFeministsWant #FromSiloToSolidarity
💜 Collective power is movement building. 🌱
In our new video series, our team shares what collective power means to us and why it’s key to stronger movements.
📖 Read more about our strategy and support our mission: https://f.mtr.cool/vhmthippdk
In our new video series, our team shares what collective power means to us and why it’s key to stronger movements.
📖 Read more about our strategy and support our mission: https://f.mtr.cool/vhmthippdk
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
f.mtr.cool
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
💜 Collective power is movement building. 🌱
In our new video series, our team shares what collective power means to us and why it’s key to stronger movements.
📖 Read more about our strategy and support our mission: https://f.mtr.cool/vhmthippdk
In our new video series, our team shares what collective power means to us and why it’s key to stronger movements.
📖 Read more about our strategy and support our mission: https://f.mtr.cool/vhmthippdk
Despite driving transformative change, youth-led feminist and LGBTQI+ organisations receive less than 1% of global financing, making it difficult to sustain their work.
🚨Funders must invest in bold, sustained support for youth-led movements.
🚨Funders must invest in bold, sustained support for youth-led movements.
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Despite driving transformative change, youth-led feminist and LGBTQI+ organisations receive less than 1% of global financing, making it difficult to sustain their work.
🚨Funders must invest in bold, sustained support for youth-led movements.
🚨Funders must invest in bold, sustained support for youth-led movements.