About the platform
Built by us, for us
Afro Queer is an LGBTQ+ community, culture and events platform rooted in East Africa.
We started with a simple belief: LGBTQ+ people in East Africa deserve spaces that are beautiful, safe and unapologetically ours.
Not hidden corners. Not borrowed rooms. Places where a lesbian couple can dance at sunset, where a trans woman can walk the runway, where a non-binary artist can hang their work on the wall and where friends and family stand beside us in the crowd.
Afro Queer brings together events, stories, photography and community into one home. We host pride nights, retreats and festivals in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Kenya, and we tell the stories of the people who make this scene what it is.
Proud. Visible. Together. It is more than a line — it is how we move.
What we stand for
Six words we live by
01
Community
We build rooms — real and digital — where LGBTQ+ East Africans can find each other, rest, and be held.
02
Visibility
We put our faces, names and stories forward, on our own terms, because being seen changes what is possible.
03
Expression
Fashion, music, art, dance, words. We make space for every form our joy and truth want to take.
04
Culture
Queer East African culture is rich, layered and alive. We document it, celebrate it and pass it on.
05
Connection
From Dar to Zanzibar to Nairobi — we connect people, collectives and cities into one wide family.
06
Celebration
Because joy is resistance. Because we deserve nights we will talk about for years.
Be part of it.
Attend, contribute a story, perform, volunteer or partner with us.