08: My Life as a Nonbinary African - With Leon Mopecha

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week - in honor of Pride Month, we will be having Leon Mopecha to discuss “Their Life As A Nonbinary African” on episode 8. Though my discussion with Leon will be focused on their life and experience as a trans person, we will also be addressing the negative outlook, stereotypes, and discrimination faced by the LGBTQ+ community in our community.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In many African countries, homosexuality is still taboo, with society holding conservative views on gender identities and roles. This translates into a considerably high level of intolerance and discrimination towards LGBTQ people.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To overcome these issues faced by the LGBYQ+ community in our African Community, we hope that this conversation is better received than last year when we had this same discussion.  All we ask for is more tolerance and respect towards the LGBTQ+ community and that you learn and unlearn a couple of things from listening to this episode.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Meet Our Guest:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leon Mopecha (they/them) is a nonbinary creator and educator from Cameroon, living in the United States. They use gender-neutral they/them pronouns. Leon majored in Communications with a minor in Anthropology from Widener University. Their biggest passions are linguistics, immigration and travel, intercultural communication, filmmaking, animation, and literature. In all of these fields, Leon likes to apply their unique perspective as an individual from a very diverse background, speaking on how to make media more inclusive and truly representative of society, raising awareness about previously erased or suppressed histories, and encouraging literacy and multilingualism in youth and adults.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Contact Leon: </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instag