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African Rainbow Family (ARF) is the Leading National Expert by Experience Charity Campaigning and Advocating for Racial Justice & Human Rights of LGBTIQ+ Refugees and People Seeking Asylum of African Heritage & the Global Majority.
MEET THE TEAM Aderonke Apata Founder and CEO Aderonke founded African Rainbow Family in 2014 amidst her thirteen year journey to being granted asylum in the UK. Fleeing Nigeria in 2004 after being sentenced to death for being a lesbian, Aderonke fought hard to be granted her freedom.
30 wrz 2021 · African Rainbow Family is a charity that supports LGBTIQ people of African heritage and the wider BAME groups. The organisation was founded by activist Aderonke Apata, a lesbian from Nigeria, in the wake of multiple Commonwealth countries in Africa adopting draconian anti-gay laws in 2014.
We, African Rainbow Family, as a Charity that supports LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in the UK, are delighted to bear witness today, to the Supreme Court’s ruling against the cruel and
African Rainbow Family are a small charity making waves far beyond their size. Based in Manchester, the organisation supports LGBTQ+ people of African heritage and other Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds navigate the asylum system in the UK.
African Rainbow Family was created, run and led by LGBTIQ refugees and people seeking asylum who face intersecting forms of discrimination and institutional injustice due to our race, sexuality, and gender identity.
5 dni temu · Through her independent documentary project Rainbow Girls, photographer Julia Gunther captures the stories of protection and prejudice among a group of South African lesbian women.
