Marylize Biubwa
{{Short description|Kenyan LGBTQ activist}}
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Marylize Biubwa is a Kenyan intersectional feminist and activist. Biubwa's activism is based on social justice with emphasis on gender inequality, while their feminism is intersectional and directed towards human rights.{{Cite web |last=Philips |first=Priscilla |date=14 August 2020 |title=Interview feature with Marylize Biubwa |url=https://thelgbtafrica.com/interview-feature-with-marylize-biubwa/ |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=The LGBT Africa |language=en-US}} They are black and a non-binary lesbian and use they/them pronouns.{{Cite web |title=10 Amazing African LGBTQ+ Activists You Need to Know |url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/African-lgbtq-activists-who-changed-africa/ |first=Aaron|last=Rakhetsi|date=30 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2022 |website=Global Citizen |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=I'm A Lesbian And A Human Rights Activist |url=https://yazakenya.com/news/i-m-a-lesbian-and-a-human-rights-activist |first=Joan|last=Thatiah|date=11 May 2021|access-date=14 June 2022 |website=YAZA Kenya |language=en}}
Early life
Biubwa grew up in Nairobi and Taita Taveta. They were one of six children, with three sisters and two brothers. Their mother was religious, and they were kicked out of their siblings' house in August 2018 after being outed by her. They have been diagnosed with social anxiety.{{Cite news |last=Akeyo |first=Millicent |date=10 March 2020 |title=Marylize Biubwa was diagnosed with social anxiety |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0865m6m |access-date=25 June 2022}}
Social activism
Biubwa became a full-time activist in 2015. They founded the Bi Kind Initiative in 2016, which mentors school-aged girls and organises drives to collect money and food for homeless women. They are a volunteer with ActionAid, the African Women's Development and Communication Network and Peace Ambassadors Kenya.{{Cite web |title=Marylize Biubwa : From strength to strength, healing after rape – Cynthia {{!}} UNTAMED |first=Cynthia|last=Nyongesa|url=https://cynthiauntamed.com/2017/08/marylize-biubwa-from-strength-to-strength-healing-after-rape/ |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=en-GB}} They use Twitter and other social media platforms to debunk myths about female sexuality and the LGBT community. They run the research project Face on Project.
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