atheostic reblogged
Crying over this article exploring how lesbians in Burundi [where homosexuality is illegal] connect and communicate through secret codes in memes, on clothing, and even body language.
“My girlfriend,” she writes, by way of a virtual introduction. “Aren’t we cute?”
It’s the first time she’s been able to introduce her that way to someone, she says. It feels good.”
This sounds basically like how gay men in Victorian England would communicate.