“If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself,” says Zanele Muholi, south African activist and artist who uses her art to show the “beauty and individuality of black LGBTQ women: a group that she believes has been terribly underrepresented in all forms of art.”

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The article, “Here are just six victories for the LGBTQ community that came in 2020” from LGBTQ Nation demonstrates the power that can come when we work together to transform the world.