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This International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March 2024), we gave the word to our IGLYO Board Member and Coordinator of the IGLYO Anti-Racism Panel Yassine Chagh (He/They). In this piece, Yassine addresses the lack of BIPOC+ representation and inclusion within mainstream white-led queer organisations, and puts forward some recommendations for them to move from words to concrete actions against racial discrimination, both within and outside their organisation.
On this day, I couldn't help but mourn the overlooked realities faced by so many racialised queer individuals. This includes the missing truths, ongoing erasure, police brutality, discriminatory migrant laws, perilous asylum shelters, limited opportunities, dehumanisation, white saviourism, and the prevalence of white-led and dominant queer organisations that claim to be "aware" but fail to recognise the urgent crises experienced by so many throughout the year and chose SILENCE.
