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Nigeria has overtime disregarded the need to recognize individuals with multiple identities or experiences that overlap. When conversations happen within human right spaces, issues affecting marginalized groups like LBQ, Intersex and people with disabilities are often ignored. For instance, society does not believe that an individual can be affected based on different issues because of their multilayered identities and experiences. Even in the SOGIESC movement in Nigeria, intersex persons and persons with disability are mostly excluded from the broader discourse oonf human rights. This project wants to bring to the center the importance of intersectional activism for inclusion of diverse identities within the LBQ spaces in Nigeria through a 3-day residential workshop on intersectional approach to activism. This workshop will bring together 10 emerging young activists who are intersex, persons with disability, lesbian, queer, bisexual from the larger LBQ spaces in Nigeria. 
Also, through this project, we will co-develop a manual on approaches to intersectional activism. This manual will be co-developed by the emerging activists who participated in the 3-day workshop. This project will see the creation of a user-friendly online platform such as a website that will serve as a hub for sharing personal stories and resources. This website will have accessibility features such as an easy-to-read font, inclusion of alternative texts on images, usage of color inclusive images, the website will allow users to enlarge font sizes, have alternative content formats, that will ensure that the platform is usable by people with various disabilities. This website also serves as a sustainable plan for the overall project. We would also document videos of activists talking about intersectional activism and the need to tilt our intervention approaches to that of an inclusive one using the intersectional activism approach of leaving no one behind. The project will also contribute to the wellness of Intersex Nigeria staff through a 2-day residential mental wellness retreat in Abuja.
The goal of the project is to highlight how discrimination and exclusion are not simple and cannot be solved by only focusing on a single issue. By employing an innovative, intersectional approach, the project seeks to empower and amplify the voices of these marginalized groups within the LBQ movement, fostering inclusivity, awareness, and social change. This project proposes an innovative and impactful initiative centered around advancing intersectional activism and promoting inclusivity within the work emerging activists are doing in the LBQ spaces in Nigeria.
PROBLEM ANALYSIS
Discussions within the human rights space most times tend to overlook the diverse identities and experiences, assuming that discrimination and exclusion can be tackled only by focusing on a single aspect of a persons’ identity. This project aims to address the issue of marginalization and exclusion faced by persons with multiple intersecting identities and experiences within the LBQ movement in Nigeria.
For instance, in Nigeria, a person who identifies as both lesbian and intersex face unique challenges related to both their sexual orientation and sex characteristics. In a situation where SRH services are designed solely for lesbian individuals, their needs as an intersex person may be completely disregarded. This exclusion not only neglects and invalidate their identity but also fails to recognize their specific variations in sex characteristics, denying them tailored support.
Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer people in Nigeria with multiple identities often face heightened and multilayered discrimination and human rights violations. They experience social, physical, political and economic stigma, exclusion, and all forms of violence on multiple levels, thereby leading to severe mental health stress and trauma. If we keep Ignoring these complex intersections, it reinforces these violations and their subsequent mental health challenges.
When the human rights and SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression, and Sex Characteristics) movement focuses solely on one aspect of an individual's identity, it inadvertently leaves behind other vital aspects. In this case, if activism solely underlines only lesbian, queer, or bisexual rights, it automatically excludes intersex persons and persons with disabilities within the LBQ community.
Storytelling is a tool that is yet to be explored for advocacy by activists, even though it has the power to humanize issues like this, and foster empathy, the absence of storytelling for advocacy within the LBQ community in Nigeria means that the broader society remain unaware of the challenges faced by LBQ persons with intersecting identities. This lack of awareness hinders progress toward bodily autonomy, self-determination, and SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) for intersex persons and persons with disability within the LBQ spaces in Nigeria.
The project seeks to emphasize the importance of intersectional activism, which acknowledges the complex interplay of various identities and experiences and advocates for inclusivity within the human rights and SOGIESC movement. This will be accomplished through a three-day residential workshop where emerging young activists from the LBQ, intersex and disability community in Nigeria can come together to learn and discuss intersectional approaches to activism. The project intends to develop a manual on intersectional activism, collaboratively developed by the workshop participants, and an online platform to share personal stories, resources and videos discussing the significance of intersectional activism and the need for inclusive intervention approaches. The overall goal of this project is to create a more inclusive environment where persons with intersecting identities are no longer excluded or overlooked, promoting greater awareness, and understanding of the intricate challenges they face.

OBJECTIVE(S)
●	To raise the consciousness of emerging activists around the concepts of intersectionality and its importance in social activism.
●	To raise awareness on how different identities and levels of oppression intersect and impact LBQ+ individuals with intersecting identities. 
●	To develop and provide key strategies and approaches to intersectional activism to advance intersectional activism in Nigeria.
●	To amplify the voices and experiences of activists at the intersection of LBQ, Intersex and Disability communities.
ACTIVITIES/OUTCOME

ACTIVITY 1
A three-day residential workshop on intersectional activism and best practices with 10 emerging intersex, disability, and queer leaders within the LBQ movement in Nigeria. We will hire an expert feminist consultant who has vast knowledge around intersectionality, feminism, human right advocacy, mental wellness to facilitating this workshop. This consultant will also guide the process of developing a manual on approach to intersectional activism in Nigeria. Participants will be mobilized with the help of sister LBQ organizations in Nigeria. This activity will contribute to the overall goal of reducing discrimination and exclusion of intersex persons, persons with disability within the LBQ movement in Nigeria for intentional inclusion of these subgroups.
EXPECTED OUTCOME 
Increased knowledge and availability of tools to effectively address intersectionality in activist’s advocacy efforts to foster a more impactful and comprehensive approach to social justice.
BENEFICIARIES/PARTICIPANTS
LBQ emerging activists who are also intersex and persons with disability.

ACTIVITY 2
We will hire an expert consultant to develop a manual on the approach to intersectional activism. This manual will guide activists on how to design projects that puts into consideration the intersecting issues, identities, and experiences within their target groups. This manual will be co-developed by the participants in the workshop and guided by an expert consultant who is vast in manual creation.
EXPECTED OUTCOME 
Increased practical application of intersectional activism principles, enabling human rights activists to engage in a more impactful, sustainable, and inclusive advocacy. "