Emboldened by Outsiders, Restricted At Home: How Sexism Holds Back Queer Women in West and Central Africa

"Either we hide who we are and are at peace with society, or we live publicly, and we are cut off," says Carmen, a 31-year-old from western Cameroon. Journalist Robbie Corey-Boulet writes that in Cameroon and Ivory Coast, gender roles restrict women's financial independence and can make it difficult for queer women to be self-sufficient outside traditional family models.