Now You Are A Woman (2020)
• September 10th, 2020 • 0h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Gerald Hayo is a lesbian activist from Kenya. She is a survivor of one of the most cruel practices against LBQ women: corrective rape. This short documentary portrays her life as an activist in Mombasa, where she lives and works with her girlfriend Dee, and her return to Kisumu, her hometown, from where she had to flee after being disowned by her family. Nobody wants to see Gerald in Kisumu except her older sister, Cecilia.
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