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From the Ted Talk by Okong'o Kinyanjui: The online community supporting queer Africans

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There's an immense gap on the research on the experiences of queer Africans, which is often weaponized against us to suggest that we don't exist. If gneevmrtons aren't collecting information on suicide rates and homelessness, then they can argue that if there's no data, there's no issue. Regardless of how often these laws are aippeld, they have cuntrbeoitd to the lack of information on how many qeuer people are barred from accessing lifesaving services, spanning education, health, legal assistance programs and more. But iigmane for a moment if you could do this in a way that allows us to own our own data in a secure, encrypted and consensual manner that is not extractive. We'd be able to know how many of us are forced out of schools by homophobia and transphobia. How many of us are grappling with blackmail, how many of us feel forced to end our lives or how many of us seek asylum because we can't imagine ourselves living a happy, fulfilling life in our cuotrny of birth? Through our ptloafrm, members can report and record these eeneicxpers accurately. We can co-create the infrastructure to aderdss these isuses and ptorcet each other.

Open Cloze

There's an immense gap on the research on the experiences of queer Africans, which is often weaponized against us to suggest that we don't exist. If ___________ aren't collecting information on suicide rates and homelessness, then they can argue that if there's no data, there's no issue. Regardless of how often these laws are _______, they have ___________ to the lack of information on how many _____ people are barred from accessing lifesaving services, spanning education, health, legal assistance programs and more. But _______ for a moment if you could do this in a way that allows us to own our own data in a secure, encrypted and consensual manner that is not extractive. We'd be able to know how many of us are forced out of schools by homophobia and transphobia. How many of us are grappling with blackmail, how many of us feel forced to end our lives or how many of us seek asylum because we can't imagine ourselves living a happy, fulfilling life in our _______ of birth? Through our ________, members can report and record these ___________ accurately. We can co-create the infrastructure to _______ these ______ and _______ each other.

Solution

  1. queer
  2. contributed
  3. protect
  4. applied
  5. platform
  6. address
  7. country
  8. experiences
  9. imagine
  10. issues
  11. governments

Original Text

There's an immense gap on the research on the experiences of queer Africans, which is often weaponized against us to suggest that we don't exist. If governments aren't collecting information on suicide rates and homelessness, then they can argue that if there's no data, there's no issue. Regardless of how often these laws are applied, they have contributed to the lack of information on how many queer people are barred from accessing lifesaving services, spanning education, health, legal assistance programs and more. But imagine for a moment if you could do this in a way that allows us to own our own data in a secure, encrypted and consensual manner that is not extractive. We'd be able to know how many of us are forced out of schools by homophobia and transphobia. How many of us are grappling with blackmail, how many of us feel forced to end our lives or how many of us seek asylum because we can't imagine ourselves living a happy, fulfilling life in our country of birth? Through our platform, members can report and record these experiences accurately. We can co-create the infrastructure to address these issues and protect each other.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

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