Sacred Queer stories is a book written by Adriaan Van Klinken, Johanna 's Stiebert with Mother Nature and Frederick Hudson. This week, I interviewed Mother Nature for our Faith Conversation Series. Tune in for more of this fantastic episode.
Today, I got a chance to talk with one of the coauthor's :Mother Nature.. If you are interested in purchasing the book, the link is enclosed below (i.e. I made it a tiny website link but it is available through Amazon): https://tinyurl.com/2rzwj9fp
Mother Nature is a gender non-conforming person and an immediate past "Orange the World" poster child. They are a co-founder of the Advocacy network Africa (ADNetA) as well as the Nature Network which is part of two umbrella organizations: AdNetA and Refugee Coalition of East Africa (RefCEA).
Mother Nature was born 30 years ago in Kampala, Uganda. They have been actively involved in advocating for LGBT persons since 2011. They worked at Makerere University as a Research Assistant at Makerere Institute of Social Research, as a former fieldwork officer at Makerere University Faculty of Law , Gender and Sexuality, and as a Peer Educator at Mulago Hospital for the Key Population.
Mother Nature is trained as a Champion for Transgender rights, engages in activities for elimination of violence against women; elimination of Female Genital Mutilation; end to Domestic Violence empowering females or girl children to say no to unwanted advances by showing them how to be categorical in their "no", and engaging refugees in local host community development activities ranging from animating community clean-up to work-out campaigns. Mother Nature is also happy to connect the drive for equality from Nairobi to the world while raising awareness about Transgender rights: the need to involve all people in the eradication of TB, HIV, Malaria, dignity for refugees and Sustainable Development Goals.
Mother nature recently resettled to the USA in 2020 and looks forward to starting a new chapter in their life, while staying connected and committed to their fellow refugees still in Kenya. Tune in for more by listening to this episode. Should you be interested in reaching out to Mother Nature.... It's listed in the episode and is below. Kenaturenetwork@gmail.com Call via what's app 13049066681