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In January, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near Port-Au-Prince, devastating the area and claiming over 100,000 lives. Amid the grief and chaos, conservative religious and political groups revived a dangerous narrative that many Haitians cling to: that this natural disaster was a punishment for the unnatural behavior of the people in Haiti who identify as queer or trans. The fight for the recognition and acceptance of queer and trans Haitian identities is not new. We have sought equal rights and consideration from the heights of the governing bodies of our homeland for as long as we have existed. The reality is that our heritage—our ancestry—stretches far beyond the rigid mindsets that cast us as demons, beyond the superstitions that blame our country’s struggles on our existence rather than on the powers truly working to take advantage of our nation.
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