Support a Pan-African LGBTQ+ Magazine from Ethiopia
Across Africa, too many LGBTQ+ lives are seen only through crisis or not seen at all. Since August 2025, we have been building a bilingual home for stories told from within our communities: with honesty, dignity, creativity and hope.
Why your support matters
Across Africa, LGBTQ+ people remain among the continent’s most marginalised communities. In 33 countries, laws continue to criminalise LGBTQ+ people in some form. Yet our communities are also vibrant, creative and resilient and our lives cannot be understood only through stories of persecution.
Without independent LGBTQ+ media, abuses can go unchallenged, histories remain undocumented and communities lose the opportunity to tell their stories on their own terms. Fatteh creates space for people to see themselves reflected fully and represented authentically.
Help Fatteh move from survival to sustainability
Fatteh began as a completely self-funded idea and has grown through commitment, care and largely unpaid labour. Your donation helps us build a sustainable second year.
Keep Fatteh online
A secure, accessible and reliable website.
Pay contributors
Writers, editors, photographers and other creatives.
Translate our stories
Human-edited reporting in English and Amharic.
Produce original journalism
Interviews, features, explainers and investigations.
Reach more readers
Publishing and community engagement across platforms.
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Join us for our second year
Fatteh began with a belief that our stories deserve to be told by us, in our own languages and on our own terms. Your support will help us continue documenting our communities—not only in moments of crisis, but through stories of creativity, achievement, resilience and hope.
Beza Lealem
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Questions about supporting Fatteh? info@fattehmagazine.com