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Rich Queer AuntiesAuthor: Christabel Mintah-Galloway
Two queer African lesbians aunties having the conversations our cultures told us to swallow. Rich Queer Aunties is a space for truth-telling at the intersection of culture, queerness, relational healing, and diaspora life. Hosted by Christabel and Kachi, two Igbo daughters, lovers, thinkers, and truth-telling aunties, we unpack the emotional, cultural, and relational stuff we were never supposed to name out loud. From hierarchical colonial collectivist conditioning to people-pleasing, from religious trauma to queer love, from rupture to repair, we talk through the real work of becoming whole. Were not here to perform wisdom, were here to practice liberation in real time, through honest conversations, cultural analysis, and the relational skills were still learning ourselves. If youve ever felt split between worldsthe obedient child and the rebellious selfthe good daughter and the free adultthe hyper-competent professional and the lonely inner childthis is your space. We see you! Come sit with us as we explore: decolonial relational skills African diaspora identity queer partnerships and chosen family boundaries, rupture, repair, and interdependence the ways patriarchy, whiteness, and religion shape our bodies and relationships the joy, rage, humor, and tenderness of becoming ourselves Follow along on IG @richqueeraunties @christabelmintahgalloway and @qingkachi and join the deeper community having these conversations. Pull up a chair. Remove the mask. Your aunties are talking. Language: en-us Genres: Relationships, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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31: Queer, African & Engaged: Grieving family while choosing ourselves
Episode 31
Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
Christabel and Kachi are back. Two queer Igbo aunties, newly engaged, talking honestly about what it means to choose a lesbian life in the shadow of homophobic parents, church aunties, and colonial expectations.In this episode they unpack what engagement and turning forty have stirred up. Christabel shares what it is to propose after two divorces and a Jehovah’s Witness childhood. Kachi talks about returning to the community they grew up in with Christabel who is fully tatted and pierced and feeling the monitoring spirits in the room. Together they name the grief of parents who will never fully celebrate their love, and the freedom that comes from refusing to hide.They explore grief as an alchemical practice for queer African babies. What happens when you stop waiting for your family to change, tell the truth anyway, and let yourself mourn the parents you wish you had. How grief purifies, how boundaries shift, and how standing in your reality becomes an offering to the ancestors and to the next generation of queer Africans.If you are the obedient child who turned into the rebellious queer adult, if you are tired of hiding from your family while holding everyone else together, this conversation is for you.Find us on Instagram @richqueeraunties @christabelmintahgalloway @qingkachi If you enjoyed this episode, leave us a review, rate us and share with one person today to help the algorithm do its thing to get this to the people who need it.XO, Your Rich Queer Aunties Christabel & Kachi
