Deborah Vanessa Owusu-Bonsu, a Ghanaian musician, activist, and creative, is fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community.
The 38-year-old Uncle Obama singer opened up about her support for the LGBTQ community when she appeared as a guest on the popular urban Ghanaian podcast, Sincerely Accra.
Sister Derby expresses her support for the community and empathy for their sexual preferences in the episode.
“I am passionate and caring because I am compassionate.” Second, the majority of the people who are making it happen in my industry are LGBTQ people. I’m not even sure I like the idea of it being a community. What distinguishes it as a community? “Aren’t we all human?” “I don’t see why it should be any different.” she said
The creative industry, both locally and globally, has gay stakeholders, according to the singer, who is also a fashion designer. As a result, if you disagree with them, you should stop wearing designer labels.
“The best fashion designers, make-up artists, and hairstylists.” Let’s say 99% of the world’s top fashion designers are queer. So, if you’re against gay people, stop wearing designer labels,” she told the show’s hosts.
Some of the world’s most talented designers have come out as gay, including Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce and Gabanna, Christian Louboutin, Simon Porte Jacquemus, and Marc Jacobs which have changed the way people dress in the twenty-first century.