Etta Muksa, 24, understands firsthand how important it is for Black women living with endometriosis to find a like-minded support network. While struggling with fibroids, PCOS and suspected endometriosis, she created The Melanin Menstrual Health Community in hopes that it would help to improve her mental health. “I think within the Black community, people don’t really speak about things to do with periods. In my experience growing up, it wasn’t something I spoke about openly. It becomes about optics, and people don’t want to be sharing their business, but I think that’s such a dangerous slippery slope because time and time again, we’re seeing that our health often faces the greatest barriers, especially in the UK.”
