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2013 June 1: Zandile’s 21st birthday photos
Zandile receives coming of age kiss from Gogo Actually Zandile turned 21 on 10th May 2013 but the party was held on the 1st June 2013. L-R: Zandile’s mother, Dudu; Nqobile and Zandile Text by Lerato...
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2013 June 11: Double Trouble
by Thulielove Gifted Hands Sodumo I have always been optimistic because really I have never had any reason not to be. It has always been like a driving force in my life and it worked alot of times and...
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2013 June 13: Besame Mucho
With an infuriatingly sexy message Lust sweeps my mind Dust rapidly kisses The unformed nipples At my ankles Like sounds of dozens of bearded lips Calling cats Besame Besame Mucho First Her stare will...
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2013 May 27: Hand me a job…
by Siyasanga Joyi Hand me a job. Yes you handed me a job that paid me ‘peanuts’ so I could ‘butter’ my bread on both sides. Peanuts converted to high-pitched notes as you played me like a melody on...
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2013 June 17: Fundraising for Chosen FEW
by Lerato Dumse Imagine being part of a soccer team awarded a partial grant to participate in the 2013 World Out games in Antwerp, Belgium. Now imagine not being able to seize that opportunity due to...
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2013 June 9: Baloi Bammino
by Zandile Makhubu It is as cold as Eskimo country in Johannesburg, and the Inkanyiso crew is out and about in Rosebank Mall as we spot a group of vibrant singers and talented dancers. This Youth Day...
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2013 June 20 Inkanyiso Sees The Rainbows with Norwegians
by Lesego Tlhwale The Norwegian LGBTI community has been infiltrated by the most progressive queer media and visual activism organisation Inkanyiso Productions. From the 19 – 23 June 2013, Zanele...
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2013 June 21: The Princess of Norway pitched just for Muholi
by Maureen Velile Majola As we gathered at the Kunstplass 5 gallery waiting for the Crown Princess of Norway, Mette-Marit to arrive. The Princess made a special trip to the gallery just to meet Zanele...
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2013 June 22: “Queer Art and Activism”
Skeive dager, Litteraturhuset 22.06.13 A presentation by Ellen Mortensen First of all, I want to thank the organizers of this seminar on “Queer Art and Activism”, FOKUS, SAIH, LLH and – Kunstplass 5,...
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2013 June 24: @ 25 revisited two months later
by Lerato Dumse To celebrate youth month in post apartheid South Africa, some people wear school uniform on the 16 of June. This is done to commemorate the defiant actions that claimed young lives 37...
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2013 June 25: The other woman…
by Kopano Sibeko Like that old ketchup stain A dirty secret between your sheets I’ll remain, you write for me beautiful poetry but in the public eye you treat me like your dirty laundry. The other...
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2013 June 25: The Men In My Life
by Lynne Carrol I never got the pleasure of meeting my grandfather, but I heard a lot about him and through stories. Once characteristic that was starkly vivid was that he was a family man who loved...
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2013 June 28: So What Is This?
by Charmain Carrol When you love someone, but the best option is to stay away… I seem to think of you every second minute of every hour of the day. I keep seeing flashes of you the morning after it all...
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2013 June 23: Beyond Binaries meeting
A REPORT by Siyasanga Joyi & Thekwane Bongi Mpisholo Beyond Binaries was the title given to the group which attended a three day meeting that took place at Wits University from the 20th to the 22nd...
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2013 July 3: Another brutal murder of a lesbian
by Lesego Tlhwale As the LGBTI community in South Africa on the 1st July 2013, we were woken up by news of the brutal murder of one of our own; Duduzile Zozo, a 26 year old lesbian from Thokoza, East...
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2013 June 30: On Amnesty report
by Lesego Tlhwale Amnesty International on the 25 of June 2013 launched a report highlighting violence, homophobia and laws targeting LGBTI people in Sub Saharan Africa. The new report entitled ‘Making...
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2013 July 7: Muholi transition with virgins
Izintombi zaseMpumalanga taken at the 2012 Zulu Reed Dance,this is one of the photos on Transition exhibition by Zanele Muholi. What: Arles in Black Location: Arles, France Source: On Social...
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2013 July 7: Trouble Soul
by Maureen Velile Majola drafted on 24.03.2013 Today I was looking at my pictures from my childhood. I realised how much I’ve changed and how I remained the same. I saw a lot of pictures of me that I...
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2013 June 29: Femininity in the lesbian community is stigmatized
by Kopano Sibeko According to the most feminine lesbians, coming out as a lesbian is never easy because, ‘Fem lesbians’ as titled are frequently questioned about their sexuality because of the way they...
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2013 July 9: Living in and loving the lesbian boarding house in Hillbrow
by Collen Mfazwe Collen Mfazwe’s portrait by Zanele Muholi (2013/05/18) They say blood is thicker than water but blood doesn’t make a family, love does. I say this because I am living testimony that...
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