Category Archives: Archived memories

2013 April 4: Gender blind

Posted on April 4, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Thuthula Sodumo I have always wondered what would happen if I was a human being, with no gender, no sexuality and no identity. Just a human being that loved other humans and that’s it. I wondered how it would be … Continue reading →

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2013 April 4: @25 Reminder

Posted on April 4, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Dear Friends, Please note that this is a quick reminder for you to join us at the upcoming event. If you are an artist or activist or concerned citizen rather and willing to share your prose/poems/related narrative on human rights … Continue reading →

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2013 April 1: Who are you to tell me who I am?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Keba Sebetoane On the 7th of March 2004 when I was seventeen years old I started hating all men. It took one man for me to hate all man. I hated him so much. The only thing could I … Continue reading →

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2013 March 31: I Stand Corrected in Soweto

Posted on March 31, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lesego Tlhwale The long awaited theatre play I Stand Corrected that has been said to showcase the corrective rape pandemic in South Africa opened at the Soweto Theatre on the 28 of March 2013, a day that commemorates the … Continue reading →

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2013 March 30: The photo that I like…

Posted on March 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

This is one of the memorable photos that I like most, taken at the Miss Sappho by Brendelie Mitchell. The beauty contest was hosted by Sistahs Kopanang, the defunct black lesbian organization that we were part of steered by Naomi … Continue reading →

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2013 March 28: Failed justice

Posted on March 29, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse A commemoration was held on Wednesday 27 March 2013 in Thokoza township, east of Johannesburg to remember the life of Nokuthula Radebe. In 2011 March 28 Nokuthula became one of many hate crime victims reported that year … Continue reading →

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2013 March 28: Feather Awards (re)viewed

Posted on March 29, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse 19.03.2013 I was preparing to go to bed when I realized that the SABC1 was broadcasting the feather awards. I decided to stay up and watch. It was very exciting to see the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, … Continue reading →

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2013 Feb. 25: Isithembiso

Posted on March 27, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Sithandwa sentliziyo ingaba ulahleke phi na? Kudala ndicinga ndikhangelana nawe dali wam. Uthe Wakungaphenduli kwincwadi endikubhalele yona Ndaqala ndaqonda konakele. Umphefumlo wam wazulazula. Ndabayindindi ndixakwe u’ba mandithini Lihambile ixesha ndimana ndibhala ndilinde impendulo. Kuthe kwakufika ixesha ngqangqa wam. Ndaqonda u’ba … Continue reading →

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2013 February 28: I am not a Victim but a Victor…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lungile Dladla They call February the month of love, I call it the month of change… In February 2010, I was walking with Mathapelo (one who prays) along Swazi street. It was around 7pm, a few hours after my … Continue reading →

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2013 March 24: Recognition of LGBTI Activist should be a culture

Posted on March 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lesego Tlhwale On the 21st March 2013 Zanele Muholi, visual activist and founder of Inkanyiso production was honoured for her extraordinary work of capturing the lives of black lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex individuals in South Africa. Muholi … Continue reading →

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