Category Archives: Black Queer & Gifted

2014 March 12: Talkabout – Gabrielle Le Roux and Thekwane ‘Bongi’ Mpisholo

Posted on March 12, 2014 by inkanyiso2009
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2014 March 8: Les Locks

Posted on March 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Selaelo “SlyPod” Mannya My name is Selaelo, affectionately known as Sly, the Pod, Poddle Puff or whatever else takes the fancy of the woman I am with. I’m 26 years old and work as a strategist in digital advertising. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1988 - present, 7 years of lock-ing, Adoring, Another Approach Is Possible, As we are, Before You, Black Female Body, Black Queer & Gifted, Power in our hair, Women's power, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2014 March 1: Journeyed 3 cities in less than 30 hours

Posted on March 6, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Sly Mannya  I have known Zanele Muholi since 2003 when I was a 15 year old lesbian, in need to belong in a space where my sexuality (or whatever it was, I didn’t know at the time) was not … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.29: Education is primal

Posted on March 4, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  by Tapuwa Moore Edited by Fikile Mazambani Tsohang tu yerr man! Personally I do not advocate for my freedom, I only have an urgent need for human rights based society. Maybe being a marginalized person; a lesbian, a black … Continue reading →

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2014 Feb.28: Isiphiwo Sami

Posted on March 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

This short documentary is an exploration of Black Queers in SA (Beauties)… Queerizing Public Spaces. Produced in Durban in 2013, an exchange between black trans/ femme gay identifying persons from Durban and Johannesburg. Continuous documentation of Inkanyiso Productions celebrating our … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan. 29: South Africa’s New Mo(u)rning

Posted on February 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

   by Bridget Ngcobo What does it mean to be living in post apartheid South Africa? Does it mean, as the name of the generation alludes that we are (re)born free? Are our eyes open to the colors and sounds … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.12: Presenting Gavin Matseke… The queer we all love to hate!!!

Posted on January 27, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Profiled by Jeremiah Sepotokele The day is finally here, having scheduled an interview with the gorgeous and witty Gavin Matseke. We met at the calm, cool and tranquil outdoors of Glen Austin, in Midrand at a friend’s place. We were … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.5: Ishaya ngolunye unyawo I-VMCI kulonyaka

Posted on January 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Londeka Dlamini Ibandla lase Thekwini i-Victory Ministries International phansi kobuholi bukaMfundisi uZungu liza nezinguquko eziningi kulonyaka. Abazalwane babukeke bethokozile ukubuya enkonzweni kwazise bekuyiSonto lokuqala kulonyaka., iqale kamnandi lapho uMvangeli uMkhize ekhuthaza ibandla ngokuthi asikhohlwe ngokwenzekile ngonyaka odlule. Siqale kabusha kulonyaka … Continue reading →

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2013 Dec. 8: Well organised beauty pageant with less audience

Posted on December 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

2013 Miss Gay Lesbian Soweto pageant   by Lerato Dumse   The Miss Gay and Lesbian Soweto pageant is an idea born in the year 2000 and was turned into an annual event, until 2006. Then the strain of using … Continue reading →

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2013 Dec. 1: Words

Posted on December 5, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

  Words aren’t easy to come out Words have a deeper meaning than we think Never back down when you tell it I found myself with a trick of telling the words Words have a deeper meaning than we think … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lesbians, Black Lesbians & Allies Against Hate Crimes, Black Queer & Gifted, Books, English, Relationships, Sharing knowledge, Speaking for ourselves, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women's power, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments