Category Archives: Community

2013 April 10: Another black lesbian activist has fallen

Posted on April 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Report by Christie van Zyl As fellow South Africans especially members of African National Congress commemorates 20 years of Chris Hani’s brutal killing in Boksburg, Johannesburg (April 10, 2013). Freegender members, allies and the black lesbian community at large gathered … Continue reading →

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2013 April 9: I refuse to be abused

Posted on April 10, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

I refuse to make love to the hands that twist my wrists Hands that declares that love insists To justify itself with fists The same love that covers my face with mucous spits… As I recapture how your fingers created … Continue reading →

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2013 April 2: Do good even when faced with difficulties

Posted on April 10, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Nqobile Zungu Members of Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) spent their weekend at camp Jonathan, Camperdown in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal. Perched up on a mountain, the camp is about an hour from Durban. It … Continue reading →

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2013 April 2: He loves us all, just go to church and find God

Posted on April 9, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse When you stand outside while the church service is in action, you will assume that Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) is a typical church. Its only when you walk in that your eyes are greeted with an … Continue reading →

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2013 March 30: A response to Definitely Not Gaysbian article

Posted on March 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Nthabiseng Mokoena On the 1st of March 2013, we at Transgender and Intersex Africa  read a piece on the Inkanyiso website titled “Definitely Not Gaysbian”.The article was interesting as it discussed one of the most “taboo” subject within South African … Continue reading →

Posted in Abantu, Africa, Before You, Community, Family, South Africa, Uncategorized | Tagged | 18 Comments

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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2012 March 20: There’s a strawberry garden between your legs

Posted on March 21, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Man drools over it like he can see it He has visuals of it in his head There’s something between your legs That makes him believe he can have that beautiful strawberry You’ve nurtured it so well and kept it … Continue reading →

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2013 March 13: A scrapbook under my pillow

Posted on March 14, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

As people we are all, for speaking out for other people’s pains, but our darkest secrets we dare not reveal. I am not a dark secret, nothing in me is hidden… I just forget sometimes. There is no pain in … Continue reading →

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2013 March 8: Affirmation – I Am A Lesbian

Posted on March 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Well my work involves me interacting with lots and lots of people in different ways, be it by phone, by mail and face to face. I interact with males and females in different age groups and in different Levels of … Continue reading →

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2013 Mar. 3: 7 Years on… the struggles continues

Posted on March 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Ntsiki Cassie Dlamini In memory of Zoliswa Nkonyana (19), who was stoned to death in Khayelitsha in 2006. _____________________ Your piercing stares uncloth me Whilst your nasty comments dehumanize and humiliate me Your laughs behind my back drove me, … Continue reading →

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