Category Archives: Love

2013 July 19: Muholi’s birthday and wishes

… the beat goes on and we are growing together bafowethu.

Posted in As we are, Before You, Birthday, Black Lesbians, Collaborations, Collectivism, Crea(c)tive senses, Evidence, Love, Media works, Power of the Voice, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Relationships, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Writing is a Right | Tagged | 4 Comments

2013 July 19: When loving her is so wrong

I find myself wanting to hold her hand, yearning to show the world that she is mine. But they are watching, I am afraid that they will hurt us for being in love. I stop myself from running into her … Continue reading

Posted in Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Crea(c)tive senses, Creative Writing, Exposure, Interpretation, Johannesburg, Love, Our lives in the picture, ReClaim Your Activism, Relationships, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , | 3 Comments

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 … Continue reading

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2013 June 27: How I realised my sexuality

by Lehlogonolo Mela I am a woman who loves women, not because men are not attracted to me, but simply because I am attracted to women. No I am not ugly, in fact I am drop dead gorgeous, nor have … Continue reading

Posted in Beauty, Before You, Black Lesbians, Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Evidence, Expression, Homosexuality, Hope, Lesbian Love Is Possible in South Africa, Love, Records and histories, Relationships, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged | 10 Comments

2013 June 27: Who I Am

by Bulumko I ‘came out’ as a lesbian to my friends and some family members only a few months ago. Realizing that I was sexually and emotionally attracted to women, in my early teens, was very terrifying but being in … Continue reading

Posted in Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Crea(c)tive senses, Homosexuality, Jealousy, Love, Relationships, Secrecy, South Africa, Visualizing public spaces, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

2013 June 26: S/he is a Bleeding Man

by Charmain Carrol How does one cross the line with gender roles in our lesbian relationships? As we discover ourselves or are on the quest of discovering ourselves, we have blurred the lines of where one gender begins and where … Continue reading

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Before You, Gynaecologist, Love, Records and histories, Relationships, South Africa, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

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 his all his … Continue reading

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2013 June 6: Dangerous is not the Young Black Men in Daveyton

Portfolio II by Collen Mfazwe This visual project is about some  young black men who resides in Daveyton township where I come from. It is the beginning… I want to share with the viewers that not all black men are … Continue reading

Posted in Community, Creating awareness, Crime rate, Daveyton, Love, Our lives in the picture, Photo album, Portfolio, Portrait, Poverty, Relationships, Townships, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged | 5 Comments

2013 June 22: Lesbians wed in the broad daylight

An article translated by Christie  Two lesbians from Chesterville, Kwa Zulu- Natal tied the knot on Saturday the 15th June 2013, Ziningi Ndlela got married to Delisile Ncengwa, and they were married by Pastor Zinzi Zungu from the church they attend, … Continue reading

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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, and especially Vibeke Hermanrud, for the invitation … Continue reading

Posted in Allies, Archived memories, Art Solidarity, As we are, Before You, bifile og transpersoner/ The Norwegian LGBT (LLH), Collaborations, Community, Creating awareness, Education, Exposure, Forum for Women Development (FOKUS), Gender naming, Gender performance, Give credits where it is due, Homosexuality, Inkanyiso media, Institution, Intellectualism, Interpretation, Lack of Resources, Love, Media works, New Task Team, Norwegian Student and Academics International Assistance Fund (SAIH), Our lives in the picture, Power of the Voice, Readings, Records and histories, South Africa, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Writing is a Right | Tagged , | 3 Comments