Category Archives: Records and histories

2013 April 7: The game we played and lost

2012 June, Paris. FRANCE A friendly match  between Equipe Les Degommeuses a lesbian soccer team based in Paris, France and Thokozani Football Club from Umlazi, Durban. … for Foot for Love Photos by Laurence Prat http://www.laurenceprat.com About Equipe Les Dégommeuses and Thokozani … Continue reading

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2013 March 28: Feather Awards (re)viewed

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 March 20: Defining Self: Honoring the Work of…

by Isis Asare _______________ If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive. ~Audre Lorde The work of Cheryl Dunye and Yvonne Welbon created an unprecedented level of visibility … Continue reading

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2013 March 13: A scrapbook under my pillow

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 10: “I love women and they love me”

I, Phila Mbanjwa, am one of the craziest people I know! I am a young black lesbian woman and pride myself in knowing whom I love and who I want to share my life, soul and body with. Yes I … Continue reading

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2013 March 8: Public Event announcement

Inkanyiso, in association with the Goethe Institute, presents @ 25, an event to commemorate the lives of Buhle Msibi (1981 – 2006) and Busi Sigasa (1981 – 2007), black lesbian cultural activists, who both passed away at the tender age of … Continue reading

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2012 Nov. 20: Mourning on commission

by Christie ‘FossilSoul’ van Zyl © 2012                                                 Even with our roots tracing back to Ubuntu… None of my compassion dares trace back to you; But I felt your spirit wrench in agony as they butchered your soul, for your … Continue reading

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2013 Feb. 24: Haunted by my past

Had 2 glasses of wine so excuse me if I sound a bit too much for one read I was raped as a kid and I can only mention it here and now, so when you see me don’t ask … Continue reading

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2013 Jan. 5: Photo Archive

Part of our SA (queer) visual history. In the photo is Msai Gugu Masinga & Kebarileng Sebetoane both activists who have contributed towards our LGBTI history. They both volunteer for FEW and now works for different companies. The photo was … Continue reading

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2012 Nov. 27: Faces & Phases exhibition opening

@ Goethe Institut, Johannesburg For more photo check: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200697577861518.2202667.1223456677&type=1&notif_t=like

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