Category Archives: Youth voices

2013 Aug. 18: Konke enikwenzayo kwenzeni ngothando

Posted on August 18, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Londeka Siba Dlamini   Siyithimba leNkanyiso sibusiseke kakhulu namhlanje kuyi Sonto sihlanganyele nebandla iVictory Ministries eseThekwini phansi kobuholi buka Pastor Zinzi Zungu. Lelibandla kwabanye libukeka njengento engabusisekile ngoba lemukela izitabane kodwa wembuleka amehlo uma uzinika ithuba lokuhlanganyela nazo, ubone … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 17: I bleed

Posted on August 17, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

I bleed! Yes I said it, I bleed! Every month without fail blood spills from my vagina for 3 – 4 days. It doesn’t gush out as if I have been stabbed; it trickles out of me at unscheduled intervals, … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 9: Transgender youth suicide in Johannesburg

Posted on August 15, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse On the 1st of August 2013, a 17 year old self identifying transgender (youth) was one of the approximately 23 suicides reported daily in South Africa with 230 serious attempts. He hanged himself.  According to the South … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 15: The documentation of black LGBTI in South Africa

Posted on August 15, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Uncomfortable political representations and the public imagination by Jeremiah Sepotokele. The documentation of lives of the black Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) community remains one of the most socially and politically contested space in South Africa. Documentation is a powerful instrument … Continue reading →

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2013 July 16: Members of the LGBTI pour out their hearts

Posted on August 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

It is three days after Duduzile Zozo’s funeral exactly a month ago when South Africa celebrated Youth day and seven years nine days since the brutal murder of Salome Masooa and Sizakele Sigasa who were brutally murdered in July 2007, … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 13: Love Transcends and Love Prevails

Posted on August 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Kopano Sibeko Warmly dressed in a fawn jacket that compliments his light skin tone with a beautiful red, white and black Scottish scarf. Jeremiah Sepotokele greets me with so much excitement. I quickly lit up because all that aura was channeled … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 13: Indlovukazi

Posted on August 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Ukushona komuntu yinto encane Uthi usacabanga ukuthi unaye Phatha phatha akasekho I’ve lived with a Queen in her own castle Many would think she’s Royalty because she had all the bodyguards in the world She served as my therapist I … Continue reading →

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2013 Aug. 6: Invisibility of black lesbians ‘From safe harbours to Equality’

Posted on August 6, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lesego Tlhwale  Colorful countries flags rose up in the sky with pride as hundreds of people walked in the Wanganitie grounds where the official opening of the World Outgames III in Antwerp, Belgium took place. The anticipated 20,000+ participants … Continue reading →

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2013 July 30: Photo of the Day

Posted on July 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Inkanyiso journalists abroad prior to the 2013 World Outgames and Human Rights conference, Kopano Sibeko & Lesego Tlhwale in Antwerp, Belgium on the way to the local Central Station. Photos by Zanele Muholi (30.07.2013) Previous report from recent exhibition opening … Continue reading →

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2013 July 24: Black Lawyers Association’s Queer agenda

Posted on July 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

There were so many questions but limited time after the panelists, Noma Phakade (GALA) and Chief Justice Edwin Cameron presented their work to a group of law students at Wits University. Dominic Khumalo, founding member of BLA took the last … Continue reading →

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