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2015 June 19: I use my body to express myself and break norms

Posted on June 23, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Tshepo Seoketsi Mooketsi, a first year Communication Sciences and Anthropology student at a South African University. I am an LGBTIQ Activist and a Trans feminist who hails from Schweizer Reneke a small rural town in the North West Province … Continue reading →

Posted in Allies, Appreciation, Archived memories, Art is Queer, As we are, Before You, Colour, Confidence, Conform, Denigrate, Emotional support, Expression, Friendships, Human being, Injustices, LGBTIQ Activist, Life story, Living, Loving, Loving photographs, Manners, Myself, North West, Oppression, Perfect body, Platform, Political statement, Race, Reflections, Relationships, Societal, South Africa, Trans feminist, Unique, Words | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, activism, Activists, AfricTrans, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, beauty, Body, Collaborations, Denigrate, details, Embrace, Experience, Feelings, Gender Identity, Loving, Negative attitudes, Reality, Self-caring, Trans beauty, Transphobia, Transwoman, Tshepo Seoketsi Mooketsi | Leave a comment

2015 June 9: The love that will never be replaced

Posted on June 23, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

As I write this now I’m thinking about all the good and wonderful times I had with the woman I will never forget and never see again. I’m Collen Mfazwe, a black lesbian photographer and proudly South African. This is not about me; … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Birthday, Black lesbian stories, Bond, Cake, Collen Mfazwe, Comfort, Comfortable, Creating awareness, Daveyton, Documenting pain, Education, Expression, Faces and Phases participant, Family, Focus, Friendships, Healing feeling, Learning, Life, Lifetime wounds, Losing a mother, Love, Meaning, No father, Photographer, Photography, Power of the Voice, Relationships, Responsibility, Sameness, School, Siblings, Sick, South Africa, Strength, Time, township, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Who we are, Work, Writing is a Right, Writing letters | Tagged Act, activism, Another approach is possible, Articles, beauty, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, human rights, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, We love photography, Words | 10 Comments

2015 May 28: The last London supper

Posted on June 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Dalisu Ngobese So the night we came to London for had come, with hugs, smiles and kisses on both cheeks the room was filled with anticipation and nerves started to show on Zanele’s laughter. A slight uneasiness that I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Creating awareness, Expression, Memories, Memory, Moments in our history, My life in short, Naming, Networking, Open conversations, Open relationships, Organizing, Ownership of the self, Owning our bodies, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Reflections, South Africa, Subject of Art, Thoughts, Touching, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Announcement, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, beauty, Black community, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Competition, Dalisu Ngobese, Deutsch Borse Photography Prize, Disappointment, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Family, Feelings, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, London, Photography, Presentation, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, The nomination, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Nondi Nomkhita Ntombehlanga Mamntambo Vokwana born Nondi Cungwa on the 30th October 1981. I’m what they would call a bastard child, my parents Zikisa Vokwana and Xoliswa Cungwa were both in High School when they had me. My mother was in grade 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, activism, Activities, Articles, Attacked, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, Blessed, Collaborations, Comfort, CPUT, Crush, Death, Dreams, Dropped out, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Eastern Cape, Education, Experience, Expression, Extended family members, Faces and Phases participant, Facilitator, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, God, Home, Honest, Independent, IsiXhosa is a South African language, Kayamandi, Knowledge, Life, Life story, Love, Loved, Loving, Memory, Nondi Vokwana, Parents, Personal Journey, Photography, Port Elizabeth, Priority, Relationships, Relative, Respect, Rumours, Schools, Self, Sexuality, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Survived, Survivor, Time, Tonwship, Translator, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 May 28: Day Two in London

Posted on June 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Dalisu Ngobese Just two days in and I find myself giving another lost noob directions around London district, classic case of the blind leading the blind. I think it was beginner’s luck though, the guy just happened to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Allies, canon 7d camera, Dalisu Ngobese, Dinner, Documenting, Excitement, Friendships, From Durban to London, Happiness, Photographer, Respect, Speaking for ourselves, Special event, Subject of Art, Support, Support is the system, Travelogue, Videographer, We Love Photography | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, Articles, Collaborations, Curators, Education, exhibition, Experience, Feelings, Human beings, human rights, Life, London, South Africa, Visual history, Words, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 May 27: “My excitement wouldn’t let me miss out”

Posted on June 16, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Day one was definitely going to be a day of firsts, first time on an underground train, the famous double decker London buses and first time meeting so many people from all walks of life. So Zanele finally finds her … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Artists, Canada, Communication, Conversation, Creating awareness, Dalisu Ngobese, Deutsch Borse, Documenting our lives, Expression, Family matters, First time abroad, For the love of photography, From Durban to London, Inspiration, Intention, London, Participants, Photographer's Gallery, photographers, Power of the Voice, Sexuality, South Africa, township, Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Articles, Audience, beauty, Education, Expression, Help, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Loving, Respect, Travelogue, Visual history, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 2 Comments

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

Posted on June 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz ‘Sicka Star-ban’ Mthunzi On Friday, 5th of June 2015 we had our first conference called Yithi Laba, it was one of many more to come in the future which will involve Faces and Phases participants from different fields hosted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Abantu, Activism, Allies, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Black Queer & Gifted, Butch Mbokodo, Collectivism, Community Mobilizing, Filmmaking, Life, Love, Memory, Motivation, Opinion, Participation, Realities, Relationships, Shaz 'Sicka' Mthunzi, Short report, Visual activism, We are beautiful, We Are You, We love photographs, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged 2015, 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, Act, Action, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, “Kea” Refilwe Modise Moloto, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian Youth, Black lesbians, Bodies, Braamfontein, Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, community, Con Hill, Connections, Culture, Dedication, dialogue, Documenting our lives, Faces and Phases participants, Family, If not documented it means never existed, Inkanyiso media, Intergenerational movement, Johannesburg, Joy, Laughter, Lerato Dumse, Lindeka Qampi, Malibongwe Swane, Mothers, Mothers of Lesbians, Mzonke Madotyeni, Organizers, Our lives in the picture, Our pride, Participants..., Photography, Presentations, South Africa, Support, Words, Writing is a Right, Yithi Laba conference, Young Women's Initiatives, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

2015 April 28: New York diaries I – Lion King seen

Posted on May 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Thembela Terra Dick Photos by Muholi On Tuesday morning I woke up knowing that I will go to see the Lion King show at Times Square (TS). First I had to go with Bab’ Muholi to Brooklyn Museum for … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Activists Act, Advocacy, Creative activist, creative artist, Creative Writing, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Longing, Look at me, Networking, Parents, Parents and Friends of LGBTI, Presentation, We Are You, We Care, We love each other, We love photographs, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing matters, Zulu is a language, Zulu is a South African language, Zulu tradition, Zulu traditional ceremony | Tagged Action, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Brooklyn Museum, Collaborations, community, Education, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Fashion, Feelings, For the Love of God, Gugwana Dlamini, Homosexuality, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Isibonelo/Evidence, Johannesburg, Life, Lion King, Living..., MaGesh, New York, Participants..., Respect, Sexuality, South Africans abroad, Spiritual activists, The Zungus, Thembela Dick, Thembela Terra Dick, Tourists, VMCI (Durban), Voices, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 May 6: Photos from Queer Futures by Adejoke Tugbiyele

Posted on May 9, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

The Pen World Voices Festival of International Literature runs May 4-10. “Queer Futures” takes place Wednesday, May 6, 6–7:30 p.m. at the Sheen Center Loretto Auditorium, 18 Bleecker Street, New York City Queer Futures panel moderated by Shireen Hassim featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Audience, From New York with love, Photographs, Photography as a therapy, Politics of existence, Positive images, Power of the Voice, Present, Queer Power, Queer texts, Queer visibility, Questioning, Questions and Answers, Re-presentation, Readings, Reality, Reason, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Reflections, Relationships, Relatives, Remembering, Speaking for ourselves, Texts, Touch | Tagged 2015 PEN America, A focus on Africa @PEN 2015, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Between Art & Activism, Binyavanga Wainaina, Black Lesbian, Collaborations, community, Experience, Expression, Family, GreenSpace, Homosexuality, human rights, Life, Moderated by Shireen Hassim, New York, Panel, Photography, Queer Africa, Queer Futures, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Sheen Center Loretto Auditorium, South Africa, Visual activism, Voices, Words, Writers, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, Zanele Muholi and Kehinde Bademosi | Leave a comment

2015 April 27: The best of Ibhayi LGBTI Pride

Posted on May 3, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Texts and photos by Londeka ‘Siba’ Dlamini LGBTI community from various areas of Port Elizabeth gathered at Eyethu sports bar in Zwide to say no to homophobia and all the hate crimes affecting the society. The iBhayi LGBTI festival took … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 IBhayi LGBT Pride, 21 Years of Democracy, Brave, Bringing photography to the community, Came out of the closet, Captioned, Captured, Caring citizens, Celebration, Challenging the un-African homosexuality, Characters, Citizenship, Claiming mainstream spaces, Claiming the public spaces, Collective, Collectivism, Comfort, Commemorating the queer youth we lost along the way, Commemoration, Committed, Communication strategies, Community, Community based media, Community education, Community Mobilizing, Community organizing, Confrontation, Connected souls, Connections, Consideration, Londeka Siba Dlamini, Marching for our LGBTI rights, Photographs, Sexuality, South Africa, Women in South African Arts, Women's power, Women's Pride, Women's struggles, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Womyn, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing matters, Young black female photographers, young black queer and gifted, Youth voices | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, Black lesbians, Education, Experience, Feelings, human rights, Port Elizabeth, Queer Entertainment, Relationships, Respect, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Visual history | 1 Comment

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