Tag Archives: Black Lesbian

2015 Feb. 1: “It felt like I was part of a reality TV show”

Posted on February 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Katiso Kgope It’s been days since we returned safely to Johannesburg from Durban. I must say it has been a phenomenal experience, one that I will never forget. I’m so grateful that I was selected to be part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, We Are You, We Care, We love each other, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Words, Youth, Youth voices | Tagged A road trip, Act, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Audience, beauty, Being generous, Black Lesbian, braai, Camera, Can't forget, Dance, Days at sea, Difference, Durban Experience in Dec. 2014 - Jan. 2015, Durban south beach, Dynamics, Excited, Fashion, friends, From Daveyton to Umlazi, From Joburg to Durban, Inkanyiso crew, Katiso Kgope, LGBTI individuals, Loving queer company, Luyanda Mzimela, Memorable, Memory, Music, New Year's eve, Photo shoot, Reason, Related links, Relationships, Reminiscing, Selfie time, Sharing laughter, Style, Time, Togetherness, Transportation, Umlazi township, Warm welcome, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 Jan. 4: Exploring my femininity as a butch

Posted on January 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Siba Nkumbi I have always been bad with colors, today isn’t any different. I have decided to wear a dress, my partner’s dress (I do not own any dresses), it’s kind of an orange nice little number. It started … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Creating awareness, Power of the Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, beauty, Better, Black butch wanders, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Butch surprise, Butch woman, Cape Town, Collaborations, Coming out again, community, Completion, Contentment, Education, Excited, Experience, Exploration, Expression, Family, Feelings, femininity, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Importance of writing, Johannesburg, Life, Living..., Loving, Nice, Own body, Photography, Portrait, Respect, Sexuality, Siba Nkumbi, Smile, society, South Africa, Unity, Visual activism, Visual history, Women, Wondering, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing is pleasurable | 7 Comments

2014 Dec. 3: Beauty

Posted on December 18, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

She is beautiful But she doesn’t know it or maybe She chooses to hide her beauty In the exterior of her hard face … So, okay she has a hard face And the thing is she hides her softness In … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Beautiful, Being, Captured, Create, Creating awareness, Hidden, Identity, Legacy, Life Stories, Look at me, Memories, Mind, Moments, Mother, Nobody, Photographs, Poetry, Power of the Voice, Reflection, still frame, Strength, Time, Twist, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged A tribute to Faces and Phases., Act, activism, Activists, Andiswa Dlamini, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Women, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 4 Comments

2014 Dec. 13: Faces and Phases invokes memories

Posted on December 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Book Review by Kopano Sibeko “I used to be lesbian, but now my final words are on a tombstone, because he showed me the power of a man. I could never love that, so I killed myself because I knew … Continue reading →

Posted in A new visual history, Beyond SA borders, Claiming mainstream spaces, Claiming the public spaces, Collaborations, Comfort, Comments from the audience, Commitment, Committed, Communication strategies, Community, Community based media, Community education, Community Mobilizing, Community organizing, Community outreach, Community work, Confession, Confrontation, Connected souls, Connections, Consent, Contests, Conversation, courage, Crea(c)tive senses, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Creativity, Cultural activists, Culture, Culture of reading and writing, Details, Difference, Different positions, discourse, Discussion, Diversity, Documentation; Filming; Photography; Community, Documenting our own lives, Documenting realities of the townships, Embodies, Emotional support, Empowerment, Encounter, Endurance, Freedom, Individuals, Lesbian Love Is Possible in South Africa, Lesbianism, Lessons learnt, Life Stories, Mainstreaming our queer issues, Making a mark, Media works, Personification, Political injustices, Politics of existence, Politics of geography, Professionals, Publications, Recording, relative, Remembering, Report, Representation, Sexuality in South Africa, Sharing, Sharing knowledge, Sharing thoughts, Struggles, Support, Support is the system, Supporting each other, Supportive friends and families, Teachings, Transgenderism, Transphobia, Victimisation, Visual Activist, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual diaries, Visual historical initiative | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Aging, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Consistency, Education, exhibition, Exist, Experience, Expression, Face is the main, Faces and Phases book review, Family, Fashion, Feelings, friends, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Kopano Sibeko, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Pain, Participants..., Photography, Realities, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, South African townships, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

2014 Dec. 7: Queen of Bhozi – eVosloorus

Posted on December 10, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Everyone and everything has a nickname in this town and that’s how we roll Umagriza means granny Awuti means man We have many signs that we use to greet or call someone tjovitjo….awe…zithini lapho It might be a whistle, a … Continue reading →

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2014 Dec. 7: My eight weeks at Market Photo Workshop doing FC

Posted on December 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Smanga Shange Being at Market Photo Workshop was the best thing that ever happened to me, not only did I learnt about photography, I also found myself a new family – my classmates, my first real contacts in the … Continue reading →

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2014 Dec. 7: The joys and pains of organising Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch

Posted on December 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Apart from reading about it, and maybe seeing them in movies, the first time I attended a book launch in which I feature amongst many black lesbians and transgender individuals was on November 7, 2014 held at … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Being, Creating awareness, Dedication, Disappointing missing glasses, Discipline, Expression, Featuring, Journalist, Power of the Voice, Representation, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We love photographs, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Well organized event, When Love is a Human Right, Witnesses, Woman, Women in South African Arts, Women loving women, Women who have sex with Women, Women's power, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, Aurora Girls High School, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Bandile Gumbi, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Budget, Call Centres, Calling people, Collaborations, Communication skills, community, Community organizing, Education, Events organizer, Excitement, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, FEW, Food and drinks, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Launch, Market Photo Workshop, Market Photo Workshop (MPW), Members, Notebook, Participants..., Praying, Pride, Priority, Public Relations, Rain, Ratanda LGBTI, Reading, Relationships, Respect, Reviving the culture of reading and writing, Safe and security of LGBTI community members, Sexuality, Soweto, Steidl, Stevenson gallery, Thanks to Goethe Institut, Tisa Tshiriletso, Transport, Visual activism, Visual history, Walther Collection, Wattville LGBTI, We love our fellow LGBTI, Words, Writing, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2014 Nov. 27: The night that was…

Posted on December 4, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

… with Miles Rutendo Tanhira (right) and Pendo James (left) at SATS gym in Stockholm. Camera used: Canon 6D with 50mm lens. © Photos by Zanele Muholi Related links 2014 Nov. 27: “I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Africans Abroad, Another Approach Is Possible, Baring, Beautiful, Beautiful faces, Beautiful people, Beauty, Black Queer & Gifted, Black Queer Professionals, Blackness, Bodies, Body Politics, Consent, Feminine, Friendships, From Harare to Stockholm, Healthy bodies, Masculinity, Muscle, Participant, Participants, Participation, Pendo James and Miles Rutendo Tanhira, Shona is a language, Stockholm moments, Swahili, Talented, Time, Together we can, Togetherness, Touch, Touching, trans-ing, Transformation, Transgender visibility, Transgender Voices, Transgenderism in Africa, Visibility, Vision, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual diaries, Visual historical initiative, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury | Tagged Act, Action, Activists, artists, Black Lesbian, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Living..., Loving, Photography, Respect, Trans Rights, Trans Voices, Writing is a Right | Leave a comment

2014 Dec. 1: “I lost my mom, she died in my hands”

Posted on December 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Sifiso Leornard Nkosi known as Candice. I was born on the 9th May 1987 in Tsakane, Eastrand, Johannesburg. I was raised by my grandmother, and my mother. My grandmother played an important part in my life. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Act, Acting, Activated queer spaces, Activists, Beach, Beautiful, Career, Caring citizens, Claiming the public spaces, Contests, Death, Fashion, Friends with Yaya, Gaysbian, Johannesburg, Lessons learnt, LGBT community, Life Stories, Life story, Like to travel, Loss of parents, Member of an organisation, Queer Pride, The beach is ours, together, Together we can, Togetherness, Words, Writing is a Right, young black queer and gifted | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, Articles, Beach Art, Beauty queen, Black Lesbian, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Gay community in South African townships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Influence, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sfiso Candice Nkosi, Story, Traditional gear, Upbringing, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2014 Nov. 24: Pleasant surprise

Posted on November 30, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse A two-day surprise 25th birthday party for Akhona Nolusindiso Hailele, was celebrated mid November, in Alexandra Johannesburg. Akhona’s partner, Zandile Makhubu (22), thought it fit to throw the denim themed, surprise party for her live-in partner of … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Black Lesbian

2015 Jan. 4: Exploring my femininity as a butch

2014 Dec. 3: Beauty

2014 Dec. 7: Queen of Bhozi – eVosloorus

2014 Dec. 7: The joys and pains of organising Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch

2014 Dec. 1: “I lost my mom, she died in my hands”

2014 Nov. 24: Pleasant surprise

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