Tag Archives: Sexual orientation

2018 Nov. 9: Johannesburg Pride 2018 that was

Posted on November 10, 2018 by inkanyiso2009

by Thobeka Bhengu The 29th edition of Johannesburg Pride had another run on the 25th to the 28th of October 2018, packed with multiple events that ranged from a lifestyle conference focusing on health and LGBTQ+ rights, a fitness event, … Continue reading →

Posted in 24 Years of Democracy, Abantu, Activists Act, Advocacy, Africa, Archive, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art, Art is Queer, Pride is a Human Right, Uncategorized, Writing is a Right | Tagged Article by Thobeka Bhengu, Commercialization, Conversations, Dance, DJ Biskit, DJ Tinks, Djs, Entertainment, Friendships, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Pride 2018, LGBTQ+ community, Love, Melrose Arch, Music, Organisations, Parade, Queer Politics, Relationships, SA Constitution, Sexual orientation, Toya Delazy | 2 Comments

2015 Aug. 28: I have always wanted to enter a pageant

Posted on August 31, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Malolo Mofokeng also known as Eva. I am a 26 years old drag queen and come from Petrus Steyn in the Free State. I started my schooling in 1996 at Thiboloha School for the Deaf and Blind … 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, Articles, Artist;, beauty, Braamfontein, community, Deaf beauty queen, Educated, Embrace, Experience, Fashion, Feelings, Fortunate, Free State, Gay, Human beings, Learnership, Life, Malolo Mofokeng, Miss Gay Jozi, Miss Gay Soweto, Miss Gay Vaal, Miss Simply Blue, Pageant, Perception, Positive attitude, QwaQwa, Respect, Role model, Sexual orientation, society, Style, Visual history, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 July 24: LGBT network emerges from Shell

Posted on July 26, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse After spending a year identifying, researching, reaching out, approaching, and convincing senior leaders, Linda Mayekiso succeeded in his plan to see Shell South Africa launch an LGBT network. This event was held on Tuesday, July 21 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged 2015, Acceptance, Act, Against Discrimination, Beliefs, Bryanston, Comfort, Comfortable, Coming Out, Contribution, Corporate report, Creating a platform for dialogue, Discrimination is a crime, Education, Employees, Energy industry, equality, Experience, Expression, Gay professionals in SA, Graduate, Guest speaker, Healthy environment, human rights violations, inform and create an organization that is accepting of LGBT members, Initiative, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Judge Edwin Cameron, July 21, Keynote address, Launch, Lerato Dumse, LGBT community, LGBT members at workplace, Linda Mayekiso, Network, network is to educate, Payment and Loyalty Manager, Persistence, Personal, Rejection, Safe environment, Service delivery, Session conducted in English, Sexual identity, Sexual orientation, Shell LGBT network, South Africa, Tribute, unite, Visibility, Visual history, Voices, Words, Workers, Writing is a Right, Writing our own | 2 Comments

2015 June 30: South African Visual Activists Documenting Oslo

Posted on July 16, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

“We are not just about our sex, or just about what is between our legs, or what is on our chests, we live and eat; and there are so many socio economic factors that affect us.” – Fikile Vilakazi, South African … 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 activism, Art Activism, Attraction, “The United Nations, Background, Canadian ambassador, Celebration, Christie van Zyl, Collen Mfazwe, community, Excitement, Experiences, Fabian Stang, Fikile Vilakazi, gender, Gender Identity and LGBT People- Free and Equal?”, Gibson Kente, Highlights, human rights, Identity politics, Inkanyiso media, Inspired, Interview, Kunstplass 10, Labour party, Lerato Dumse, LGBT community, Lindeka Qampi, Litteraturhuset, Marginalization, Minority groups, Norway;, Oslo files, Oslo LGBT Pride, Photographs, Pride, Profile, Same sex, Sámpi community, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Skeiv Verden (Queer World), Socio-economic justice, sports commentator, townships, VACEP 2015, Vibeke Hermanrud and Henriette Stensdal, Vigor, Visual activism, Zanele Muholi | 5 Comments

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

2015 April 16: My story as a Zimbabwean Transvestite

Posted on April 16, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Ntokozo R Dube also known as Stacie. I’m a transvestite who stays in Minnebron. I was born 22 years ago in a very small town called Plumtree in Matebeleland South of Zimbabwe. From a very young age … 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 Africans, Articles, Attraction, “stabane”, beauty, Beauty contest, Being, Being groomed, Being informed, Born, Circumcision, Confused, Courage, Daveyton, Decision, Depression, Dream, Education, Experience, Faking sexuality, Family, Feelings, Freedom rights, Friendships, Gay, Gossip, Happy, Heart attack, Homosexuality, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Lesbian, LGBTI communities, LGBTI rights, Life, Life story, Living..., Matebeleland, Mom's closet, Mzansi, Ntokozo R Dube, Personhood, Phola Park, Photography, Pictured, Pretended, Queen, Queer Africans, Reaction, Relationships, Respect, Sense of loss, Sexual orientation, So many questions, South Africa, Soweto, Stacie, Stilettos, Thokoza, Time, Transvestite, True person, Understanding, Visual history, Weird, Win, Words, Writing is a Right | 10 Comments

2015 April 13: Javas approaches new Phase – Marriage

Posted on April 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

*** The life story was first published in Faces and Phases (2006-14) book*** People call me Javas. I was born in Soweto but now live in Thokoza. I was born in 1974 on 16 December. I have two brothers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dress code, Dress sense, South Africa, Soweto, Thoughts, Time, together, Together we can, Translation, Treasure, Trust, Understanding | Tagged beauty, Benefits, Black Lesbian professional, Black Lesbian Wedding;, Born in 1974, Butch and Femme, Butch lesbian, Civil Union Act (2006), community, Educated, Education, Engaged, Faces and Phases participant, Family, Fiance', Former soccer player, Future, Happy, human resources administrator, Joyce 'Javas' Ndlovu, Learning from each other, Love, Marikana, Mine, Miners, Mining company, Prejudice, Progress, queerdom, Relationship, Respect, Respected person, Sexual orientation, South African Constitution, Thokoza, Wedding bells for Javas and Mashadi | 6 Comments

2015 March 25: Connections rekindled at the Cape Town reunion

Posted on April 11, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Eyes were cast in Cape Town (CPT) with the hype created by the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, and the #RhodesMustFall campaign at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Faces and Phases 2006-14 (F&P) commanded its own … Continue reading →

Posted in Details, Difference, Discussion, Gifted, Gifts, Give, Give credits where it is due, Political space, Politics of existence, Politics of representation, South Africa, South African art, South African Artists, Stories, Strength, Women who have sex with Women, Youth voices | Tagged activism, Activists, Activists Act, Adoring, advocacy, Another approach is possible, Archived memories, Black Lesbian lives in South Africa, Cape Town University at the height of Protest (Rhodes Must Fall), Captions, Creating awareness, Documenting, Expression, Faces and Phases book launch, Faces and Phases page numbers captioned as per participant, Faces and Phases participants, Featuring Black Lesbians from Mbekweni, Free Gender, Khayamandi, Khayelitsha, OurPride, Photo book, Photographs, Portraits, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Powerful, Presentations, Pressure, Reality, Realization, Reason, Recognition, Recognized, Recording, Records and histories, Respected person, Reviving the culture of reading and writing, Revolution, Scripted, Seeing difference, Self acceptance, Self employed, Self love, Self portraits, Self recognition, Sexual orientation, Sexual Politics education in South Africa, Sexuality in South Africa, Sharing information, Sharing knowledge, Silence, Silent voices, Social documentary photography, Social responsibility, society, Solution, South Africa, South African artists, South African languages, South African lesbians, South African struggle, South African townships, South African Youth, Spiritual activists, Teachings, Testimonies, textbooks, Texts, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Thankful, Time, Timing, together, Together we can, Togetherness, townships, Translation, Treasure, Understanding, Various townships of Cape Town, Visual history in South Africa, We are you, We Care, We love photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right and tagged African Gender Institute @ Cape Town university | 1 Comment

2014 Oct. 31: Faces and Phases (2006 – 2014) book launch

Posted on November 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Featuring in the series is Lebo ‘Leptie’ Phume (2013) and (2014) portraits. Faces and Phases (2006-14) by Zanele Muholi Book Launch Friday, November 7, 2014 Time: 7-9 pm Market Photo Workshop Entrance from Bus Factory parking, 2 President Street NEWTOWN Johannesburg … Continue reading →

Posted in Together we can, Vision, Visual activism, Visual history | Tagged 20 Years of Democracy, 2014, 8 years of hard work, Another approach is possible, beauty, Black Lesbian Love, Black lesbians and Trans persons, Book, Caring citizens, Celebrating us, Claiming citizenship, Dedication, documentation, Faces and Phases (2006 - 2014) book launch, Families, Fashion, Friday, friends, Friendships, Gender expression, Goethe Institute, Gratitude, Invite, Lebo 'Leptie' Phume, Lerato Dumse, Lesbian professionals, Lovers, Market Photo Workshop, November 7, Participants..., Portraits, Publication, Recognition, Reflection, Relationships, Relatives, Respect, Sexual orientation, Social documentary photography, South Africa, South African townships, Steidl Press, Style, Togetherness, Uniqueness, Walther Collection, We are you, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | 4 Comments

2014 Jan. 29: South Africa’s New Mo(u)rning

Posted on February 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Bridget Ngcobo What does it mean to be living in post apartheid South Africa? Does it mean, as the name of the generation alludes that we are (re)born free? Are our eyes open to the colors and sounds … Continue reading →

Posted in Anger, Another Approach Is Possible, black LGBTIQA, Black Queer & Gifted, Body, Bridget Ngcobo, Collaborations, Community, Community Mobilizing, Community outreach, Contributors, Creating awareness, Cultural activists, Culture, Duduzile Zozo, Education, Emotional support, Hate Crimes, Love, Love is a human right, Our lives in the picture, Political Art, Politics of existence, Politics of geography, Politics of representation, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Professional black lesbians in South Africa, Public spaces, Queer texts, Queer visibility, Queer Youth, Questioning, Readings, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Reflection, Relationships, SA Constitution, Sharing knowledge, South African struggle, South African townships, Speaking for ourselves, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Women's power, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Activism in Africa, Activists, Apartheid;, Art, Art Activism, Article, Black Lesbian professionals, Bridget Ngcobo, exhibition, Gauteng, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Johannesburg, Liberation, Mourning, Nigeria, Persecution, Queer Born Frees, Queer generation, Review, Sexual orientation, South Africa, Uganda, Wits Art Museum | 5 Comments

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Tag Archives: Sexual orientation

2018 Nov. 9: Johannesburg Pride 2018 that was

2015 Aug. 28: I have always wanted to enter a pageant

2015 July 24: LGBT network emerges from Shell

2015 June 30: South African Visual Activists Documenting Oslo

2015 April 27: The best of Ibhayi LGBTI Pride

2015 April 16: My story as a Zimbabwean Transvestite

2015 April 13: Javas approaches new Phase – Marriage

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