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2013 July 31: No title
I lay here, in pain tossing and turning waiting for the birth of my daughter. I try to lift my head but it won’t get off the pillow, as my body starts to give way my abdominals go numb. It’s almost...
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2013 July 31: Contrast of love and hate
I want you to know how hate feels like against the contrast of love… I want you to know what making love feels like against the contrast of being fucked, ripped apart until you reach a moment where you...
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2013 Aug. 1: The 2012 Eastern Cape Pride that was
Nokwanda leading 2012 Eastern Cape Pride Photo album by Zanele Muholi.11th Aug. 2012. Eastern Cape, South Africa. They say pictures speak louder than words. For those who were there at the 2012...
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2013 July 31: Almost all about my first time abroad
… from Joburg, South Africa to Antwerp, Belgium by Kopano Sibeko This time last week as I recall I was anticipating Tuesday, 23rd July as that would be the day I collect my visa, as two days after that...
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2013 Aug. 6: My body as a subject of hate crime
by Maureen Velile Majola My body laid there as I was used as a subject of hate crime. My heart ached as I imagined my mother walking up to my exposed body and trying to cover me up so I don’t get too...
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2013 Aug. 7: Reality Check from the 2013 World Outgames
by Kopano Sibeko According to the PR person at the Press room, he stated that only 31 South African athletes made it to the 2013 World Outgames, Antwerp. There are 17 males and 14 females whose race...
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2013 Aug. 10: @ Antwerp Pride in 2013
Where: BELGIUM Photos by Zanele Muholi & Themba Vilakazi (10.08.2013)
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2013 July 31: Highlights from World Outgames Human Rights conference and after
L-R: Alice N’Kom, a lawyer and founder of an LGBTI organization in Cameroon called Association Pour la Defense De l’ Homosexualite (ADEFHO) with Virginia Setshedi.(31.07.2013) Photos by Dikeledi...
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2013 Aug. 13: Indlovukazi
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...
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2013 Aug. 13: Love Transcends and Love Prevails
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...
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2013 July 16: Members of the LGBTI pour out their hearts
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...
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2013 Aug. 15: The documentation of black LGBTI in South Africa
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...
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2013 Aug. 9: Transgender youth suicide in Johannesburg
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...
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2013 Aug. 17: South African Artists shining the light abroad
Zanele Muholi’s Faces & Phases @ 55th Venice Biennale, Italy. … from 55th Venice Biennale, Italy to My Joburg, Paris. We are (t)here. Imaginary Fact What the Minister of Arts & Culture, Paul...
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2013 Aug. 18: Konke enikwenzayo kwenzeni ngothando
by Londeka Siba Dlamini Siyithimba leNkanyiso sibusiseke kakhulu namhlanje kuyi Sonto sihlanganyele nebandla iVictory Ministries eseThekwini phansi kobuholi buka Pastor Zinzi Zungu. Lelibandla...
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2013 Aug. 19: The importance of self acceptance
by Pearl Mbali Zulu We often worry too much about being accepted by our families, friends, churches and communities, forgetting that it all starts within. Our external environment and physical senses...
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Queer spots pointed for our first Johannesburg People’s Pride
by Lesego Tlhwale “JHBPP must be commended for taking the initiative to reclaim the Pride and taking it back to its original stance that of conscience and knowing who and what we are as people. Dope...
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2013 Aug. 20: Lesbian Activist Survives Stabbing
Report by Thekwane Bongi Mpisholo 14th Aug. 2013: Johannesburg A black lesbian activist aged 26 was attacked and stabbed by one of the elderly men in her neighbourhood, in her township of Vosloorus....
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2013 Aug. 22: I Spoke to My Heart…
I spoke to my heart told him of the imaginable tales of sadness and frustration… Emphasised that his desires are fictious nonsense that will never reach the ears of God… Whispered that he shall seek...
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2013 Aug. 22: Photo of the Day
Location: Paris, France. 2013 My gratitude to my dearest friend Laurence Prat for giving me an opportunity to feature in her Warriors’ series. Collaborations are a way to go so we’ll all reach some...
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