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    NGOs take voter education engagements to communities #LGE2021

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    In the lead-up to the local elections, the Triangle Project hosted a community engagement on voter education in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Triangle has partnered...

    In Conversation with Busisiwe Nxumalo, ANC Candidate

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    For the upcoming local government elections, approximately 25% of the African National Congress (ANC) candidate list is comprised of young people. The Daily Vox...

    The Queer Life in Community screening to celebrate queer marginalised voices

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    This December, the Queer Feminist Film Festival (QFFF) which honours queer and feminist activists, is due to take place. In the run-up to the...

    Skeef is a straight snaphsot on queer life in South Africa

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    Skeef is a 2019 queer documentary written, produced and directed by Renaldo Schwarp. The 40 minute film follows the lived experiences of a few...

    “Flow: The Book about Menstruation” should be mandatory reading

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    Flow: the book about menstruation is an informative and empowering book about menstruators. Written by Pontsho Pilane, Candice Chirwa and Karen Jeynes, it’s a...

    “Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality” gives sexual experiences emotional backing

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    Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality  is an anthology of stories curated and edited by Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Kim Windvogel. The anthology features essays,...

    Who heals the healer?

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    “I’m okay. I’m hanging in there. You know how it is,” writes Dr. Anastacia Tomson as she navigates being a woman, a queer person,...

    #LGBQTILife : Homophobia is a colonial import Africa upholds with its...

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    The anti-LGBQTIA+ laws in Africa are a remnant of colonialism. The penal code was a set of laws which criminalised being gay. While Britian...

    Rafiki is a Black queer love affirmation

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    Living in a pandemic has given us the opportunity to travel and explore the world through watching films. Queer people will tell you how...

    #LGBQTILife: First ever pride parade is held in Malawi

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    Malawi held its first-ever pride parade on June 26 2021 to end off global Pride Month celebrations, The pride march was groundbreaking in that...

    #LGBQTILife: The Pocket Queerpedia is an educational resource for understanding queerness

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    The Pocket Queerpedia is a resource for activists, educators and the queer community developed by The Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education. The book is...

    #LGBQTILife : Ashwin Thyssen on queerness, faith and creating your own...

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    We live in a country with high rates of hate crimes, and it feels like we have very little to celebrate as a queer...

    #LGBQTILife: We need to be advocating for more inclusive shelters

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    The safety and protection of LGBTIQA+ folk should be at the forefront of our government’s planning agenda. Sadly it is not. Inclusive shelters in...

    How Israel uses pinkwashing to position itself as a “gay paradise”

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    It’s almost comically paradoxical the way Israel positions itself as the only democracy in the Middle East. This while also carrying out settler colonialism...

    #LGBQTILife: Working as a doctor in rural South Africa

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    Dr Anele Mhlakaza is a 28-year-old trans man medical doctor working in rural Eastern Cape. He is currently in his third year as a...

    #LGBQTILife: Navigating life in student leadership and the church as a...

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    We spoke to Lance-Selae August, a 27 year old student leader at UCT. They are an Honours student in Theatre and Performance, and identify...

    #LGBTILife: The reality of one woman’s journey for a name change...

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    The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently met with various Trans Activist Coalition groups in order to improve service delivery and policy...

    “We are calm” – Camps Bay housing activists speak out on...

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    The We See You Collective took up occupation in a Camps Bay mansion on 22 September.  https://twitter.com/mtyala/status/1313883567802417152 The host believed they would be staying for two...

    A Sanctuary For Traumatised LGBTI Asylum Seekers

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    The most important thing for LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers and refugees faced with stigma and discrimination in foreign countries is to have their voices heard. That...

    Being Lesbian In Nigeria: ‘Under The Rainbow’ Doccie Tells The Human...

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    Queer Nigerians exist and are as complex and human as everybody else. This is the message behind Pamela Adie’s documentary ‘Under The Rainbow’. The...