Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South AfricaEdwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser Defiant Desire records the lives of lesbian and gay South Africans of all races as they have lived in the face of censure, denial and oppression. The history of gay identity in South Africa is here in its past and present aspects: from a drag salon in Woodstock to a gay "shebeen" in kwaThema; from a church in a Pretoria nightclub to Johannesburg's lesbian and gay pride march; from Afrikaans love poetry to new activism. The book is a document of lesbian and gay struggle, and indispensable for those interested in the sexual politics coursing beneath the country's troubled passage to democracy. |
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... gay student activist Hein Kleinbooi THE LAVENDER LOBBY : 258 264 Working for ... politics of race and sexuality ... 284 Rachel Holmes ' LESBIANS IN LOVE AND ... gay men in Cape Town ........... ....... 301 John V Pegge OF GAY RIGHTS AND ...
... gay student activist Hein Kleinbooi THE LAVENDER LOBBY : 258 264 Working for ... politics of race and sexuality ... 284 Rachel Holmes ' LESBIANS IN LOVE AND ... gay men in Cape Town ........... ....... 301 John V Pegge OF GAY RIGHTS AND ...
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... gay and lesbian peo- ple explicit protection in its constitution : Section 8 of the Chapter on Fundamental Rights ... politics . The " gay cause " had moved inside . It may even have become fashionable . Almost in response , the annual ...
... gay and lesbian peo- ple explicit protection in its constitution : Section 8 of the Chapter on Fundamental Rights ... politics . The " gay cause " had moved inside . It may even have become fashionable . Almost in response , the annual ...
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Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa Edwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser. Foreword The gay equality clause slipped quietly ... politics . Whether the gay anti- discrimination clause makes it into the final constitution will depend on the savvy ...
Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa Edwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser. Foreword The gay equality clause slipped quietly ... politics . Whether the gay anti- discrimination clause makes it into the final constitution will depend on the savvy ...
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Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa Edwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser. black ... political prisoners and sex workers. Muchof thiswork is pathbreaking, particularly that ... politics playinthistime of transition? What do the strugglesof those ...
Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa Edwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser. black ... political prisoners and sex workers. Muchof thiswork is pathbreaking, particularly that ... politics playinthistime of transition? What do the strugglesof those ...
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... gay culture ? What parallel cultures have existed , and how have they ... politics play in this time of transition ? What do the struggles of those ... gay politics and the quest for democracy in South Africa . The majority activist ...
... gay culture ? What parallel cultures have existed , and how have they ... politics play in this time of transition ? What do the struggles of those ... gay politics and the quest for democracy in South Africa . The majority activist ...
Contents
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Moffies and the laager | 87 |
Gay and lesbian life histories in contemporary Cape Town | 140 |
ABANGIBHAMAYO BATHI NGIMNANDI | 158 |
Gay publishing in South Africa | 225 |
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