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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Page 7
... straight ' men , or injongas , who collude in the masquerade that their sexual partners are ' women . ' The mechanics of this charade make for sometimes startling reading . The piece details an intricate taxonomy of homosexual behaviour ...
... straight ' men , or injongas , who collude in the masquerade that their sexual partners are ' women . ' The mechanics of this charade make for sometimes startling reading . The piece details an intricate taxonomy of homosexual behaviour ...
Page 17
... straight - acting ' con- formity on the other ; the choices , faced by gay South African politics , between confrontation and accommodation ; the division between political advocacy and so- cial support ; the relationship between ...
... straight - acting ' con- formity on the other ; the choices , faced by gay South African politics , between confrontation and accommodation ; the division between political advocacy and so- cial support ; the relationship between ...
Page 19
... straight ' , they were patronised by gay Johannesburgers looking to meet off - duty soldiers . That , says ' Gareth ' , who was in his late teens at the time , ' is how Joubert Park became the first gay place in Johannesburg . Most of ...
... straight ' , they were patronised by gay Johannesburgers looking to meet off - duty soldiers . That , says ' Gareth ' , who was in his late teens at the time , ' is how Joubert Park became the first gay place in Johannesburg . Most of ...
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... straight venue frequented by gay people . On the whole , though , lesbian social life at the time revolved around pri- vate parties in flats . In Johannesburg , cliques developed around certain party - givers , one of whom was Hannah ...
... straight venue frequented by gay people . On the whole , though , lesbian social life at the time revolved around pri- vate parties in flats . In Johannesburg , cliques developed around certain party - givers , one of whom was Hannah ...
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... straight - owned enter- prises within hotels , the clubs which were to epitomise the 1970s — were exclusively gay business ventures . - In Cape Town and Durban , bar - life was more varied than in Johannesburg , possibly because the ...
... straight - owned enter- prises within hotels , the clubs which were to epitomise the 1970s — were exclusively gay business ventures . - In Cape Town and Durban , bar - life was more varied than in Johannesburg , possibly because the ...
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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