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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... police asserting gay peoples ' entitlement to legal part- nerships , to full police protection , even to soliciting sex in public places . Standing in the audience was a senior divisional commander of the South African Police Services ...
... police asserting gay peoples ' entitlement to legal part- nerships , to full police protection , even to soliciting sex in public places . Standing in the audience was a senior divisional commander of the South African Police Services ...
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... police swoop of the Esplanade , Durban's pre - eminent cruising place , resulted in the arrest of 30 men who were charged with indecent assault . In his judgement , the magistrate , JL Pretorius issued sentences ranging from six to 15 ...
... police swoop of the Esplanade , Durban's pre - eminent cruising place , resulted in the arrest of 30 men who were charged with indecent assault . In his judgement , the magistrate , JL Pretorius issued sentences ranging from six to 15 ...
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... police , and ensuing arrests and shattered lives . " That , ' says Joe , ' simply was not on . In those days we were allowed to do our own thing provided we behaved . So we behaved . ' Certainly , this ethos required a fair amount of ...
... police , and ensuing arrests and shattered lives . " That , ' says Joe , ' simply was not on . In those days we were allowed to do our own thing provided we behaved . So we behaved . ' Certainly , this ethos required a fair amount of ...
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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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