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 11
... Cape Town's gay community and how gay men have responded to the crisis . Placing this essay in the section on lesbian and gay activism is appropriate . North American- or European - style AIDS activism has not developed in South Af ...
... Cape Town's gay community and how gay men have responded to the crisis . Placing this essay in the section on lesbian and gay activism is appropriate . North American- or European - style AIDS activism has not developed in South Af ...
Page 18
... Cape Town , printing sensational ' exposés ' of coloured drag queens and competitions , a 1956 police swoop of the Esplanade , Durban's pre - eminent cruising place , resulted in the arrest of 30 men who were charged with indecent ...
... Cape Town , printing sensational ' exposés ' of coloured drag queens and competitions , a 1956 police swoop of the Esplanade , Durban's pre - eminent cruising place , resulted in the arrest of 30 men who were charged with indecent ...
Page 19
... Cape Town . Along with a few of the bars , these cruising venues remained active after the war and , in all three cities , gay men continued to have public meeting places into the 1950s . ' Sporting Women ' : Lesbian subcultures in the ...
... Cape Town . Along with a few of the bars , these cruising venues remained active after the war and , in all three cities , gay men continued to have public meeting places into the 1950s . ' Sporting Women ' : Lesbian subcultures in the ...
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... Cape Town and Durban , bar - life was more varied than in Johannesburg , possibly because the passage of sailors — both those in the navies and those on the merchant shipping lines - continued after the war ended . In Cape Town , for ...
... Cape Town and Durban , bar - life was more varied than in Johannesburg , possibly because the passage of sailors — both those in the navies and those on the merchant shipping lines - continued after the war ended . In Cape Town , for ...
Page 25
... Cape Town . ' The Wall ' , along Sea Point's promenade , and Graaf's Pool , the all - male swimming area , have together remained South Africa's cruising mecca . By day Graaff's Pool tended to be an unusual mix of older Jewish men ...
... Cape Town . ' The Wall ' , along Sea Point's promenade , and Graaf's Pool , the all - male swimming area , have together remained South Africa's cruising mecca . By day Graaff's Pool tended to be an unusual mix of older Jewish men ...
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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