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 or the media — and , once more , gay people were urged to give money and submit evidence through Law Reform's legal team . The campaign was run by a core of roughly 20 people . Meetings were held almost every evening , and the ...
... police or the media — and , once more , gay people were urged to give money and submit evidence through Law Reform's legal team . The campaign was run by a core of roughly 20 people . Meetings were held almost every evening , and the ...
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... police raid . The ' Stonewall Rebellion ' , as it became known , heralded the beginning of a grassroots gay liberation movement in the United States . In South Africa , the late 1960s saw unprecedented gay and lesbian activity . But ...
... police raid . The ' Stonewall Rebellion ' , as it became known , heralded the beginning of a grassroots gay liberation movement in the United States . In South Africa , the late 1960s saw unprecedented gay and lesbian activity . But ...
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... . The 1968 enquiry into homosexuality had proven to the police that the extent of homosexuality in South Africa meant it was impossible to eradicate . Rather than attempting to wipe homosexuality out , the authorities 36 DEFIANT DESIRE.
... . The 1968 enquiry into homosexuality had proven to the police that the extent of homosexuality in South Africa meant it was impossible to eradicate . Rather than attempting to wipe homosexuality out , the authorities 36 DEFIANT DESIRE.
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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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