Takassa: rescuing our truths through cleansing & consciousness – Photo, Kenya
“Takassa: rescuing our truths through cleansing & consciousness” is a visual and textual collaboration between myself and Kenyan QLGBTI activist, Layla Wangari Two of twelve portraits in this series – June 2017. …
Altars: Black Queer Spirit Work
I encountered Vodou as a queer Nigerian living and working in Haiti between 2010 and 2016, in the midst of rampant evangelicalism and associated homophobia and anti-Vodoun violence. In Vodoun I discovered a black queer space of beauty; both historical…
Gender Nonconformity and Dating in New York City
In spite of the many configurations of queer dating in this vibrant and complex city, a series of recent encounters have given me pause, pushing me to ponder over hetero-normativity and queerness – specifically, what kinds of relationship and sexual expectations are often
Nature aint rigid
Spanning the world From Africa to Asia; From Europe to utopit Anywhere you go In gender identity There are no absolutes In gender identity There are only relatives Forcing absolutes Upsets the balance Of nature – relativity Brings equilibrium this…
Isolation
As in isolation, imprisonment by proxy, intimidation, Harassment, daily chatter about how much tax is Siphooned off, sitting around, lazing around, aground As on run aground off the back of a Tsunami, living in; Isolated then, living in, working out…
“Circumstance” - With Circumstance, Iranian-American director Maryam Keshavarz delves w
“Circumstance” – With Circumstance, Iranian-American director Maryam Keshavarz delves where no President of Iran suggests there’s reason to go: Into a love affair between two Iranian women. Her first feature film,Circumstance is making its Canadian debut at Inside Out after winning the…
Unforgotten Faces – Acknowledging Black Womyn of South Africa  Busisiwe Sigasa For Artscape Women’s
Unforgotten Faces – Acknowledging Black Womyn of South Africa Busisiwe Sigasa For Artscape Women’s Festival 2010, Zanele Muholi and Ellen Eisenman have produced a collection of photographs that celebrate women’s lives. They recognize and honor the living as well as…
Difficult Love - is an intimate portrait of Queer visual activist, photographer Zanele Muholi, her w
Difficult Love – is an intimate portrait of Queer visual activist, photographer Zanele Muholi, her work, her community and her loves. Watch the full film on IMDB
Queer warzones
Three lesbians raped and murdered in the space of 4 weeks Via Black Looks
Transgender Dreams Via Gender Dynamix and Anengiyefa [Things I Feel Strongly About]
Transgender Dreams Via Gender Dynamix and Anengiyefa [Things I Feel Strongly About]
Dakan – A coming out story
Dakan begins with the most sexually explicit opening scene in African cinema. Rather than the usual rural landscape or urban panorama locating the characters in a recognizable social or geographical context, the camera focuses on an isolated couple locked in…
sexuality-space: Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality and the Hygienic Imagination by Sheila Cavana
sexuality-space: Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality and the Hygienic Imagination by Sheila Cavanagh (2010) University of Toronto Press Based on 100 interviews with queer, trans and intersex people, this book looks at the politicization of public bathrooms: from the campaigns for…
Dakan 1997 Guinea – A coming out story Dakan begins with the most sexually explicit opening scene in
Dakan 1997 Guinea – A coming out story Dakan begins with the most sexually explicit opening scene in African cinema. Rather than the usual rural landscape or urban panorama locating the characters in a recognizable social or geographical context, the camera…
Free Gender: supporting older lesbians
We often forget about older lesbians many of whom have never been able to come out and even now find it much more difficult than younger sisters. So it is great that Free Gender, a group of young Queer sisters…
Free Gender
Free Gender is a blog by a group of 14 young Black Queer South Africans, living in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The group was started by Funeka Soldaat in 2008. One of the main focuses of the group is to campaign for…
Coming out Queer with a Green Passport
Great post on BellaNaija – a young Nigerian, Z, tells her very positive “coming out gender queer” story. A story which addresses the complexity of sexuality, sexual orientation and gender variance. Honestly, it can be a little unnerving to be…