Exit newspaper places African queerness centre stage
Despite a limited budget, the team behind the new-look monthly newspaper is determined to produce a publication that reflects the realities on the continent.
Stories by: Carl Collison
WATCH | Trans, homeless and without an income in the pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic quickly rendered sex workers without an income with those who are transgender and homeless hit particularly hard.
Mark Gevisser and the new human rights frontier
The author of The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers says queer people face a backlash because they’re breaking new ground in claiming a space for themselves.
HIV and Aids activist Nomandla Yako laid to rest
Described as ‘calm and humble’, Yako was an activist who defied an entire government in a bid to bring affordable care to people living with HIV.
Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell
The slain dancer and choreographer was so much more than an internationally celebrated artist. They were also a proud queer rights activist and a beloved child and friend.
Transgender rights activists champion telemedicine
Little or no access to certain health treatments is nothing new for trans people. But Covid-19 has made it worse, they say, and now is the ideal time to reconsider telemedicine.
Queer folks find a home online
LGBTQIA+ people have created new communities online to fight the isolation of lockdown, holding balls and collecting stories that create a safe space to gather and connect.
Queer refugees battle Covid-19 on top of prejudice
With little government support and often rejected by fellow refugees, queer refugees and asylum seekers face a particularly tough battle as the coronavirus spreads in South Africa.
How Covid-19 affects South Africa’s sex workers
With nothing in the way of government support, sex workers, among the first to lose their income because of the virus, are forced to rely on the generosity of others to eat.
One queer night in Accra
Queer people in Ghana come up against religious conservatism every day. For one night a month, Yolo Lounge gives them a place to let down their guard and feel a sense of belonging.
Celebrating Cape Town’s queer past
Cape Town’s rich drag culture is being taken into the future by new-school queers wholly aware of the trailblazers that made it all possible.
Sabelo Mlangeni’s intimate portrayal of queer Nigeria
The photographer continues exploring queer lived experiences across Africa in The Royal House of Allure, tenderly documenting a safehouse for queer folk in Lagos.
Brutally murdered activist beautifully remembered
The funeral of a trangender woman brought together churches and the LGBTQIA+ community, reminding those left behind that even after violent death, unity and hope live on.
To be transgender in Tunisia is life threatening
LGBTQIA+ people in the conservative North African country live in fear of being beaten or killed and desperately seek opportunities to flee – but most don’t have the means to move.
The realities of being queer in Tunisia
A group of LGBTQIA+ youths speak about what it’s like to fight for their rights in a country where same-sex relations are punished with prison time.
Healing the trauma of raped men and their wives
Men tortured sexually during wartime suffer ongoing stigmatisation as well as sexual and emotional trauma. Uganda’s Men of Hope is helping not only victims but also their wives.
Cape Town’s homeless take on the City
The City of Cape Town has been fining people who live on the street and confiscating their belongings. But seven homeless residents, led by a woman tired of the inhumane treatment, are fighting back.
The Joburg ballroom culture creating ‘queer utopia’
New York’s queer club culture is finding its way into Johannesburg’s nightlife. These spaces imagine a different, safer and more expansive way of being for South Africa’s LGBTQIA+ community.