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It is
with great sadness that the Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe
report the death of Poliyana "Tsitsi Tiripano" Mangwiro
on Saturday 12 May at 6o'clock in the evening.
Poliyana
struggled valiantly against AIDS for two years and maintained
her fighting spirit right up to the very end. Until the very
end, she talked about the plans she had once she came back
to the office. She was buried at 10:00 o'clock on Monday 29
May 2001 in Chitungwiza, a town just outside Harare.
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Poliyana
rose to prominence within the gay and lesbian movement in
this country when she stood up at the Zimbabwe International
Book Fair in 1996 and defended the rights of lesbian and bisexual
women.
On returning
home she was met by an angry mob of protesters from the ZANU-PF
women's league and the ZANU-PF Youth League. She was forced
to flee and return to her rural home for a few weeks. MORE
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WHITE
MEN'S HEARTLAND?
'They ask if you are straight or if you have a membership...'
According to Victor Mkhize racism is alive and kickin'
in Johannesburg's gay getto, the Heartland. See: discussion
forum.
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inside
the literary closet
A
new project aims to increase the global awareness of
challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered
(LGBT) people in developing countries through the publication
of their short storties and poems. For more information
visit http://home.gay.com/manzini
or e-mail the project co-ordinator raymond_leclair@hotmail.com
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Bob
and Sam
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© Sister Namibia
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south
africa
married
men
Five
men, all married with children. Because of 'their culture.'
Even in the liberated zones of South Africa you will
find married men hanging around in gay bars during the
day. Victor
Mkhize reports.
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namibia
the nujoma
files
The Namibian
president Sam Nujoma recently called for the 'arrest, imprisonment
and deportation' of gays and lesbians. In its response the
Namibian Rainbow Project asked wether the president had made
arrangements with the prison authority to bring in tens of
thousands of people … Find newspaper clippings and official
statements in 'The
Nujoma Files.'
egypt
gays
scapegoats for africa's economic failures
May 2001
- Egyptian authorities are cracking down not only on gay men,
but
on anybody who are perceived to be critical of the country's
instability in
the run upto elections, but Amnesty International says detentions
without
trial are not even legal under Egyptian law. More...
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THE MASK'S LIBRARY
find a growing list of booktitles, reviews, (video)documentaries,
academical papers and interesting links on homosexuality
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| being
a public lesbian in namibia: reflections on some recently
experienced absurdities. liz
frank reports |
new on
behind the mask:
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theatre:
we left
smiling, a review of marc boone's play he died smiling
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namibia:
'there is a culture of exclusion', report on ian swartz briefing
in johannesburg
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namibia:
us black radical congress opposes nujoma
- durban:
miss gay easter
- library:
new books, articles, links and video's
- liberia:
status of homosexuality
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Focus
 'After
kwa Mandela we go estendeni siyagiyama and we have ikhasi because
we want ukuya eMngeni and kuyavuma.' Victor Mkhize reports about
a special gay language in Zulu..
MORE...
 The
Viva Sindile Show! They live in 'male only' hostels in Phofung near
Johannesburg. They perform late at night. And they are not gay...
Mzi Sibabalala reports.
'I couldn't believe a disease could
kill fags, prostitutes and blacks.' I had the President's position
before and that's probably what led me to become infected.' A profile
on leading South African activist Zackie Achmat. Profile
 In
The Same Boat
Then
my group had to tell the elder about it so that they could break
the news in church and everybody should come to know that we were
possessed by demons.
Pastor Nokthula Dhladhla's story.
MORE
 L'objectif
principal de GALZ est de mettre en place une organisation democratique
en responsable, et d'obtenir l'egalite en droit des hommes gays,
des lesbiennes, et les personnes bisexuelles vivant au Zimbabwe,
ainsi que la suppression de toute forme de discrimination envers
ces personnes.'
 At
the age of 15 Tsitsi Tiripano was forced into marriage to a man
40 years her elder. She left the marriage six years later to return
to her female lover. Zimbabwe...
 Justice
Edwin Cameron on Dark & Lovely, Soft & Free, a new GALA
Documentary. 'What a wonderful experience-the best film on
the Gay & lesbian Festival!' MORE
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 Dark
and Lovely, Soft 'n Free - Click
here to find out more about this dynamic GALA documentaryMORE
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'As
Big Pig, our President determines who shall belong on his national
farm. Zimbabwe gays and lesbians do not qualify.' Zimbabwe.
'
African men, African critics have attacked me because I have been
tolerant towards an issue (lesbianism) which they consider unthinkable
in Africa. They are hostile, also. Which is, of course, hypocritical,
because if something is unthinkable you don't have to be so hostile
about it - you can dismiss it.' - Ama Ata Aidoo, playwright,
poet and former Minister of Education, Ghana.
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