by Ayanda If love was money how would you spend it? If love was a jewel which one would it be? If love was fashion how would you design it? If love was a gender what identity would we give it? If love was a beverage which one would quench one’s thirst? If love was […]
By Busi The 14th of February is a day when everyone – even single people, remember. So everyone remembers that they love someone or they are loved by someone; all kinds of love are celebrated and remembered. It is a day covered in sickeningly sticky, googey sweet love. Some have adapted the day and we remember there […]
Osunality: A term coined by Nkiru Nzegwu. A Pleasure principle at the heart of creative energy which is metaphorically referred to as Osun’s Honey. She calls it Osunality. When people think about the African female LGBTI body people often think of its brutal and harsh existence. It has been the battle ground on which political, […]
By Lara Gemini Poet I feel you when I pee Your fingerprints conjure themselves in my juices finding melody in between my wetness a whispered story I can only narrate in gasps and moans covered in a dozen yearns for you to dig me deeper even further your touch makes my skin shiver a […]
Luciano and Lunga are biological boys living in Alex and Tembisa. They identify as both male and female. While the way they express their gender and their sexual orientation could get them beaten and/or raped and/or killed, they choose to be themselves, to “celebrate The Freak”. These images are a celebration of The Freak, a […]
By Charmain Carrol Given an opportunity to tell my story I will talk about where I’ve been and what I have done and the remarkable people I met along my journeys. This remains in my archived memories. It was an ardent path that any other youth might have gone through without much guidance and support from […]
These are wisdom we have seen and heard in the form of words and attached them to pictures…which in themselves are worth a thousands words. Basically this is an ocean of knowledge. Careful not to drown.
By Tatenda It must have been early spring because the mid afternoon breeze was neither warm nor cold and the gainsboro sky wasn’t looking to be noticed. I was taking a stroll with Cassava Boy (a male companion) when he reached over to me, squeezed my hand and excitedly giggled, “I’m so glad you’re not […]
Seeing a woman give another woman head on the big screen is one of the reasons I have to write this. Usually I do not like writing reviews. What business do I have publicly judging peoples work or telling people what to like, but I cannot let Blue is the Warmest Colour pass me by. […]
By Nina Mort Every day is a reminder of how no one dares ask questions of existence. Why we came to exist, or why some of us cease to (how did we come to be you see). Why there must be a high supreme God who seems to be a puppeteer to his kin, (we […]