Defiant desire /

Defiant desire / edited by Mark Gevisser and Edwin Cameron.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gevisser, Mark (Editor), Cameron, Edwin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 1995.
Subjects:
Gay people > South Africa > Identity.
Lesbians > South Africa > Identity.
Gay people > South Africa > Social conditions.
Lesbians > South Africa > Social conditions.
Gay rights > South Africa.
Gay identity.
Sexual identity.
Lesbian identity.
Gay men.
Sexual minorities.
Men.
LGBTQ+ people.
Lesbians.
Gay rights.
LGBTQ+ civil rights.
Table of Contents:
  • Etymological note: On "moffies"
  • Defiant Desire / Mark Gevisser and Edwin Cameron
  • A Different Fight for Freedom: A history of South African lesbian and gay organisation from the 1950s to the 1990s / Mark Gevisser
  • 'Unapprehended Felons': Gays and lesbians and the law in South Africa / Edwin Cameron
  • Keeping Sodom Out of the Laager: State repression of homosexuality in apartheid South Africa / Glen Retief
  • A Drag at Madame Costello's: Cape moffie life and the popular press in the 1950s and 1960s / Dhianaraj Chetty
  • Lesbian Gangster: The Gertie Williams story: Excerpted from Golden City Post and Drum magazine / Dhianaraj Chetty
  • Johannesburg's 'Health Clubs': Places of erotic langour or prison-houses of desire? / Peter Galli and Luis Rafael
  • 'Moffies En Manvroue': Gay and lesbian life histories in contemporary Cape Town / Jack Lewis and Francois Loots
  • Abangibhamayo Bathi Ngimnandi. (Those who fuck me say I'm tasty): Gay sexuality in Reef townships / Hugh McLean and Linda Ngcobo
  • Five Women: Black lesbian life on the Reef / Tanya Chan Sam
  • Climbing on Her Shoulders: An interview with Umtata's 'first lesbian': Vera Vimbela / Mike Olivier
  • Going Underground: A visit to gay Welkom / Neil Miller
  • Wearing the Pants: Butch/femme roleplaying in lesbian relationships / Julia Beffon
  • The Arista Sisters, September 1984: A personal account of army drag / Matthew Krouse
  • From Ada to Zelda: Notes on gays and language in South Africa / Gerrit Olivier
  • Exit: Gay publishing in South Africa / Gerry Davidson and Ron Nerio
  • A Thousand Forms of Love: Representations of homosexuality in South African Literature / Shaun de Waal
  • Wardrobes: Coming out as a black gay activist in South Africa / Simon Nkoli
  • Ivan Toms is a Fairy?: The South African Defence Force, the End Conscription Campaign, and me / Ivan Toms
  • Identity Crossfire: On being a black gay student activist / Hein Kleinbooi
  • The Lavender Lobby: Working for lesbian and gay rights within the liberation movement / Derrick Fine and Julia Nicol
  • Pride or Protest?: Drag queens, comrades, and the Lesbian and Gay Pride March / Mark Gevisser and Graeme Reid
  • 'White Rapists Made Coloureds (And Homosexuals)': The Winnie Mandela Trial and the politics of race and sexuality / Rachel Holmes
  • 'Lesbians in Love and Compromising Situations': Lesbian feminist organising in the Western Cape / Mary Armour and Sheila Lapinsky
  • Living with Loss in the Best Way We Know How: AIDS and gay men in Cape Town / John V. Pegge
  • Of Gay Rights and the Pitfalls of the 'PC': A Polemic / Digby Ricci
  • Promise You'll Tell No-One: A memoir / Koos Prinsloo
  • My Childhood as an Adult Molester: A Salt River moffie / Zackie Achmat
  • 'Pretended Families': On being a gay parent / Neville John
  • In Memory of Rocky: An obituary / Anne Mayne.

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