Reclaiming the L-Word : Sappho's Daughters out in Africa.
This brave and moving collection of stories by South African lesbian women from different backgrounds reminds us, again, that rights are never finally won in legislatures or in court rooms. They are won by people exercising them. The authors of the stories and poems in this book have done just that....
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| Language: | English |
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Modjaji Books,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Heidi Van Rooyen; Pulled out of the closet into my family's embrace; Zanele Muholi; I have truly lost a woman I loved; Yulinda Noortman; The dog, the cat, the parrot and the pig and other tales; Mavourneen Finlayson; 1st March; Janet Shapiro; A comfortable fit; Dream; Marco P. Ndlovu; Finding the real me in a storm of violence; Left hand lesbian; Ashika Mahara; My journey; Liesl Theron; Orientation quiz; Morning; Keba Sebetoane; Who are you to tell me who I am?; Closeted love; Addie Linley.
- A life in-betweenRani Soni; Living a lie: Issues of identity; Alleyn Diesel; Does your mother know that you're out?; Mmapaseka ""Steve"" Letsike; The ""Steve"" in me has a right; Pathways; Shifra Jacobson; Then and now; Love letter; ""Ponie"" Nozipho Ngcobo; Discovering my identity; Althea Laine; Looking for Mister
- or is it Ms?
- Right: On being classified lesbian; Come to me; Zanele Muholi; Thinking through lesbian rape; Additional reading; Back cover.
