Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa/South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come: Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom

Currier's book Out in Africa (the same title as the annual South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) instead focuses primarily on realpolitik, that is, on the strategies of visibility in LGBT nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). After mapping out the historical context, Currier takes the qu...

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Published in:Journal of the history of sexuality 2015, Vol.24 (2), p.319
Main Author: Gunkel, Henriette
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Gays & lesbians
Homophobia
Narratives
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Political activism
Postcolonialism
Sexuality
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Summary:Currier's book Out in Africa (the same title as the annual South African Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) instead focuses primarily on realpolitik, that is, on the strategies of visibility in LGBT nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). After mapping out the historical context, Currier takes the question of visibility into the present by focusing on the different strategic choices made by four very different contemporary NGOs: the Rainbow Project (TRP) and Sister Namibia, a feminist movement organization, both based in Windhoek, Namibia; and the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), a black lesbian organization, and Behind the Mask (BtM), a media NGO covering news about LGBTQI people on the entire African continent (and which has since ceased to exist), both based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
ISSN:1043-4070
1535-3605