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Intersex activism – Lungile Maquba’s journey

by Lungile Maquba | Oct 24, 2019 | Reflections

Lungile Maquba, known to her friends and followers as Luh, is writing her own story. Born in October 1989, she grew up in Clemont Kwadabeka, a township within Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal. She was raised by her very strict grandmother together with her five younger...

The journey towards the World Council of Churches 2021 Assembly: ensuring global LGBT voices are included

by Judith Kotze | Oct 15, 2019 | Reflections

By Judith Kotze, IAM Consultant The Global LGBT Coalition first connected with one another during the preparation process for the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) 10th Assembly in Busan, South Korea in 2013. During the build up to and participation in the WCC...

Allying Intersex People

by Nokuthula “Thuli” Mjwara | Oct 11, 2019 | Reflections

By Thuli Mjwara, IAM Process Coordinator “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives”. – Audre Lorde During Apartheid, the liberation movement saw the support, sacrifice and advocacy of all, regardless of gender,...

Moving from toxic to transformative masculinities as gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and heterosexual men and boys

by Hanzline Davids | Sep 16, 2019 | Reflections

by Hanzline R. Davids, IAM Process Coordinator On 12 September some of IAM’s staff members attended a vigil at Clareinch Post Office in Claremont, Cape Town where the late Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered. Mrwetyana’s death (as well as the rape, violent attack...

Embodied dialogue as a powerful tool

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Sep 9, 2019 | Reflections

By Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Senior Process Coordinator Joining with academic and civil society partners to collaborate around common goals is something that we do often as IAM staff members. We are regularly invited to share our work, expertise and experience in...

IAM LGBTIQ Scholarship Recipient: Tracey Sibisi

by IAM | Aug 29, 2019 | Reflections

IAM’s annual LGBTIQ Scholarship for the Gender and Religion Programme at the University of Kwazulu Natal’s (UKZN) School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics is awarded each year to provide a promising student an opportunity to enhance the relationship between praxis...