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Feminist Africa Issue 21 (2016)

Contesting Beauty: Black Lesbians on the Stage

By

Zethu Matebeni

Introduction
The 1995 publication, Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa (Gevisser and Cameron, 1995), pioneered a new field of study that is yet to be fully recognised in South Africa. This rich collection, written by South Africans across the country, assembled a wide range of gay, lesbian and, although unnamed, transgender experiences.

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