Table of Contents

1. Etymological note: On moffies; Part One - Overviews: 2. DEFIANT DESIRE Mark Gevisser and Edwin Cameron; 3. A DIFFERENT FIGHT FOR FREEDOM: A history of South African lesbian and gay organisation from the 1950s to the 1990s Mark Gevisser; Part Two - Where we stand: Moffies and the laager: 4. 'UNAPPREHENDED FELONS': Gays and Lesbians and the law in South Africa Edwin Cameron; 5. KEEPING SODOM OUT OF THE LAAGER: State repression of homosexuality in apartheid South Africa Glen Retief; Part Three - Making space: Queer societies: 6. A DRAG AT MADAME COSTELLO'S: Cape moffie life and the popular press in the 1950s and 1960s Dhianaraj Chetty; 7. LESBIAN GANGSTER: The Gertie Williams Story Excerpted from Golden City Post and Drum magazine by Dhianaraj Chetty; 8. JOHANNESBURG'S 'HEALTH CLUBS': Places of erotic langour or prison-houses of desire? Peter Galli and Luis Rafael; 9. 'MOFFIES EN MANVROUE': Gay and lesbian life histories in contemporary Cape Town Jack Lewis and Francois Loots; 10. ABANGIBHAMAYO BATHI NGIMNANDI: (Those who fuck me say I'm tasty): Gay sexuality in Reef townships Hugh McLean and Linda Ngcobo; 11. FIVE WOMEN: Black lesbian life on the Reef As told to Tanya Chan Sam; 12. CLIMBING ON HER SHOULDERS: An interview with Umtata's 'first lesbian' Vera Vimbela with Mike Oliver; 13. GOING UNDERGROUND: A visit to gay Welkom Neil Miller ; 14. WEARING THE PANTS: Butch/femme roleplaying in lesbian relationships Julia Beffon; Part Four - Making noise: Queer cultural forms: 15. THE ARISTA SISTERS, SEPTEMBER 1984: A personal account of army drag Matthew Krouse; 16. FROM ADA TO ZELDA: Notes on gays and language in South Africa Gerrit Oliver; 17. EXIT: Gay publishing in South Africa Gerry Davidson and Ron Nerio; 18. A THOUSAND FORMS OF LOVE: Representations of homosexuality in South African Literature Shaun de Waal; Part Five - Making waves: Lesbian and gay activism: 19. COMING OUT AS A BLACK GAY ACTIVIST IN SOUTH AFRICA Simon Nkoli; 20. IVAN TOMS IS A FAIRY?: The South African Defence Force, the End Conscription Campaign, and me Ivan Toms; 21. IDENTITY CROSSFIRE: On being a black gay student activist Hein Kleinbooi; 22. THE LAVENDER LOBBY: Working for lesbian and gay rights within the liberation movement Derrick Fine and Julia Nicol; 23. PRIDE OR PROTEST?: Drag queens, comrades, and the Lesbian and Gay Pride March Mark Gevisser and Graeme Reid; 24. 'WHITE RAPIST MADE COLOUREDS (AND HOMOSEXUALS)': The Winnie Mandela Trial and the politics of race and sexuality Rachel Holmes; 25. 'LESBIANS IN LOVE AND COMPROMISING SITUATIONS': Lesbian feminist organising in the Western Cape Mary Armour and Sheila Lapinsky; 26. LIVING WITH LOSS IN THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW: AIDS and gay men in Cape Town John V. Pegge; 27. OF GAY RIGHTS AND THE PITFALLS OF THE 'PC': A Polemic Digby Ricci; Part Six - Testaments: 28. PROMISE YOU'LL TELL NO-ONE: A memoir Koos Prinsloo; 29. MY CHILDHOOD AS AN ADULT MOLESTER: A Salt River moffie Zackie Achmat; 30. 'PRETENDED FAMILIES': On being a gay parent Neville John; 31. IN MEMORY OF ROCKY: An obituary Anne Mayne.