Be Visible! 2008
Dykes Across the World Organize & Celebrate


Visible Dykes in South Africa

Pictures by Zanele Muholi


About the photographs:

In 2006 August, Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) held for the first time after the millenium, lesbian conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.  The aim was to give a socio-political space for black lesbians to express their daily lived experiences with others and also to dialogue and seek for solutions to those problems.  At the end of conferencing, the participants and supporters marched to the streets of Johannesburg, a march that started at the old Women's Jail to Constitution(al) Court, Hillbrew.
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About the photographs:

The photographs were taken in Aug.2007, A march to Meadowlands Police Station, Soweto, Johannesburg. In July 7, 2007 a black lesbian couple was callously murdered.  It was yet another hate crime which led to the mounting of 7-7-7 campaign against hate crimes of queer community in SA.
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Visible Dykes in Belgium, Spain, and Canada

Pictures by Lieve Snellings