Biographies
8 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0150469 | biography | Sumboornam Pillay | 1948 | ✓ |
| B-0150214 | biography | Ruth Naomi Leon | 1945-1996 | ✓ |
| B-0150068 | biography | Simon Nkoli | 1957-1998 | ✓ |
| B-0121549 | biography | Zanele Muholi | 1972 | – |
| B-0080454 | biography | Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0149211 | biography | Kewpie | 1942-2012 | ✓ |
| B-0149212 | biography | Julia Nicol | Unknown-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0149208 | biography | Eudy Simelane | 1977-2008 | ✓ |
Sumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee,…
Ruth Naomi Leon
The youngest of nine children, Ruth Naomi Leon (who later started calling herself Tania) was born in a small town called Wellington in the…
Simon Nkoli
“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outside is freedom.”—…
Zanele Muholi
This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist based in…
Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel) was born in 1944* in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) to a middle-class Orthodox Jewish family…
Kewpie
Kewpie was a hairdresser and iconic queer figure from District Six. A gender fluid individual who identified by female pronouns, Kewpie was…
Julia Nicol
Julia Nicol worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the anti…
Eudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first…