Tag Archives: Simon Nkoli

LGBT activists in the anti-apartheid struggle

The second article that Gavin has written for the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre for Memory and Learning focused on the role of LGBT activists in 1980s’ anti-apartheid campaigning. After the end of apartheid, South Africa became the first country in the … Continue reading

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The power of moffies: Simon Nkoli and international lesbian and gay solidarity

One of the events that I remember most clearly and most fondly from my own time on the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy is not one of the large rallies, or one of the daring direct actions,  it is … Continue reading

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Standing by Ivan Toms: lesbians and gay men against apartheid #IDAHO

As today is IDAHO, the International Day Against Homophobia, I thought it was appropriate to reflect on the campaigning that the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group undertook to support lesbian and gay detainees in apartheid South Africa.  In particular, I … Continue reading

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