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/ 20 November 2006

We’re here, we’re queer

<i>Pride: Protest and Celebration</i> is a new book, edited by Shaun de Waal and Anthony Manion, documenting the history of Johannesburg’s lesbian and gay Pride march over its 16-year history. Drawing on the Gay and Lesbian Archives, it uses pictures and personal testimony to trace Pride’s evolution.

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/ 20 November 2006

What are people afraid of?

<i>The Vagina Monologues</i> continues to cause a stir each time the controversial play goes on stage, and the Zambian performances are no different. The very mention of the word vagina still shocks, and even some media are reluctant to publish this word, a biological term found in the dictionary. What is it about the word vagina that makes people so uneasy?