Latest articles on Carl Collison

Creating poetry out of violence

Article Carl Collison - 3 Oct 2019

Maneo Mohale speaks about the silence around queer sexual abuse and how she creates beauty

Africa needs to hear queer stories

Article Carl Collison - 2 Aug 2019

For the past three years, Carl Collison has reported on LGBTI issues and stories for the Mail & Guardian, covering queer peoples’ lives

Check coaches at the school gates

Article Carl Collison - 28 Jun 2019

Without proper vetting, paedophiles can get into places where they have ‘unfettered’ access to vulnerable children

Drag queen’s push against gangs

Article Carl Collison - 21 Jun 2019

In Lavender Hill, one of South Africa’s most violence-ridden areas, an unlikely activist is finding ways to keep children out of trouble

Slice of life: These women still shape me

Article Carl Collison - 21 Jun 2019

Those women I know and those in the taxi whom I don’t — and how they shaped me

Walking Uganda’s martyrs’ route

Africa Carl Collison - 14 Jun 2019

This year, two million pilgrims descended on a Ugandan village to celebrate a display of courage

The ‘big three’ vie for queer voters in their election manifestos

Article Carl Collison - 26 Apr 2019

'Whether LGBTIQ people vote for the DA or the Kiss Party or whoever, we need to see LGBTIQ people involved in political spaces'

Fighting the ‘whiteness’ of hope

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

A Brazilian trans woman has faith in Umbanda and Candomblé, two African-derived religions

Court to clarify NG Kerk queer ruling

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

The court overturned the policy that queer clergy have to be celibate and that barred the church’s clergy from officiating at same-sex marriages

The Muslims who will not choose between their god and being gay

Article Carl Collison - 18 Apr 2019

Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face

Be your queer black self in Brazil

Article Carl Collison - 5 Apr 2019

A monthly party sees crowds of up to 50 000 letting their hair down in São Paulo and other cities

Legal clinic is empowering queer communities

Article Carl Collison - 5 Apr 2019

The centre is an offshoot of the organisation’s three-year, anti-hate crime initiative

Queens of the night answer their calling

Article Carl Collison - 28 Mar 2019

Drag is about much more than just the fanfare and costumes —it is also about self-realisation and affirmation

São Paulo’s only ‘faggot house’ survives Bolsonaro

Article Carl Collison - 22 Mar 2019

The election of Brazil’s right-wing president has let loose his followers’ queerphobia

Hormone drug shortage forces desperate solutions

Article Carl Collison - 15 Mar 2019

Depo-Testosterone has been out of stock since December last year, possibly increasing the risk of serious physical and mental health problems

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Sarah Smit - 27 Oct 2020

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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