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

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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'

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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

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

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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