Out in Africa LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa /

Currier, Ashley.

Out in Africa LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa / [electronic resource] : Ashley Currier. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012. - xii, 255 p. - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 38 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: how visibility matters -- The rise of LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa -- "This lesbian issue": navigating public visibility as lesbian movement organizations -- Disappearing acts: organizational invisibility in times of opportunity -- Homosexuality is African: struggles "to be seen" -- Conclusion: why visibility matters.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780816682485 (electronic bk.)




Gays--Social conditions.--South Africa
Gays--Social conditions.--Namibia
Gays--Political activity--South Africa.
Gays--Political activity--Namibia.
Gay activists--South Africa.
Gay activists--Namibia.


Electronic books.

HQ76.3.S5 / C87 2012

306.7660968