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Deb Adler - cool and old skool

Posted by ulla on Monday, March 2, 2009, In : Music

By Ulla Kelly

Deb Adler has been entertaining diverse audiences professionally for over forty years. Trained in both music and theater, Deb's performance background includes everything from glee clubs, choruses, and classical choral unions, to folk groups, to solo performances.

You've been out and singing about it for a long time now – what are the biggest changes you've noticed?
Definitely the integration into mainstream. When I started performing as a "Lesbian-feminist singer-songwriter...

Karma: Comfort & Confusion

Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009, In : Music

With her new CD, “Papercuts” coming out in South Africa at the end of the month, it seemed like a great time to talk to Karma; a firm favourite amongst South Africans since the nineties and Henry Ate. I asked her about American things, South African things, queer things - and things about how she writes the kind of songs that stick in your heart and mind forever. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to ask her how many of her fans are Buddhist. 2008 has seen her play on three continents ...

Drag is a Verb Too

Posted by ulla on Saturday, February 28, 2009, In : Drag

23 10 2008

: HRH Nomi Perron

Drag queens make me think of disco balls rotating lazily, filling rooms with sparkles. They make me think of high heels, lipstick, cabaret and beautiful, brave people. The general preconception is that they’re all wannabe women, as camp as a row of pink tents. Until I photographed drag queens at Joburg Pride recently, I’ve never had much personal contact with them at all, apart from the odd giggle together at a gay...

The World Unseen

Posted by ulla on Friday, February 27, 2009, In : Film

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, The World Unseen is described as, "A moving and passionate love story set against a backdrop of 1950’s apartheid". Magically penned by Shamim Sarif and brought to life by her life partner and producer, Hanan Kattan, The World Unseen is a human drama inspired by the stories of Sarif’s grandmother’s life.

The World Unseen features free-spirited Amina (Sheetal Sheth, who has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, ...

Richard Renaldi

Posted by ulla on Monday, February 23, 2009, In : Photography

Richard Renaldi’s “Gay and Lesbian Elderly” series of black and white photographs of gay senior citizens is one of those timeless little collections that lurk in your mind long after you’ve closed the browser. The reason for this, I think, is Richard’s empathy with his subjects. He’s gay and so are they. What he points out eloquently is their dignity. What we need to do, as a community, is simply take more notice of our elders. How many of us bother to seek out mentors and friends...

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Most interviews here appeared on queerlife.co.za with the exception of The World Unseen, which was commissioned by mambagirl.com. Some interviews have been republished on cherrygrrl.com

All interviews from the March 29th one onwards are up for grabs - use the contact form to liaise.

Great news, my interview with The World Unseen people was the cover story of the South African Big Issue March 6 2009.