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Melanie Lowe Speaks Out About Coming Out

Posted by ulla on Friday, June 19, 2009, In : Music 


Melanie Lowe ... the spiky haired girl we all speculated about on the first series of South African Idols, the one whose (male) fiancé didn't stop us speculating, finally came out of the closet in June's O Magazine - a skillful way to let the world at large know something that we, the queer community, have been widely aware of for years now.  South Africa's LGBTQ community is a relatively small one and a lot of it is in the closet due to cultural taboo - corrective rape within some segments ...

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The Taiwanese Lesbian Scene: Tomboy & Pao

Posted by ulla on Sunday, March 29, 2009, In : Scene 
I got talking to Andrea Toerien - a friend of mine in Taiwan, who also happens to be a lesbian.  She told me about T's and P's; Tomboys and Pao (wives) and showed me photographs and immediately it was apparent that the Taiwanese scene is rather different to the Western butch/femme dynamic - for one thing, they're more scene, theme and appearance conscious than most of us can imagine.



So tomboys don't go out with tomboys and pao don't go out with pao?  Usually not. There are a few couples tha...

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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

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