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There are people in my life and on the periphery of it, who will never ever truly accept me, because I am queer.  Sure, some people have altered their thinking enough to embrace me without saying, "If only ..." but at least one close family member, some friends and a whole bunch more acquaintances do their best not to be homophobic, but are nonetheless.  It's probably painful on both sides and I have grown past that youthful fervour that is convinced that some form of universal justice will p...

I love photographing drag kings and queens - my only complaint is that there aren't nearly enough drag kings in South Africa.  If I had the (ho ho) bollocks to perform, I'd start doing it myself.  Anyway, while photographing a gay beauty pageant and cabaret in East London the other night, I thought about the last time I photographed lots of drag queens - which was Johannesburg Pride 2008.  It gave me a lot of great photographs and some new Facebook friends ... there was one particularly nasty...