Meet Sibabalwe Gcilshana, The First Openly-Gay Miss South Ai Falist | The Ain Exponent.

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• MEET SIBABALWE GCILSHANA, THE FIRST OPENLY-GAY MISS SOUTH AI FALIST
• MISS GAY SA, DRAG SA AIM TO FLY RABOW FLAG HIGH
• MISS GAY RSA FALISTS TO VIE FOR VETED CROWN AS NTTANTS RAISE FUNDS FOR MUNI
• 21-YEAR-OLD STUNT WS MISS GAY WTERN CAPE 2016 TLE
• LOGISTICS STUNT OM SOWETO IS MISS GAY JOZI 2016
• MISS GAY JOZI RETURNS FOR A NIGHT OF GLAMOUR AT CY HALL

MEET SIBABALWE GCILSHANA, THE FIRST OPENLY-GAY MISS SOUTH AI FALIST

Her mother, Sibulele Gcilshana is bt remembered for her role TV show Society, where she played the character of a teacher who was a untry where queer characters still e ntroversy and TV shows are appld for featurg homosexual kiss, is serendipo that the dghter of the woman who played one of the first lbian rol South Ain televisn beme the first openly queer nttant on the untry’s biggt someone who played one of the first queer fac that looked like me on TV (Society),.

MISS GAY SA, DRAG SA AIM TO FLY RABOW FLAG HIGH

— Marv Gay (@Queen_Fxa) Augt 12, 2019Gcilshana rells watchg her mother as a ltle girl, but not unrstandg what any of the ntroversy around her mother's actg role meant bee she didn’t know a sgle person who intified as queer. Acrdg to a study nducted by the South Ain Instute of Race Relatns, black queer dividuals are most likely to be victims of physil report further stat that half of South Ains thk that people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr shouldn’t have the same human rights as everybody is spe the fact that South Ai is said to have the most progrsive nstutn the people are protected the nsutn by the cln of sexual orientatn as one of the listed grounds on which unfair discrimatn may not take place, yet members of the queer muty ntue to face discrimn different aspects of their liv.

MISS GAY RSA FALISTS TO VIE FOR VETED CROWN AS NTTANTS RAISE FUNDS FOR MUNI

“I am not gog to be terred by homophob, ” she adds. Sibabalwe Gcilshana is a Miss South Ai falist and she is openly-gay.

21-YEAR-OLD STUNT WS MISS GAY WTERN CAPE 2016 TLE

She is the first falist the history of Miss South Ai to be openly-gay. Candice Sifiso Nkosi and Belda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie were crowned 2019 Miss Gay South Ai and Miss Drag SA at the weekend.

LOGISTICS STUNT OM SOWETO IS MISS GAY JOZI 2016

Both mted to fightg for the rights of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) muny.

The 32-year-old Nkosi, who is studyg towards a natnal diploma public admistratn, said: "Of urse, I am exed to have been crowned Miss Gay SA 2019. As gay people, we have our rights as regnised by the nstutn, but our rights are not rpected and accepted by society, " said Nkosi. Director of Miss Gay South Ai Aled Twirl said the pageant has been an amazg journey that ntu to embrace the pk natn and s culture.

MISS GAY JOZI RETURNS FOR A NIGHT OF GLAMOUR AT CY HALL

"Ka-Fassie, 24, who hails om Elands Bay the Wtern Cape, said her goal was to start posive natnal dialogu around homophobia and transphobia"I want to do this bee we still face a lot of discrimatn and hate crim as gay and lbian people, " said said she was passnate about dog muny work. Director and founr of Miss Drag SA Enigma von Hamburg said: "We are exced that the platform of creatg awarens has been received so well th far, but we feel that there is still a long way to go for our people to be able to unrstand, tolerate and accept the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex muny.