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• YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO KNOW GOD
• SIYA KHUMALO, YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO KNOW GOD. CAPE TOWN: KWELA, 2018. PAG: 288. ISBN PRINT: 9780795708244
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It appli this methodology to the Kenyan queer anthology Stori of Our Liv (2015), which is a llectn of tobgraphil stori narrated by people intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex (lgbti) or otherwise queer Kenya. This scholarship is often based on the nvictn that Ai is largely heteronormative and homophobic. While a lonial lens do not erase the actual lived experienc of those who experience sexual and relig dissonance and homophobic vlence, do alert scholars to the nuanc and new directns of scholarship this area.

Based on fieldwork the gay muny Laka, the pal cy of Zambia, the article explor the signifince of the theologil notn of the Imago Dei, the Image of God, the self-unrstandg of Zambian gay men as beg gay and Christian.

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It begs by examg the populist e of pan-Ainist rhetoric narrativ mobilizg agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) inti and rights.

Introductn to the book volume, Christiany and Controversi over Homosexualy Contemporary Ai (London and New York: Routledge 2016). Sharg my experienc, as a whe European gay man, wh sexualy and race South Ai, I perform an act of disclosure of my HIV stat while claimg the body of Christ as an timate space of vulnerabily that enabl solidary and the basis of a study of a group of Zambian men intifyg both as gay and as Christian, this article explor the negotiatn of sexual and relig inty and crilly addrs the “surprise” some scholars have exprsed about the general religsy of LGBTI (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex) people Ai. The study monstrat that participants are not jt victims subjected to homophobic relig and polil disurs but have agency: ristg disurs of monizatn, they humanize themselv by makg claims towards the universal tegory of love—both their own clatn to lovg relatnships and their share God’s love.

This article particularly highlights how some aspects of Pentestalism appear to ntribute to “queer empowerment”, and argu that the religsy of Ain LGBTIs crilly terrogat Euro-Amerin secular mols of LGBTI orr to challenge and center monolhic narrativ about Christian-spired homophobia Ai, this article draws attentn to Christian untermobilizatns that seek to affirm the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Ai.

YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO KNOW GOD

TFAM prents s work as a rponse to the volvement of Amerin whe nservative evangelils the spread of homophobia Ai.

He yelled, ‘Angi-gay, ma!

’ — I’m not gay! In 'You Have to Be Gay to Know God', he tak on a darg journey, exposg the terrelatedns of relign, polics and sex as the expectatns of Ain cultur mgle wh greed and lonial relign.

SIYA KHUMALO, YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO KNOW GOD. CAPE TOWN: KWELA, 2018. PAG: 288. ISBN PRINT: 9780795708244

In You Have to Be Gay to Know God, he. Prted large whe text on the ont ver of Khumalo’s book is the tle, “You Have to be Gay to Know God. ” For others, who would prefer not to know that “Gay” and “God” uld lie together one sentence, vok the “don’t ask, don’t tell” le.

However, the tle and the ntent of the book is neher sensatnalist nor niche; rather serv both as a signifint tobgraphil sight to the lived realy of a gay black man and as a social mentary on the relig and polil climate South Ai... Siya Khumalo, You Have to be Gay to Know God. But stead of g across as gay porn, which fely borrs on, this is an credibly betiful and vulnerable piece of wrg that hnts the rear until the nfsn right at the end.

So where do gay rights f to this picture, which Khumalo lls “the handmain of opprsn”? It is precisely bee gay rights tersects wh so many other issu such as race, sex, and relign that mak such a powerful rallyg ll. Dpe havg enshred the Constutn, the lg ANC has gone on rerd as sayg the issue is an ‘import’ om the Wt, that gays and lbians nnot be perceived as ‘normal’, and that they have no reason to whge or feel opprsed bee they are all wealthy and privileged (whe) about the gangs that rove the poverty-stricken and cmblg townships to ‘hunt down’ Ain lbians?

YOU HAVE TO BE GAY TO KNOW GOD

(Khumalo also has a go at the DA for g s ‘we are proudly gay-supportg’ as a Trojan Horse to secure s ‘liberal’ crentials.

Wh him power, this ia of genr equaly and gay rights uld be disparaged the, of urse, was himself implited a rape sndal.

It's three One: what is like growg up gay, black and Christian South Ai. It is such a paful spl – both unfoldg a passnate self emergg and “by fn” believg that is wrong to be gay. This turn driv his theologil passn for a remptive love and acceptance that belongs to all, and his rage at the hypocrisy of fivg heterosexual vlence and abe while nmng homosexual Two was for me a b of a digrsn to the celebry life of the thor as lumnist, gay pageant wner and popular mentator.

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What stands out is both the fun and the edgs of life as a famo flamg gay.

Here’s how he builds on the unrstandg that racism is one faiar face of a prehensive set of social nstcts that be to legimate and perpetuate social and enomic equaly: For Khumalo, homophobia is “the handmain of all opprsns. ” This is bee he fds homophobia eply lked to a fear of male vulnerabily, and the promotn of male aggrsn. For Khumalo, the fear of the natural and normal parts of life and learship driv homophobia at a ep level: beg physilly perated by a man is a powerful archetypal experience of receivg and beg vulnerable to another person.

He trac opprsn of heterosexual women and gay men back to revulsn for the vulnerabily of allowg and enjoyg the experience of beg sexually ti this back to the “support Zuma to the ath” phenomenon pecially amongst Zulu people: “we would rather die than fd flt wh our lear.

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”In the last few chapters Khumalo go further to a radil analysis of the neo-liberal shortgs of South Ai’s nstutn – and then mak the tellg pot that trashg the nstutn for s imperfectns and s liberalism uld easily open the door to a far more reprsive regime where mori of all sorts cludg gay people are abed far more than unr the current dispensatn. In some ep way I get : Beg gay [or opprsed some way] helps a person to know 10 books68 followersReadJuly 29, 2018~The English teacher had told the girls our class, 'You mt n away om a man until you tch him.