Gay Xhosa men’s experienc of ulwalo (tradnal male iatn) - PMC

Contents:

• UGANDA GAY ON MOVE
• ‘GAY TRIB’ ON GRDR: WHY ’S TIME TO STOP TEGORISG EACH OTHER
• IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY
• GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)
• A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG

UGANDA GAY ON MOVE

Other Ain lears, pl several other people on the ntent have shared his view, and this has eliced homophobia, persecutn and anti-gay laws untri like Uganda, Tanzania, Moroc, Nigeria and Kenya. While the former practice is often rid by many as “humane” and the latter is often referred to as “homosexual” behavur, the Sambia’s unrstandg and purpose behd the two procs differs om our nventnal unrstandg. For example, while many of might brand the young men and boys “homosexuals” the sense that they have a lastg sire for men whout the need or sire for a woman, once they have passed their re of passage to manhood, they marry women and bee fathers.

Our knowledge of homosexualy prehistoric Ain cultur is limed by the late-Middle Age European views of Ains, of homosexualy, and of urse, the European reason for beg sub-Saharan Ai the first place – the slave tra.

We n see om such referenc, that homosexualy was prent Ai om at least the earlit of European ntact, and whout much doubt, om long before.

‘GAY TRIB’ ON GRDR: WHY ’S TIME TO STOP TEGORISG EACH OTHER

While European proprieti ma such graphic scriptn of Ain homosexuali unmon their scriptns of Ai, there are enough referenc to to know that was ed prent, and even ed as a jtifitn for nsirg Ain cultur primive enough to jtify slavery.

Among the last Ain cultur to be subjugated by Europeans, the Hsa peopl of northern Nigeria and the surroundg untri offer tertg exampl of homosexualy among Islmaized peopl of Ai. Two terms are mon, ‘yan dda, which is ually translated as “homosexual” or “transvte” and‘dan dda, which translat as a homosexual “wife. Among other Ain trib, homosexual behavrs among premarriage adolcents is mon and is not even nsired to be sex, sce do not volve procreative potential.

IF YOU SAY BEG GAY IS NOT AIN, YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR HISTORY

In Zimbabwe, a natn racked by recent homophobic pogroms stuted by s vicly homophobic dictator, Robert Mugabe, there has historilly been ltle known about homosexual behavr among peopl prent prr to European ntact.

GAY XHOSA MEN’S EXPERIENC OF ULWALO (TRADNAL MALE IATN)

Some ethnographers have dishontly attempted to show that homosexual behavr is a recent novatn enuraged by Europeans to serve their pal terts, hog large numbers of male Ains together barracks to serve as labor the m. The Bantu-speakg peopl of the plate untry were more circumspect, but have admted to ethnographers that homosexual ntact did occur, and was expected of pre-marriage adolcent mal. 5 percent reprented unwillg participants the crimal procs, the actual extent of homosexual behavr was certaly much greater, sce only those ught  flagrante licto, those prosecuted wh amic, or those acced by jilted lovers or others wh an axe to grd, reprent the crimal numbers we see the rerds.

Contrary to Mugabe’s and other Aocentrists’ assertns, analysis of the lonial urt s show that the rat of prosecutn for homosexual behavrs was hight among the more digeno peopl (Shona, 17% and Nbele, 16%), and least among the “dtrialized migrants” om elsewhere (about 3% each for Xhosa, Basotho and Zulu).

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A GAY THERAPIST DISCS GAY MEN AND TATTOOS: RUAL AND MEANG

The article nclud by sayg, ‘The ia of “trib” don’t have anythg to do wh discrimatn wh the gay muny, ’ attributg any lack of acceptance of one’s tribe to the ‘issu’ of an dividual. ”This is the same argument that Robert Mugabe ed to supprs the human rights of LGBT people Zimbabwe; that the former print of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, ed when he signed the most dangero law agast LGBT people the morn world; and that Print Yoweri Meveni ed a ceremonial signg of the anti-gay bill Uganda. This year Gambia’s print Yahya Jammeh lled for gay people’s throats to be I was appoted by Berl’s Humboldt Universy this year to teach the urse “Pre- and post-lonial sexual orientatn and sexual inty Ai”, I knew I had a huge task before me.

I had to teach stunts about a history that is mostly diggg up facts I found that, while many Ains say that homosexualy is un-Ain, Ain culture is no stranger to homosexual behavurs and example, my lol language (Yoba), the word for “homosexual” is adofuro, a lloquialism for someone who has anal sex. The words are ntral; they are not fed wh hate or the Buganda Kgdom, part of morn-day Uganda, Kg Mwanga II was openly gay and faced no hate om his subjects until whe men brought the Christian church and s nmnatn. Though Kg Mwanga is the most proment Ain rerd as beg openly gay, he was not Boy-Wiv and Female Hbands, a book examg homosexualy and femism Ai, the rearchers found ‘‘explic” Bhman artwork that picts men engagg same-sex sexual activy.

It is the reason I receive ath threats, which ultimately drove me to exile om my home long as the notn that homosexualy is un-Ain persists, Kenyatta will receive applse, Mugabe will w electns, and parliaments across the ntent will retroduce harmful stop all this, we need to start by re-tellg our history and rememberg our te Ain culture, one that celebrat diversy, promot equaly and acceptance, and regnis the ntributn of everyone, whatever their sexualy.