Shifting boundaries of sexual identities in Cape Town: the appropriation and malleability of 'gay' in township spaces

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Title:	Shifting boundaries of sexual identities in Cape Town: the appropriation and malleability of 'gay' in township spaces
Author:	Tucker, Andrew
Year:	2010
Periodical:	Urban Forum (ISSN 1874-6330)
Volume:	21
Issue:	2
Pages:	107-122
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	homosexuality Black people group identity townships
External link:	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12132-010-9075-8
Abstract:	While much has been written concerning the effect of the postapartheid transition upon gay communities in predominantly more affluent parts of South Africa, little is still known about how this transition affected black African gay residents in the former townships. This article therefore examines the impact that the political transition had on groups in the former townships through an exploration that highlights first the way it helped create delineated sexual binary relationships. It then goes on to explore how the social expression of these binary relationships has a unique geography within the former townships which in turn also allows us to see how the historically very Western-centric term of identification 'gay' has been appropriated in unique ways. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]