Queer Talk

15 years in the LGBTIQ+ advocacy space, Sibonelo Ncanana Trower, who runs a clinic called Engage Men's Health in Port Elizabeth speaks to us about the importance of taking prep as a sexually active Queer person. 

Follow Sibonelo on the following social media handles:

Facebook: Sibonelo Ncanana Trower

Twitter: @ncanana2trower

Man what a journey it’s been developing and producing this 1st series of Queer Talk on Identity...

I want to thank you the listener for taking the time to listen to our pilot series, you guys have been great!

I close this series topic with these questions for you to ponder on… is identity something people are born with? Or is it given to you? Or is it something people create for themselves?

Known by her followers on Twitter and instagram as Queen A, Anele speaks to us about her journey into understanding her identity as a transgendered woman. Born to a family with a strong Christian background Anele had to "come out" to her family twice, first as a gay man at 16 and as a transgendered woman at 21 years.  

This Mafikeng based Gender Activist, socialite & motivational speaker says she has always been educating. Educating her family, potential suitors and society about how she identifies herself. She speaks openly about how she finds it difficult to date as a Trans gendered woman and how she has come to love the body that she is in because of hormonal treatment.

Follow Anele on social media on the following handles: 

Twitter - @anele_xhati

Instagram - anele_queen_a_xhati 

Disowned by his family when he came out to them as a trans gendered man in 2018, Ayanda Nino Maphosa speaks to us about his journey that lead him to being the man that he is today. 

Follow Ayanda on Social Media on the following handles 

Instagram: nino.ayanda

Facebook: Ayanda Nino Maphosa  

Ophola Zinto born in the Eastern Cape and moved to Johannesburg this vibrant lesbian woman knew from a young age that she didn't like boys although she couldn't explain it. 

She tells us of how her mother found out that she was lesbian via Facebook and how her mom called the congregation ladies to come and pray the devil in her. 

Follow Ophola on the following social media handles :

Facebook: Ophola Williams

Instagram: mam_thug

Twitter: @mam_thug

On this episode we speak to Mashaba Biti, a bisexual male from Johannesburg about his journey to identifying as Bisexual.

He recalls how he was always surrounded by women growing up and how he grew up questioning his attraction to men.

Mashaba is in a committed relationship with a woman, and does not see himself ever settling with a man.

Mandiso Mnyango a queer man from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape speaks about how he is judged by his own queer community and the heterosexual community for being feminine.

He narrates how he was bullied at school and how he had to act a certain way growing up in an all boys household.

Mandiso knew from a very early age that he was different but couldnt put a name to it.

Follow Mandiso on social media on the following handles:

Twitter: @MandisoMnyango

Instagram: mandiso_m

YouTube: https://youtu.be/L0OmZvhrsvc or search Mandiso  Mnyango

On this episode we speak to Nkokheli Mankanyi a Queer Activist on a mission to educate the world about Gender & Identity. 

His Activism work stretched all the way back to his Varsity days at The Cape Peninsula University ,in Cape Town South Africa. This is where he had volunteered as a peer educator and founded the institutions most active LGBTI institution, GlosCPUT.

Mankanyi says that Trans and gender diverse individuals in South Africa are still the most marginalised community and for that reason their rights and needs are often neglected. 

Follow this Queer whose resolute determination in educating the world about LGBTI rights on social media 

Twitter: @Nkokheli17

Instagram: @thee.kendol

In this episode we define what the word Queer means. we also outline what the podcast QUEER TALK is about.