7 July 2025 “Now I’m fearless - there isn’t a creative room I don’t feel I don’t belong in.”- S’BO GYRE #queer south african artists #queer south african performer #Sbo Gyre
9 February 2023 “Work that has changed my life is work that makes me feel possible. I think I want someone to pick up my work and feel like they’re possible, too.” - Maneo Mohale #queer south africans #maneo mohale #maneo mohale writer
7 September 2022 “Intersectionality is so important. Queerness is inherent in all of nature and should be visible in conversations around the environment and the climate crisis.” - Luke Rudman. #queer artist #queer south african artists #Luke Rudman
20 April 2022 “…all I know for sure is that I want to leave the world a better place than I found it. More love, more patience, more empathy, and more opportunity for my people.”- Courtnaé Paul #courtnae paul #bgirl #DJ
14 March 2021 “Owning your Queer identity speaks truth to power. Refuse to give up on something you believed in. Being consistent, kind and authentic to yourself is power.”- Kieron Jina #queer south africans #queer south african artists #kieron jina
14 October 2020 “…to this day, I’m still taken aback when people say they figured out their sexuality because of me, or came out because of me. It’s powerful. I’m humbled.” - Sade Giliberti. #queer creators #sade giliberti #sade giliberti yotv
9 September 2020 “The legacy I want to leave behind is to make sure that the queer community keeps celebrating themselves and have a big platform as well.” - Ntsikelelo Meslani aka Lelowhatsgood #lelowhatsgood #Ntsikelelo Meslani #queer culture curator
16 August 2020 “When I am onstage, I finally matter in the great expanse of the universe. I am here, and I am here to tell a story. I am here to inspire; I am here to be who I am, unapologetically.” - Yahto Kraft. #yahto kraft #yahto kraft singer #thevoice
10 August 2020 “Representation is a doing word, we have to all do it so that we don’t run the risk of having a dominant semiotic (meaning making) of queerness.”- Tandile Mbatsha #queer artist #tandile mbatsha #tandile mbatsha performance artist
31 July 2020 “It is very important for me as a choreographer to rewrite history and tell stories of the disenfranchised.”- Llewellyn Mnguni aka LuluBelle #queer dancers #llewellyn mnguni #lulubelle
24 July 2020 “I just want my art to be a giant playground and celebration of sexuality, nudity, creativity, gender fluidity and queer beauty.”- Ivan Vos aka Iviprofen #gay art #erotic art #genderbend
1 July 2020 “I am queer. I am Xhosa. I am an artist. I am a son. I am a brother. I am a change agent. I am all of those things at once, and they cannot be looked at in isolation.”-Bongani Njalo #queer artists #bongani njalo #bongani njalo artist
21 June 2020 “I’m a genderqueer mindfuck for most people.”-Umlilo. #queer artist #queer south africans #umlilo