Stories

My name is Winnie Wakanda Washington, I am a South African drag queen currently based in Vietnam. I am a co-organizer of Wet Drag Night, a monthly themed drag show in the city of Hanoi as well as co-host of The Drag Orphanage Podcast, a weekly show that helps drag queens without traditional drag families figure out some drag.

The decision to adopt as a single parent was never a decision at all.

I always wanted kids, yeah, we imagine a knight in shining armour, but my career always took center stage and as I reached my mid 30s it became clear it was just less complicated to do it on my own.

Umlilo - Fighting fire with fire

October is pride month in South Africa, and this got me thinking a lot about the queer icons that paved the way for the South African landscape we know today.

Neo Diseko is a Johannesburg based Visual artist. They obtained their National Diploma in Fine art (2016) and a btech (2017) at the University of Johannesburg.

Many years ago, when I was young and fuelled with passion to change the world, I took part in South Africa’s first ever Gay Pride March in Johannesburg. It was also the first Pride March on our continent, and those who participated were brave warriors.

United in our diversity’ - The 2nd Annual Global LGBTIQ+ Network Conference’s themes this year are ‘Inclusion and cohesion’ and ‘Unifying LGBTIQ+ voices’.