“You Have to Be Gay to Know God” – Webtalk with Siya Khumalo
“You Have to Be Gay to Know God” – Webtalk with Siya Khumalo
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When? Thursday, 21st December 2023, 6–7 pm CET
Who? Siya Khumalo in conversation with Stefanie Hirsbrunner, InterKontinental
Where? Online via Zoom
Siya Khumalo grew up in a Durban township where one sermon could whip up a lynch mob against those considered different. Drawing on personal experience – his childhood, life in the army and attending church – Khumalo explores being queer in South Africa today.
In his book “You Have to Be Gay to Know God”, he takes us on a daring journey, exposing the interrelatedness of religion, politics, and sexuality as the expectations of African cultures mingle with greed and colonial religion.
“You Have To Be Gay To Know God” (Kwela Books, 2018) won the Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand Prize.
This event is a Hirschfeld-Eddy-Foundation event in cooperation with InterKontinental as part of the project “We believe in change”: Human rights, freedom of religion or belief, and preventing anti-LGBTIQ* violence and discrimination.
The webtalk will be held in English and is translated simultaneously into the German language. It is aimed at activists, religious and non-religious people, anyone with an interest in the human rights of LGBTIQ* people and religion.
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