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‘Now I Am Not Afraid’: Simon Nkoli, Queer Utopias and Transnational Solidarity
Journal of Southern African Studies ( IF 0.864 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 , DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2020.1780022
Yasmina Martin 1
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This article employs the epistolary exchanges between Simon Nkoli, a South African gay rights and anti-apartheid activist undergoing trial in Delmas, South Africa in the late 1980s, and Andrew Hansen, a gay man from Chicago living with AIDS, to demonstrate how the radical empathy built between both men suggests the possibility of queer utopia. Simon Nkoli came out as gay during the four-year long Delmas Treason Trial and thus resisted the notion that homosexuality was not political. His visibility pushed the African National Congress to consider the role that gay rights would have in a democratic South Africa. While under trial, Nkoli discovered he was HIV-positive. After being acquitted, Nkoli came out publicly as being HIV-positive, becoming one of the first black South African men to do so. I employ Jose Esteban Muñoz’s framework of queer utopia put forth in his Cruising Utopia (2009) to read the transnational exchanges between Hansen and Nkoli, tracing the way that Nkoli employs empathy to build bonds that resist the social stigma of HIV/AIDS. Seen through the lens of Nkoli’s work as a tenants’ rights, anti-apartheid and gay rights activist, this essay challenges depictions of Nkoli as predominantly a ‘gay martyr’ to present a view of his affective lives. I engage with the intimate modes of resistance to stigma made clear by Nkoli’s letters and personal interviews.

中文翻译:

“现在我不怕”:西蒙·恩科利(Simon Nkoli),酷儿乌托邦和跨国团结

本文利用了1980年代后期在南非德尔马接受审判的南非同性恋权利和反种族隔离激进主义者西蒙·恩科利(Simon Nkoli)与来自芝加哥,患有艾滋病的同性恋者安德鲁·汉森(Andrew Hansen)之间的书信往来交流,来说明激进分子如何两人之间建立的同理心暗示了可能存在奇怪的乌托邦。西蒙·恩科利(Simon Nkoli)在长达四年的Delmas Treason试用期间以同性恋身份露面,因此抵制了同性恋不是政治性的观点。他的知名度促使非洲人国民大会考虑同性恋权利在民主南非中的作用。在审判期间,Nkoli发现他是HIV阳性。无罪释放后,恩科利(Nkoli)公开呈HIV阳性,成为首批这样做的南非黑人之一。我采用了何塞·埃斯特万·穆尼奥斯(Jose EstebanMuñoz)在其《游荡的乌托邦》(2009年)中提出的奇怪乌托邦框架,以阅读汉森和恩科利之间的跨国交流,追溯恩科利利用同情心建立抵制艾滋病毒/艾滋病社会污名的纽带的方式。从恩科利作为房客的权利,反种族隔离和同性恋权利活动家的工作的视角来看,这篇文章挑战了恩科利的描绘,他主要表现为“同性恋烈士”,以表达他对情感生活的看法。我参与了Nkoli的来信和个人访谈所明确表明的抵制污名的亲密模式。反种族隔离和同性恋权利活动家,这篇文章挑战了恩科利(Nkoli)主要表现为“同性恋烈士”的描写,以展现他的情感生活。我参与了Nkoli的来信和个人访谈所明确表明的抵制污名的亲密模式。反种族隔离和同性恋权利活动家,这篇文章挑战了恩科利(Nkoli)主要表现为“同性恋烈士”的描写,以展现他的情感生活。我参与了Nkoli的来信和个人访谈所明确表明的抵制污名的亲密模式。
更新日期:2020-07-02
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