Liesl Theron
Liesl Theron is a South African trans activist and the founder of Gender DynamiX organisation.
Personal life
Theron was born in South Africa to an Afrikaans speaking family and has a two and a half years younger sister.[1]
In 1992, she came out as a lesbian at the age of 20.[1] Her mother struggled with her sexually at first, but later wrote a book about her coming to terms with it.[2][1]
As of 2011 and 2012, she was in relationship with photographer Zanele Muholi.[3][4]
Career
Theron is the founder of Gender DynamiX trans rights advocacy organisation [5]
Theron supported Sasha, one South Africa's first openly trans refugees navigate entry into South Africa.[6]
In 2016, she received the Global Transgender Heroes award from the True Colors Fund.[7]
Selected publications
- Liesl Theron, Mariam Armisen, and John McAllister Where do we go from here?: A call for critical reflection on queer/LGBTIA+ activism in Africa, Pambazuka News, 2016[8]
- Sherwood, J., Lankiewicz, E., Castellanos, E., O’Connor, N., Theron, L., & Restar, A. Assessing inclusion of trans people in HIV national strategic plans: a review of 60 high HIV prevalence countries. Journal of the International AIDS Society, [s. l.], v. 24, n. 11, p. 1, 2021. DOI 10.1002/jia2.25837
- Liesl Theron and Ricki Kgositau, The Emergency of a Grassroots African Trans Archive, Transgender Studies Quarterly 2(4): 578-583, 2015[9][10]
References
- Reclaiming the L-Word: Sappho's Daughters Out in Africa. (2011). United Kingdom: Modjaji Books. p68-88
- Theron, Lidia (2005). Jy Bly My Kind: 'n Ware Verhaal (in Afrikaans). Hemel en See Boeke. ISBN 978-0620351133.
- Blignaut, Charl (17 July 2011). "Love in a time of murder". Times Live.
- "Five Years of Zanele Muholi's Photos of LGBT Lives in Africa Stolen From Her Apartment". Autostraddle. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- Lavers, Michael K. (2013-12-10). "African LGBT activists seek international support". Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- Camminga, B. (2018). Transgender Refugees and the Imagined South Africa: Bodies Over Borders and Borders Over Bodies. Germany: Springer International Publishing. p174-176
- INQUIRER.net (2016-03-17). "LGBT rights advocate Bemz Benedito receives Global Transgender Heroes award from New York". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- "Admitting the flaws of LGBTI activism; seeking solutions". Erasing 76 Crimes. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
- Camminga, B., Marnell, J. (2022). Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. p56
- Trans Lives in a Globalizing World: Rights, Identities and Politics. (2020). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
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