Currier, Ashley.

Out in Africa : LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa / Ashley Currier. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012. - xii, 255 p. ; 24 cm. - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 38 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: how visibility matters -- The rise of LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa -- "This lesbian issue": navigating public visibility as lesbian movement organizations -- Disappearing acts: orga nizational invisibility in times of opportunity -- Homosexuality is Afr ican: struggles "to be seen" -- Conclusion: why visibility matters.

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Gays--Social conditions.--South Africa
Gays--Social conditions.--Namibia
Gays--Political activity--Namibia.
Gay activists--South Africa.

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