LGBTQIA History Month: Our Heroes- Zanele Muholi

By Yassine Senghor

In the spirit of LGBT history month, we are honouring some of our LGBTQIA heroes for the impact they have had not only on the world, but on us personally. Ami previously highlighted the work of Ellen Degenres, one of the most visible and influential queer icons who transcends sexuality to reach mainstream audiences, without hiding who she is and who she loves. Today I would like to talk about one of my personal heroes, Zanele Muholi, South African photographer and LGBTQIA ‘visual activist’.

Muholi was born in Durban, South Africa and studied photography there and in Canada, and has exhibited her works around the globe. Her focus subject has always been of the world that she has grown up in, the people she has encountered in her day to day existence, and her fellow members of her queer South African community. Butch, femme, stud, modern, black…