Mark Gevisser
Biographic Data
| ID | 167400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Gevisser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Gevisser |
| SIGNATURE | GEVISSER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Health & Medical Publishing Group |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Hirschfeld Equation and the Queer Afro-Modern
In 1904, seven years after he founded the world’s first homosexual rights movement, the German sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld published a slim volume called Berlin’s Third Sex , which detailed the city’s extensive queer life. If Hirschfeld was a pioneer in establishing the founding truth of what we now call the “LGBTQ Rights Movement”—that visibility brings equality—he understood something quite contradictory about the power of the city in this…
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LGBTQI rights in South Africa
In this interview, Mark Gevisser reflects on the modes in which South Africa is considered progressive when it comes to LGBTQI rights and how it differs from the rest of Africa in this regard. Developing some of the most significant issues faced by LGBTQI people today, Gevisser considers the role of the South African constitution in the development of queer rights, activism against homophobia, the growth of trans rights, and the struggles faced b…
Defiant Desire
Defiant Desire records the lives of lesbian and gay South Africans of all races as they have lived in the face of censure, denial and oppression. The history of gay identity in South Africa is here in its past and present aspects: from a drag salon in Woodstock to a gay "shebeen" in kwaThema; from a church in a Pretoria nightclub to Johannesburg's lesbian and gay pride march; from Afrikaans love poetry to new activism. The book is a document of l…
From the Ruins
Research Article| September 01 2004 From the Ruins: The Constitution Hill Project Mark Gevisser Mark Gevisser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (2004) 16 (3): 507–519. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-16-3-507 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site C…
Strange Bedfellows
From the Ruins
Research Article| September 01 2004 From the Ruins: The Constitution Hill Project Mark Gevisser Mark Gevisser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (2004) 16 (3): 507–519. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-16-3-507 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site C…
LGBTQI rights in South Africa
In this interview, Mark Gevisser reflects on the modes in which South Africa is considered progressive when it comes to LGBTQI rights and how it differs from the rest of Africa in this regard. Developing some of the most significant issues faced by LGBTQI people today, Gevisser considers the role of the South African constitution in the development of queer rights, activism against homophobia, the growth of trans rights, and the struggles faced b…
Strange Bedfellows
From the Ruins
Research Article| September 01 2004 From the Ruins: The Constitution Hill Project Mark Gevisser Mark Gevisser Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (2004) 16 (3): 507–519. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-16-3-507 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site C…
Defiant Desire
Defiant Desire records the lives of lesbian and gay South Africans of all races as they have lived in the face of censure, denial and oppression. The history of gay identity in South Africa is here in its past and present aspects: from a drag salon in Woodstock to a gay "shebeen" in kwaThema; from a church in a Pretoria nightclub to Johannesburg's lesbian and gay pride march; from Afrikaans love poetry to new activism. The book is a document of l…
LGBTQI rights in South Africa
In this interview, Mark Gevisser reflects on the modes in which South Africa is considered progressive when it comes to LGBTQI rights and how it differs from the rest of Africa in this regard. Developing some of the most significant issues faced by LGBTQI people today, Gevisser considers the role of the South African constitution in the development of queer rights, activism against homophobia, the growth of trans rights, and the struggles faced b…
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Response by the author
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Hirschfeld Equation and the Queer Afro-Modern
In 1904, seven years after he founded the world’s first homosexual rights movement, the German sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld published a slim volume called Berlin’s Third Sex , which detailed the city’s extensive queer life. If Hirschfeld was a pioneer in establishing the founding truth of what we now call the “LGBTQ Rights Movement”—that visibility brings equality—he understood something quite contradictory about the power of the city in this…
Political science (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Gay liberation movement (2 works) · Gays (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Information retrieval (2 works)