Carl Collison (He/him)

Journalist, photographer and sort-of-filmmaker

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

For Beyond The Margins, I spoke to the heads of three other queer-led and -focussed arts residencies across Africa. I learnt so much chatting to - and laughing with - the founders residencies in Ghana, Botswana and Nigeria. https://t.co/za9tRaVt9f

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

In this interview for Beyond the Margins, three African queer rights activists unpack how filmmaking is shaping their activism, and the need to tell our own stories. https://t.co/bWdqEJ9QLz

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

Today is Intersex Awareness Day. In this op-ed for Beyond the Margins, Crystal Hendricks and Khanyisile Phillips reflect on the challenges affecting intersex communities, the progresses made - and the steps we need to start taking to ensure equal rights.
https://t.co/X1h5Fo4qZ6

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Cape Town-based queer photographer Tamara Wilson graciously allowed Beyond the Margins to publish her series, 'Pride Portraits', which she undertook to amplify marginalised queers voices and as a "celebration of all identities within religious contexts".
https://t.co/TAyxZgyEk3

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

@ThirunaNaidoo Thank you! I’m just so grateful to Tamara for capturing this and allowing me to publish it 🙏🏽💪🏽

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

For Women’s Day, Beyond the Margins is publishing a multimedia body of work by the photographer, Tamara Wilson. Titled, ‘Four Women’, the work looks into the experiences four trans women have had with violence, and their determination to overcome it. https://t.co/1paP8qnaOk

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

Later this month, Beyond the Margins will publish a discussion between queer-focused arts collectives across Africa. One of those is Botswana’s Banana Club. This doccie (by the club) follows the club’s “quest to move ground” through its projects 👇🏽🇧🇼🌈💪🏽 https://t.co/pjpH77JCPj

[Caio de Araujo @pinkydearaujo]

It was a pleasure hosting this conversation about #queer anthologies in Africa, for @CarlCollison's "Beyond the Margins". So much exciting work coming out in the last few years! Thank you @unomaazuah, @brianpellot, and @kevmwachiro for the amazing chat! https://t.co/488ld9U1K6

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For the first in Beyond the Margins’ new series, In Conversation, two trans musicians - Ghana’s Angel Maxine and South Africa’s Umlilo - speak about their music, the hate rhetoric sweeping across the continent and the need for cross-border collaboration. https://t.co/BRpLCkf7w6

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Rounding off #AfricaMonth on Beyond the Margins, a #Christian #transgender man speaks about how finding a community of #queer persons of various faiths brought him to accepting his ancestral calling - and the sense of self this gave him.
https://t.co/8Kxd7fbDGZ

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https://t.co/gwPjQIxwNX
Yesterday, the world celebrated Africa Day. For Africa’s LGBTIQA+ persons, however, the past few years has seen increased queerphobia. In this short film, a Ghanaian traditional leader speaks of Africa’s more inclusive pre-colonial views on queerness.

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

The first audio documentary by Beyond the Margins looks into the experiences of a young gay Ugandan man, who speaks of the physical abuse and extortion he was subjected to after meeting a man on the dating app, Grindr. The man was a policeman.
https://t.co/2pqIw0Er7b

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@Obsqueer @CHR_HumanRights @miriam_GK @LRCSouthAfrica @ACMSWits Hi praise indeed, coming from you 😍🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

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[EU in SA @EUinSA]

🌍 Opportunity Alert! 📢We 🇪🇺 are calling for proposals focusing on "Journalism and Digital Security" in South Africa. Proposals may also include activities in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, & Zimbabwe. More info: https://t.co/qFwTCz3LMx 13 May 2024 12:00

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Esegiel is a Namibian religious leader and stepfather to a transgender woman. In this documentary, he speaks about his initial heartbreak when realising his step-daughter’s gender identity and how it was ultimately his faith which led him to accepting her. https://t.co/wZxyPzJmxQ

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[Ling Dior (@lingdeeyoh.bsky.social) @LingDeeYoh]

highkey obsessed with @CarlCollison passion project ❤️

[Ling Dior (@lingdeeyoh.bsky.social) @LingDeeYoh]

highkey obsessed with @CarlCollison passion project ❤️

[Carl Collison (He/him) @CarlCollison]

Despite a lack of legal protections, and in the face of a queerphobic national context, these transgender Namibian parents are making their long-held dreams of having their own children a reality and in turn offering young ones – and others – a loving home https://t.co/gxnee3tbSb