Archie Hlophe, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/archie-hlophe/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 09 Jun 2017 09:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Archie Hlophe, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/archie-hlophe/ 32 32 Culture | Ancestors approve of gay traditional healers https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/06/09/culture-ancestors-approve-gay-traditional-healers/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2017/06/09/culture-ancestors-approve-gay-traditional-healers/#respond Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:20:52 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=74811 In South African black culture many still believe that homosexuality is a sin or unnatural. Names like ‘broken hands’, ‘short tempered guys’, ‘isitabane’ (a person with two private parts) and many derogatory labels are often used when referring to gay people. However, despite this stigma, some young gay men have become traditional healers who attend […]

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