by Ntokozo Yingwana | Apr 27, 2026 | Front Page, Events, News
Over the past decade, East Africa has become synonymous with state-sponsored homo/ transphobia, marked by draconian legislation and recurring moral panics. These escalating dynamics have forced many LGBTQI East Africans to flee their homes. Yet it would be wrong to...
by John Marnell | Feb 27, 2026 | Front Page, Gender Sexuality & Migration, News
This week Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) released its Report on Migration Statistics from the 2022/2023 Income and Expenditure Survey (IES). The study estimates that there are about 3 million immigrants (5,1% of the overall population) in the country, the majority...
by John Marnell | Feb 16, 2026 | Books, Front Page, News
Marnell, J., Camminga, B., Bompani, B., & Wairuri, K. (Eds.). (2026). East African Queer and Trans Displacements. Bloomsbury Academic. The last decade has seen a sharp rise in state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia in East Africa. This includes discriminatory...
by NicholasS | Jul 29, 2025 | Events, Front Page
Presenter: Ntokozo Yingwana Date: Wednesday, 6 August 2025 Time: 12:30 – 13:45 Venue: ACMS Seminar Room: Room 2163, Solomon Mahlangu House (2nd floor), East Campus, Wits University (directions) Zoom link:...
by NicholasS | May 29, 2023 | Front Page, Journal Articles, News
Marnell, J., 2023. City Streets and Disco Beats: Recentring the Urban in Queer and Trans Migration Studies. Urban Forum 34, 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-023-09483-1 [OPEN ACCESS] Abstract: The last decade has seen significant scholarly interest in the...
