Simon Nkoli
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Simon Nkoli
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Simon
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Nkoli
Biography
Simon Tseko Nkoli was a gay activist and anti-apartheid leader who fought for freedom and social justice in South Africa during the anti-apartheid struggle. His courage to live openly as a gay man coupled with his tireless work within the anti-apartheid movement help shift the anti-gay opinions of many of those within the movement. His eventual arrest shifted both the anti-apartheid struggle and the gay liberation movement. Through living his truth and owning his identity, Nkoli facilitated a cross-over of the anti-apartheid and gay liberation movements, demonstrating how these two struggles shared common ground in their fight for equality. Nkoli was integral in founding a number of major gay rights movements and organisations in the country including the Gay Asociation of South Africa (GASA) and most notably, the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW). His work within these organisations would lay the foundations for South Africa to become the first country in the world to constitutionalize the protection of the rights of LGBTQI+ people.
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South African
birthDate
26 September 1957
birthPlace
Soweto,Guateng
deathDate
30 September 1998
deathPlace
Johannesburg
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