BOOK REVIEWS
THE PINK LINE – Journeys Across The World’s Queer Frontiers
Mark Gevisser | Jonathan Ball | 9781868426577 | R280
The Pink Line folds intimate and deeply affecting stories of individuals, families and communities into a definitive account of how the world has changed, so dramatically, in just a decade. In doing so Gevisser reveals a troubling new equation that has come in to play: while same-sex marriage and gender transition are now celebrated in some parts of the world, laws to criminalise homosexuality and gender non-conformity have been strengthened in others.
In a work of great scope and wonderful storytelling, this is the groundbreaking, definitive account of how issues of sexuality and gender identity divide and unite the world today.
SWIMMING IN THE DARK
Tomasz Jedrowski | Bloomsbury | 9781526604972 | R415
