Our Dearest Minister of Arts, Culture and Bigotry, Lulu Xingwana has finally been getting some deserved flack for her little freak out last year. The photo above, by artist Zanele Muholi, managed to switch our country bumpkin of a minister minister over into homophobe mode. Her last, lame defence is that it is inappropriate to display images like this at an exhibition where children are present.

I’d let any child view the image above. There’s nothing sexual about it. Sensual, maybe, but also gentle and loving, the way two sisters might be when they comfort each other at night.

Dear Minister, you might not be able to stop yourself from seeing tits and sex in every naked body, but please don’t assume that our children share this affliction.

Zanele Muholi’s bio at Artthrob.

Date: March 8, 2010
Author: Diaan Mynhardt
Tags: anc, bigotry, photos, xingwana