For #LGBThistorymonth I will be posting an #lgbtq #womaninhistory every day. Today is Busi Kheswa, an oral historian and LGBT activist from South Africa.

Kheswa is a member of a number of LGBT organisations including the Gay and Lesbian Archives, which records the struggles and histories of LGBT South Africans, and uses their stories for documentaries which challenge homophobia and promote gay rights. Kheswa is also a member of the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, an activists group that works on improving the legislation to ensure the freedom of LGBT South Africans. Kheswa is the Director of the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) which was established by a group of fellow black lesbian women activists. FEW has been instrumental in lobbying for protection against hate crimes, including corrective rapes against women, which happen routinely and often go unpunished, despite being in opposition to South African law which states that LGBT people have fair and equal rights.