Find New Words

As #FindNewWords, we needed to test how desensitised our society is to queer slurs. We conducted a social experiment with the fake #ScoopWashingPowder ad. 8 million saw the ad and just under 100 complained - youtu.be/NMCamV2Ui60. #ComingOutDay

Read this article by @Zion_SD where he articulates the importance of @FindNewWords thisisafrica.me/find-new-words…

Same love is still love ❤🌈. Here's a Khoekhoe entry into our #FindNewWords list.

En las 11 lenguas oficiales que se hablan en Sudáfrica es difícil encontrar una sola palabra respetuosa para referirse a la comunidad LGTB+. La campaña #FindNewWords quiere encontrar términos que no sean ofensivos ni humillantes. 🏳️‍🌈playgroundmag.net/cultura/findne…

As a 28-year-old Xhosa cis gay man, I would not be able to “come out” in Xhosa, which is my home language. I would have to use the term “gay,” as it is the only non-offensive word that is used to describe us in South Africa. -@Pumlani_Kango via @Into intomore.us/2R4HwNN

Wrote something for Into on the @FindNewWords campaign. Peep over here:

@bevditsie and I wore our @FindNewWords t-shirt. I spoke about how instrumental Bev was in LGBT rights, histories and in creating Black queer possibilities. Thank you @SNmemorial for the space. #SNML2018 #FindNewWords

Igqabi lothando elihle 🍃🌈. We appreciate your support @lelowhatsgood. #FindNewWords

South Africans Encouraged to #FindNewWords ethicalmarketingnews.com/south-africans… @FindNewWords

The word "WA LERATO PEDI" can be used to describe bisexual people. What we like about this term is that it focuses on attraction and not on what happens in the bedroom. View and submit more words here: findnewwords.org/wordlist.

@GapToothedMami Choices everywhere. 'Uketshezi' was submitted within the context of talking about fluidity. However, some people had reservations because the word is also used in certain instances to refer to bodily fluids in the laboratory sense. About the T-shirts - (gif)

This initiative is for everyone who has ever been challenged by language like this. #FindNewWords 🌈

@GapToothedMami And what is number one? 👀

Correct. Reverend Dlhadlha also featured in our response ad. People can view and submit more words here: findnewwords.org/wordlist.

Participants in our Soweto workshop submitted the word SEGKELE SA MOOKODI. The word simply translates to the ‘the rainbow umbrella’ and it can be used as an umbrella term for the LGBTQQIAP+ community. #FindNewWords Visit findnewwords.org/wordlist to view and submit more words.

The #FindNewWords initiative encourages South Africans to find positive words to replace derogatory ones used in the LGBTQQIAP+ communities. @ComingOutDay #LGBTQ mediaupdate.co.za/publicity/1447…

Heterosexual people have the language to talk about who they love in a dignified manner. Therefore, in this context, they are not our preoccupation as #FindNewWords. We are focused on the black LBGTQQIAP+ community because the current language is violent and derogatory to us.

We talked to @thandiswamazwai about the importance of finding new, respectful words for the black South African LGBTQQIAP+ community: youtu.be/zNAdY4aSYf8. #FindNewWords

A campaign to replace anti-LGBT words in the 11 official languages of #SouthAfrica with positive alternatives has tested with a #homophobic slur in a spoof #TVad. The #FindNewWords initiative, said from over 10 million viewers.

@QueTheAfrikan @vuyiking79 @TrendingSAon3 @SABC3 We have been working with members of the LGBTQQIAP+ community to find new respectful words. Here is the list of words we have collected so far: findnewwords.org/wordlist. We are also taking new submsissions.

@QueTheAfrikan @vuyiking79 @TrendingSAon3 @SABC3 Hello. We appreciate your complaints. As #FindNewWords, we needed to test how desensitised our society is to queer slurs. We conducted a social experiment with the fake #ScoopWashingPowder ad. 8 million saw the ad and just under 100 complained - youtu.be/NMCamV2Ui60

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