“I exist loudly in a world that told me to shrink. I am Black. I am gay. I am still standing. This photo is not just my face—it is a declaration. Of survival, of softness, of pride. I carry the stories of boys like me who were told they were ‘too much’—too colourful, too sensitive, too different. I am the proof that we were never too much—we were just too powerful to be boxed.”

You will never know who I am in reality because the depth of my existence exceeds the limit of your understanding.
- Photographer: Siphenathi Bebeza
- Date: August 6, 2025
- Collection: University of Cape Town