In the 1980s, Simon Nkoli (1957-1998) was a young man facing two simultaneous affronts to his person in his home country of South Africa: apartheid/racism and anti-LGBTQIA+ bigotry. He joined and organization called the Gay Association, but quickly realized that intersectionality was not top of priority. So, he started his own group of black members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and deepened his activism, both for the queer community AND against apartheid, which resulted in him being charged with treason and being sent to prison for 5 years. When he got out, he founded GLOW (Gay and Lesbian Organization of the Witwatersrand), and organized the first South African Pride in 1990. He worked with Nelson Mandela on South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution, campaigning for LGBTQIA+ protections (and, in 1996, South Africa became the first country in the world to constitutionally guarantee protection from sexual orientation-based discrimination).
This colorway, called GLOW, was originally called Felixis Felicis.
The shawl shown is Shannon’s Euanthe, which is written for either DK or Aran, but can be adapted for any weight yarn. Her kiddo Astrid is saucily modeling it.
You can find all of our in-stock True Colors yarn on our website.