Carl Collison (he/they), is a journalist, photographer, filmmaker and researcher, who focuses specifically on producing LGBTIQ-related content from across Africa. A former researcher with Human Rights Watch, Collison is the founder and executive director of Beyond the Margins. He is also the co-founder of the Purple Mountain Arts Residency, which provides a safe space for queer African creatives, artists and activists. Collison was the Other Foundation’s Rainbow Fellow at the Mail & Guardian. In 2017, as a result of his queer-focussed journalism, he represented South Africa as a participant in the U.S Government States Department’s International Visitors Leadership Programme. He was shortlisted for the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology. He was also included in the inaugural #Awesome50 list, which recognises the work done by people across Africa to better the lives of the continent’s LGBTIQ people. Short stories he has written have been included in the collection of essays, They Called Me Queer and For The Love of the Land. Documentary films (and photographic exhibitions) he has put together have been screened in film festivals and events in Argentina, Kenya, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Mozambique, U.S.A, and the United Kingdom.