UZethu Matebeni yisazi sezenhlalo, isishoshovu, umbhali, umqambi wamafilimu, uSolwazi noSihlalo Wocwaningo waseNingizimu Afrika kwezeCansi, iGenders kanye neQueer Studies e- University of Fort Hare.Uke waba nezikhundla e- University of the Western Cape futhi ubengumcwaningi omkhulu e-Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) e- UCT.Uke waba nguSolwazi Yale University ovakashele futhi uthole ubudlelwane obuningi bokucwaninga obubandakanya labo abavela ku- African Humanities Program, iFord Foundation, iFogarty International Centre neNational Research Foundation . UMatebeni wazalwa ngoMeyi 1, 1978 e- Eastern Cape, eNingizimu Afrika. Ufundele iSociology eNelson Mandela Metropolitan University ) waphothula iziqu zakhe zeMaster of Arts in Sociology e-University of Pretoria kanye ne- Phd eyahlukene eyaqedwa eWitwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).Iphrojekthi yakhe yobudokotela eshicilelwe inesihloko esithi Black Lesbian Sexualities and Identity in South Africa.. UZethu ubelokhu ebambe iqhaza ebushushwini be-LGBTQ kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1990. Njengoba bebeyingxenye yeqembu lika-Uthingo Womyn (elinye lamaqembu abambalwa besifazane abathandana nabesifazane eNingizimu Afrika) futhi kamuva laba yingxenye yeFree Gender, inhlangano yabansundu abansundu eKhayelitsha Cape Town.