The GALA – Queer Archive (previously known as the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action), also known by its acronym, GALA, is an organization that documents social and legal history of LGBTIQA+ individuals and organizations in South Africa and attempts to correct prevailing stereotypes and misperceptions about same-sex relationships in Africa.
The archives of GALA is located at the Historical Papers department of the William Cullen Library at University of the Witwatersrand.
GALA organizes and participates in educational programs and training that encourages equality in South Africa.
[4] Founded in 2011, the imprint has published a number of books, including Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction which won the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for an LGBT anthology.
The tavern became noteworthy as the headquarters of the Gay and Lesbian Organization of the Witwatersrand, an LGBT activism organisation founded by South African activists Simon Nkoli, Beverly Ditsie and Linda Ngcobo.