This month, South Ai celebrat the anniversary of s pneerg gay-marriage cisn. But the realy on the ground lags far behd the legal suatn.
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Pri month is a time to reflect on progrs but also ongog challeng advancg the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. Last July, five men acced of homosexual nduct were arrted Kano State, Nigeria by a relig police un that enforc Sharia, or Islamic law. And Augt, lawmakers proposed a bill (still unr review) so extreme that simply sayg you are gay or lbian uld land you mandatory nversn therapy or prison for up to 10 years.
Same-sex nduct is not illegal Rwanda, but thori there round up and arbrarily taed people regard as socially unsirable, cludg over a dozen gay and transgenr people, sex workers, street children, and others the months before a planned June 2021 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetg. We provi ee health servic to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) three regns, offer natnal LGBTQ+ human rights servic and trag, and mpaign for equaly and LGBT Well-beg is South Ai’s send-olst LGBTQ+ anisatn. We provi ee health servic to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) three regns, offer natnal LGBTQ+ human rights servic and trag, and mpaign for equaly and cln.
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Current statSce May 8, 1996AmbiguoBetween the time am, the ary often sent homosexual soldiers to psychiatric hospals for shock therapy and, some s, sexual reassignment surgeri.
Current statSce Dec 14, 2007AmbiguoSectn 14 of the Sexual Offenc Act 23 of 1957, as serted by the Immoraly Amendment Act 2 of 1988, set the age of nsent for gay and lbian sex at 19, as opposed to 16 for straight sex. UnequalSectn 14 of the Sexual Offenc Act 23 of 1957, as serted by the Immoraly Amendment Act 2 of 1988, set the age of nsent for gay and lbian sex at 19, as opposed to 16 for straight sex.
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UnequalEven though gay male sex was illegal for all ag, sectn 14 of the Immoraly Act 23 of 1957, as serted by the Immoraly Amendment Act 57 of 1969, set the age of nsent for gay male sex at 19, as opposed to 16 for straight sex. While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene.
The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town. Gay bars and clubs are found the suburbs of Sandton, Melville, Parkhurst and Illovo.
Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October. We packed our bags and left the UK January 2018 and set up our gay travel blog, The Globetrotter Guys. We are currently travellg the globe, documentg the bt luxury gay travel, adventure and liftyle.