Urban-based gays and lbians are enjoyg a new era of eedom 10 years after the end of apartheid, but black and loured homosexuals townships are still victims of discrimatn, wr Stuart Graham.
Contents:
- GAY AND LBIAN SOUTH AI – OUR LGBTI GUI
- A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
- GAY MUNY STILL FACG MANY CHALLENG
GAY AND LBIAN SOUTH AI – OUR LGBTI GUI
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While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene. 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.
A GAY-FRIENDLY GUI TO CAPE TOWN
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Ngobe’s tweet received natnwi attentn not only bee revealed a ernment official’s unapologetic homophobia, but also bee was emblematic of the wispread and stubborn ristance to the tablishment of LGBTQ rights South Ai.
GAY MUNY STILL FACG MANY CHALLENG
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South Ai’s nstutn prohibs unfair discrimatn on the grounds of sexual orientatn and guarante equaly for gay and lbian people. It is time for South Ai to rpond cisively to this growg problem by adoptg preventive measur agast homophobic hate speech and hate crim. In Uganda, where LGBTQ people face wispread persecutn, Print Yoweri Meveni claimed that the protts agast his 35-year le were fund by “foreign homosexuals” January.
In Ghana, church groups, policians and anti-gay rights anisatns held monstratns agast the openg of Ghana’s first LGBTQ muny centre Febary. The Ghana Mlim Missn, for example, attributed the COVID-19 panmic to “homosexualy, lbianism, transgenrism” a munique issued March 2020.
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The endls stigmatisatn of homosexuals and the prentatn of unfound lks between LGBTQ muni and public health or socenomic cris are plorable and humane.
In South Ai, for stance, the monthly earngs of genr nonnformg, gay or bisexual men are, on average, 30 percent lower than that of genr nformg heterosexual men.
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Cape Town has bee the top LGBTQ statn, particularly the northern hemisphere's wter months when is summer South the LGBTQ muny, homosexualy was a crime punishable by seven years jail unr apartheid. Although visors to large ci will fd LGBTQ-welg muni, homophobia ntu to exist townships and nservative ral areas. A Pew Rearch Center study 2013 found that 61 per cent of South Ains believe society should not accept homosexualy.
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Image: REUTERS/Rogan Ward Rivona PillayGlobal Shaper, Tshwane Hub, Department of Water and Sanatn of South AiShare:Stay up to date:Human RightsLaws on homosexual activy around the world. Particularly Cape Town – voted 5th most ‘surprisgly gay-iendly statn the world’ by the New York Tim and SCRUFF, a gay datg app. Durban, the cy wh the longt summer, has posned self as a gay-iendly cy wh dited LGBTI webs, like the one n by the lol tourism associatn.