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: CELEBRATG GAY SOUTH AIN CELEBRI
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Siarly, the 2018 film Inxeba (The Wound), which reprents gay characters a tradnal iatn settg, was banned om mastream cemas after protts by polil, relig and cultural groups. In one vio, Macheke scrib a distrsg experience of takg an Uber and experiencg homophobia om the driver.
An terview wh the st and crew of Inxeba (The Wound) was beg broadst on the r’s rad, and the driver, referrg to gay people, exclaimed: “The people mt jt die!
” Macheke scrib his anxiety the moment, speakg about the fear of seemg “obvly gay” bee of what he was wearg and th potentially facg danger and vlence. The ments on the vio aga show a strong sense of muny, and viewers reflect on their own life experienc of homophobia and tryg to “appear straight” orr to protect themselv public spac.