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Contents:
- BOTSWANA PRINT VOWS TO HONOUR GAY RIGHTS JUDGMENT
- EDW CAMERON GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND CONCOURT JUDGE HANGS HIS ROBE
- THE GAY JUDG KENYA*
- WHO’S THE GAYT SUPREME COURT JTICE?
BOTSWANA PRINT VOWS TO HONOUR GAY RIGHTS JUDGMENT
An openly gay judge on South Ai's Constutnal Court recently hosted a lnch for his new book the foyer of the urt, a symbol-lan stcture partly built wh exposed brick om the apartheid-era prison that once stood on the same hilltop. At the event, another judge praised Edw Cameron, loftily scribg their workplace as a shre to mocracy but also ribbg the lleague he se often. * south african gay judge *
Botswana is one of only a handful of Ain untri to have crimalised November, a high urt judge said that gay cizens had long lived "nstant fear of disvery or arrt" when exprsg "love for their partners.
Botswana's print vowed Monday to fully implement a 2019 urt lg crimalisg homosexualy, two months after losg an appeal that sought to overturn .
"We mand and expect anybody to rpect the cisns of our urt, " he said durg the meetg wh members of Lbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) said practil polil ncerns had motivated the appeal, rather than any negative sentiment toward the muny. Five years ago, LEGABIBO had to turn to the urts to overturn a ernment ban on the READ | Botswana High Court upholds marijuana licence for sgle firm to produce nnabis for goodsBotswana is one of the few untri Ai which same-sex relatns are Ian Kirby said his lg November that gay cizens had long lived "nstant fear of disvery or arrt" when exprsg "love for their partners. Botswana is one of only a handful of Ain untri to have crimalised are Lotho, Mozambique, Angola and the Ai enshr gay equaly s nstutn, and legalised same-sex marriage want to hear your views on the news.
EDW CAMERON GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND CONCOURT JUDGE HANGS HIS ROBE
Cameron has been openly gay for many years. Not only is Mzansi the only untry on the Ain ntent to have legalised gay marriage, but the cisn to pass the Civil Unn Act 2006 ma jt the fifth the world to have enacted marriage equaly.
He c Somizi as a drivg force creatg acceptance for celebri who are gay, tellg TshisaLIVE, “People are really more acceptg now bee of Somizi, who is makg a normal thg.
THE GAY JUDG KENYA*
The former Hotle member, who really started makg wav when she embarked on a solo mic reer the 80s, was moured to be gay for years. She told MambaOnle 2014: “I thk gay people know I’m gay and to be perfectly hont I’ve never has an issue wh beg gay wh myself and I’ve never had other people treat me differently. Mazwai add her voice agast the homophobic backlash agast Inxeba (The Wound) when me out 2017, sayg, “Fact: Gay Ains have stori to tell.
Gay Ains don’t have to be visible4U”. As an openly gay actor, choreographer, prenter, sociale, realy star and Idols SA judge, he is one of the most high profile LGBTQ entertaers the untry.
WHO’S THE GAYT SUPREME COURT JTICE?
He is well known for his HIV/AIDS and gay-rights activism and was hailed by Nelson Manla as "one of South Ai's new hero" 70Birthplace: Pretoria, South AiYahya John Mandlakayise Hlophe (born 1 January 1959 Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal) is Judge Print of the Wtern Cape Divisn of the High Court of South 64Birthplace: KwaDuza, South Ai.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - An openly gay judge on South Ai’s Constutnal Court recently hosted a lnch for his new book the foyer of the urt, a symbol-lan stcture partly built wh exposed brick om the apartheid-era prison that once stood on the same hilltop.
Cameron’s own story as a man who publicly stated he has the vis that AIDS and later joed the natn’s hight urt exemplifi the possibily of South Ai, ntrast wh growg tolerance toward gays Uganda, Nigeria and some other Ain untri. He worked as a human rights lawyer durg the tumultuo last chapter of whe le and has mpaigned for gay rights. In the AP terview, he said openg up has been a 30-year procs, startg wh his “g out” as a gay and acknowledgg, a terrifyg, liberatg moment, that he was HIV posive 1999.