Is South Africa living up to its promise for LGTB people?
28 December 2021 |
6:15 am
South Africa's trailblazing constitution protects LGTB people, but 25 years on, social attitudes have yet to catch up: A survey by the rights group "Out" revealed that half of black respondents knew someone who had been killed because of their sexual orientation.
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