Persistent anti-LGBTIQ+ violence belies SA’s commitment to fighting inequality
As in Nazi Germany, living a gay life openly under the constitution has merely made it easier for attackers
22 April 2021 - 18:50
In the late 1990s the rights of LGBTIQ+ citizens served as the litmus test of SA’s democracy. Writing in October 1998, one of our greatest jurors, Albie Sachs, put it like this: “The success of the whole constitutional endeavour in SA will depend in large measure on how successfully sameness and difference are reconciled.”
Together with the vote, the greatest evidence of our freedoms was found in our LGBTIQ+ jurisprudence. The words “gay and lesbian” saturated the media. At times it appeared there was no other important news...
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