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Cassandra Roxburgh
Cassandra Roxburgh is a Cape Town-based transfeminine freelance journalist.
Teen suicides are a clarion call to protect queer children
Many South African schools are still sites of queerphobia, and slow cultural change means that activists may not be alive to see the changes they are fighting for
Blaming gay men for the spread of monkeypox is harmful
Calling the disease sexually transmitted is inaccurate, and has led to stigmatisation of men who have sex with men
The DA’s pledge to support LGBTQIA+ people is riddled with inconsistencies
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
2022 census discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community
LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
South Africa is home to a culture of transphobia
Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections