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Mixed signals: Democratic Alliance members marched alongside LGBTQIA+ people at the annual Cape Town Pride Parade. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
CAPE TOWN

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

  • Cassandra Roxburgh
6 min read
People take part in a Trans freedom march for victims of transphobic hatred , on November 20, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Transgender Day of Remembrance (Tdor) is the global day of remembrance for victims of hate and violence against transgender people. (Photo by Simona Granati – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Fighting for inclusion can never be fascism, Drew Forrest!

The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech

  • Zama Ndlovu
7 min read
Young People take part in a Trans freedom march for victims of transphobic hatred with a banner saying Trans lives matter, on November 20, 2021 in Rome, Italy. Transgender Day of Remembrance (Tdor) is the global day of remembrance for victims of hate and violence against transgender people. (Photo by Simona Granati – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
ACADEMICS

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

  • Cassandra Roxburgh
6 min read