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Sexually and gender-diverse people in rural South Africa are excluded from the systems intended to support their mental health. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Decriminalising same-sex sex is good for all of us

The entire history of penal codes that outlaw same-sex desire and sex is a history of oppression that can never be justified

Eusebius McKaiser

Certain sections of the penal code impose a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations. (John McCann/M&G)

Botswana decriminalises homosexuality in historic judgment

‘The state cannot be the sheriff in people’s bedrooms’

Carl Collison