https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/11/27/ecclesia-de-lange-opportunity-protect-rights-lgbti-people-lost/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/2015/11/27/ecclesia-de-lange-opportunity-protect-rights-lgbti-people-lost/#comment-971288 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:28:44 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=59464#comment-971288 Ecclesia de Lange, I salute your bravery and courage in seeing this issue through as far as you have. I know first hand the challenges and difficulty in taking this sort of issue head on. My partner and I were turned away from a guesthouse due to our sexual orientation, and in our case too the court was not willing to make a ruling on the matter and instead referred it for mediation, even though we felt it was a clear cut case of discrimination, a point the South African Human Rights Commission was in agreement with us on. In the end we did settle out of court, luckily, but too felt “fobbed off” by the court. Regardless, thank you for your efforts and standing up for yourself and the entire LGBTI community. Even though it may seem like a defeat, the awareness generated by your story can only be a positive step forward in dealing with future discrimination against good and true people such as yourself. Again, thank you for all you have done for us!

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