Leigh Ann van der Merwe, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/leigh-ann-van-der-merwe/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:38:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Leigh Ann van der Merwe, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://mamba.lgbt/author/leigh-ann-van-der-merwe/ 32 32 Transgender woman attacked in Port Elizabeth shopping mall https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/07/17/transgender-woman-attacked-in-port-elizabeth-shopping-mall/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/07/17/transgender-woman-attacked-in-port-elizabeth-shopping-mall/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:19:35 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=101106 The Eastern Cape is living up to its title as the most queerphobic province in South Africa after a transgender woman was assaulted in a busy Port Elizabeth mall.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/07/17/transgender-woman-attacked-in-port-elizabeth-shopping-mall/feed/ 0 Mob attack on LGBT community in Liberia https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/11/12/mob-attack-on-lgbt-community-in-liberia/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/11/12/mob-attack-on-lgbt-community-in-liberia/#respond Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:52:19 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=97647 A party hosted by members of the LGBT community in Liberia ended in violence when they were attacked by a mob in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/11/12/mob-attack-on-lgbt-community-in-liberia/feed/ 0 Transgender refugees: People have to know that I am human first https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/04/03/transgender-refugees-people-have-to-know-that-i-am-human-first/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2019/04/03/transgender-refugees-people-have-to-know-that-i-am-human-first/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:01:55 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=93835 Transgender refugees encounter many challenges when they flee from persecution. One trans woman, Komati, spoke to us about her experience.

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