Medusa Iro, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/medusa-iro/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:01:39 +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 Medusa Iro, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/medusa-iro/ 32 32 Opinion: From Apartheid to Now—The Unfinished Work of Rights, Community, and Inclusion https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/03/21/opinion-from-apartheid-to-now-the-unfinished-work-of-rights-community-and-inclusion/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/03/21/opinion-from-apartheid-to-now-the-unfinished-work-of-rights-community-and-inclusion/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:57:09 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=128102 From apartheid to today, Medusa Iro explores how exclusion, inequality and survival shape queer community and belonging in South Africa.

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