Tania Broughton, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/tania-broughton/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:12:14 +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 Tania Broughton, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/tania-broughton/ 32 32 Victory for Johannesburg Transgender Prisoner Who Wins Right to Hormone Therapy https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/11/11/victory-for-johannesburg-transgender-prisoner-who-wins-right-to-hormone-therapy/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/11/11/victory-for-johannesburg-transgender-prisoner-who-wins-right-to-hormone-therapy/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:01:09 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=125866 The Equality Court in Johannesburg rules that withholding gender affirming care to a transgender prisoner amounts to unfair discrimination.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/11/11/victory-for-johannesburg-transgender-prisoner-who-wins-right-to-hormone-therapy/feed/ 0 Dozens of Organisations Join Sex Work Decriminalisation Court Case https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/09/09/dozens-of-organisations-join-sex-work-decriminalisation-court-case/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/09/09/dozens-of-organisations-join-sex-work-decriminalisation-court-case/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:57:05 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=124366 LGBTQ+ rights groups are among several organisations admitted as friends of the court in a sex work decriminalisation court case in Cape Town.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/09/09/dozens-of-organisations-join-sex-work-decriminalisation-court-case/feed/ 0 Judge Slams Home Affairs for “Unintelligible, Illogical Babble” in Gay Asylum Case https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/14/judge-slams-home-affairs-for-unintelligible-illogical-babble-in-gay-asylum-case/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/14/judge-slams-home-affairs-for-unintelligible-illogical-babble-in-gay-asylum-case/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2025 08:48:39 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=122298 The High Court has overturned a Home Affairs official’s decision to reject the asylum application of a man from Chad who was imprisoned for homosexuality.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2025/06/14/judge-slams-home-affairs-for-unintelligible-illogical-babble-in-gay-asylum-case/feed/ 0 Court orders church to pay transgender woman R600,000 in damages https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/04/court-orders-church-to-pay-transgender-woman-r600000-in-damages/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/08/04/court-orders-church-to-pay-transgender-woman-r600000-in-damages/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:37:37 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=105709 A transgender woman who was subjected to a humiliating genital test by members of her church has been awarded R600,000 by the Equality Court.

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]]> https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/10/05/gay-couples-struggle-to-marry-in-richards-bay/feed/ 0 What’s the limit for free speech? Concourt to hear Qwelane case https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/09/16/whats-the-limit-for-free-speech-concourt-to-hear-qwelane-case/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2020/09/16/whats-the-limit-for-free-speech-concourt-to-hear-qwelane-case/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:26:48 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=101827 Civil society organisations have made submissions on both sides of the Jon Qwelane hate speech matter in a landmark Constitutional Court case on hate speech.

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