Joburg LGBT-friendly venue Great Dane fires employee for being transphobic
Great Dane, one of Joburg’s well-known queer-friendly hotspots in Braamfontein, says it has fired an employee for being transphobic to a customer.
Joburg school tells trans pupil she doesn’t have the ‘right body parts’ to be a woman
A transgender Johannesburg teenager claims she was not allowed to take part in a Women’s Day event at her school because she doesn’t qualify as a woman.
So what’s the status of South Africa’s Hate Crimes Bill?
It’s been more than a decade since calls were first made for South Africa to enact hate crime laws, in large part motivated by horrific attacks against LGBTIQ people. Finally, in October 2016, the government published the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. The first draft was put out for comment […]