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April 14, 2009

Five Ways in which South Africa Denies LGBTI Rights

by Nthateng Mhlambiso, Behind the Mask, South Africa - When sexual orientation was included in the South African Constitution, the gay community never thought that three years down the line, they would still be verbally harassed, fired from jobs, raped with the aim to make them heterosexual and worse, murdered just for being involved with their same sex partners.

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