Tyler Layman
| Refilwe Moloto spoke to Dawie Nel – director of OUT – which works to eradicate LGBTQI+ hate crimes and discrimination while assisting and supporting victims.
Despite our ever-changing laws and constitution, the LGBTQI+ community continues to live with unacceptable violence and discrimination.
One of the oldest LGTBQI+ organisations in the country, OUT, says legal progress rarely goes hand in hand with social progress.
OUT’s director, Dawie Nel, was in conversation with Refilwe Moloto on Wednesday.
There is a big gap between legal equality and social equality. South Africa is a very conservative country.
Dawie Nel – Director of OUT
In 2016, OUT – which works to eradicate LGBTQI+ hate crimes and discrimination, conducted a survey with more than 2 000 LGBTQI+ respondents, where more than half reported to have suffered some sort of discrimination.
Discrimination takes quite severe forms. People being raped, people being killed. It’s quite a bleak picture.
Dawie Nel – Director of OUT
The organisation also works to provide stigma-free HIV, sexual health and other services to people in the LGBTQI+ community, and for more information, you can have a look at their website.
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This article first appeared on CapeTalk : Big gap between legal and social equality of LGBTQI+ community – OUT
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