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This Pride Month, meet Mzansi’s celebrated LGBTQIA+ advocates

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While South Africa commemorates Youth Month in June, the rest of the world celebrates International Pride Month.

It is commemorated in June each year to celebrate the LGBQTIA+ community for the work they do for equal rights.

When it comes to sexuality, South Africa remains the only country on the continent to legalise same-sex marriage.

Like racism, homophobia is

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