LGBTQIA+ people in South Africa 'are under siege' : New Frame
12 April 2021: Kriben Kribashnee poses for a photograph near her home in Welbedacht East in Chatsworth, south of Durban. Kribashnee, a professional dancer, is training to become a Hindu priest. (Photograph by Rogan Ward) Until recently, Simphiwe Mkhize, 18, was dreaming of a career as a social worker. But that dream has now been shattered after he was forced to quit grade 9 at his school in Tongaat, about 40km north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Mkhize says he often found himself in fights with fellow pupils who were insulting him and calling him names because he is gay. “I couldn’t take it...
Source: newframe.com