January 31, 2021
EMOLEMO QUEER TIMES Free State Queer Newsletter
ISSUE 1.
In this issue: Comments from petition LGBTQIA Terminology Queer Eye Interviews WhatsApp Dialogues Highlights and Campaigns We Are Hiring Nosana Sondiyazi and Bookholane Sekhonyane. Moustaches for Us - Gender Based Violence Advocacy Campaign.
Policy regulation of 5% daily positive LGBTQIA specific content on national SA media.
A government regulation of 5% daily positive LGBTQIA specific content on national broadcasting channels by 31 December 2021 is necessary. All radio stations, TV channels and print media need to cover LGBTQIA+ content, prioritizing LGBTQIA+ lives and stories.
Beverley Ditsie (Facebook) and Boy George (YouTube)
South African LGBTQ+ activist Beverley Ditsie is the inspiration behind pop legend Boy George’s new song, Rainbow in the Dark.
With national coverage on mainstream media of LGBTQIA+ issues, we shall see the normalization of LGBTQIA+ individuals and the queer community. We call for a #TotalQueerShutdown campaign to highlight and sensitize LGBTQIA+ needs and concerns to the entire South African population. LGBTQIA+ Rights are Human Rights only in black and white in the South African constitution. No actual visible execution of these rights are being exercised or pushed by government regulation. LGBTQIA+ individuals in South Africa continue to suffer prejudice, discrimination and stigma at home, school, places of work, and while accessing public health, social and justice services. LGBTQIA+ human rights violations continue to remain unreported as they occur in rural areas and are committed by supposedly ignorant perpetrators who claim to not understand, diverse gender identities and homosexual sexual orientations. We call for national media coverage for and by the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Policy regulation of 5% daily positive LGBTQIA specific content on national SA media.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Comments from petition supporters
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newsletter…” -Raffaella Bonaldi
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QUEER EYE INTERVIEWS
WHATSAPP DIALOGUES
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Event Highlights 2020
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Campaigns 2020
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