Winter of hope beckons for LGBTIs
Friday, April 17, 2015
Rainbow love: LGBTIs say the health system discriminates against them
Goodhope-Mabule legislator, James Mathokgwane will carry the hopes of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community with him when he re-enters the National Assembly for the winter session in July.
Mathokgwane recently represented Botswana at a SADC Parliamentary Forum dialogue on how regional states could improve access to HIV, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programmes for the LGBTI community.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...