Lesbians demand their day in court

Prisca Mogapi, a lesbian employed at Botswana Network Of Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) and Caine Youngman, a gay member of LEGABIBO have indicated their intention to fight it out with government in court over section 164 of the penal code, which criminalises same sex relationships. The two want the provisions to be declared unconstitutional.

In 2007 the registrar of societies dismissed an application seeking to register LEGABIBO. The registrar stated that if registered LEGABIBO might be used for unlawful purposes. In their notice to sue the attorney general, Athaliah Molokomme, Mogapi was cited as the first applicant, and Youngman was cited as the second applicant. They are members of LEGABIBO, a group that was denied registration by the registrar of societies.