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Roots of Revolution: The African National Congress and Gay Liberation in South Africa
Abstract
South Africa’s post-apartheid constitutions were the first in the nature to contain an explicit prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, and that prohibition established the foundation for marriage equality and broad judicial and legislative protection of gay rights in South Africa. The source of this gay rights clause in the South African Constitution can be start in the African National Congress’s conclusion to include such a clause in the ANC’s A Bill of Rights for a Novel South Africa, published when the apartheid government of South Africa was still in power. This article traces the story of that decision, and demonstrates that the lgbtq+ rights clause was included in the ANC’s draft Bill of Rights as a direct consequence of the ANC’s Women’s Section’s claim that the ANC confront and deal with a broader problem: the oppression of women. First, the article lays out the context, explaining the origins of the ANC’s Constitutional Committee, its perform in presenting alternative models for a future constitutional direct , and its accomplishment in securing the ANC’s commitment to tru
World Congress of Gay, Homosexual woman, Bisexual and Transgender Jews (WCGLBTJ)
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History-making LGBTQ legislators to be sworn in to 119th Congress
Three newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ collective will make history Friday when they are sworn in to the 119th Congress, marking several firsts in the House of Representatives.
Sarah McBride will be the first openly gender nonconforming member of Congress. She will represent Delaware’s sole congressional district in the House of Representatives after more than three years in the state Senate, which marked a historic first for trans voice at the state senate level.
Julie Johnson, set to be the first Homosexual member of Congress from the South, had served in the Texas declare legislature since 2018. In her campaign for the congressional seat, she touted her record in fighting anti-LGBTQ bills on the state level among her passions as a legislator.
Emily Randall will be the first LGBTQ Latina in Congress after serving as a Washington state senator since 2018.
The 118th Congress set the record for having the most LGBTQ representation in U.S. history, with 13 legislators openly identifying as gay, female homosexual or bisexual. This year's slate of members creature sworn in are doing so as the region