Being rejected by families because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression is common for the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa. While many of us prepare to spend the festive season with our families, many members of t

Celebrating Africa's biggest Pride event with Dr Bev Ditsie

Oct 27th, 2020 13m 15s

As the country observes Pride Month, we look at how the first ever pride march hosted in South Africa in 1990 became the catalyst for the decriminalisation of homosexuality and acknowledgment of the LGBTQIA+ community in the country. We speak t

Transwomen with no safe healthcare

Aug 16th, 2020 18m 27s

Transgender people are so often misunderstood, there isn't even sufficient healthcare for them in the public health system. In the second episode of The Broken Rainbow, EWN looks at how at times transpeople are understood, but not always - incl

Hated for being lesbian

Aug 1st, 2020 15m 19s

Hated for being lesbian is the podcast’s first episode that looks at issue of so-called “corrective rape” (correctively known as punitive or hate rape). The episode looks at why South Africa, a country that has been labelled one the rape capita

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