{"id":133073,"date":"2016-09-18T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133073\/lgbti-community-comes-out\/"},"modified":"2016-09-19T09:28:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:28:42","slug":"lgbti-community-comes-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/18\/lgbti-community-comes-out\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTI community comes out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ekurhuleni Pride event took place from the Vosloorus Stadium, in Boksburg, recently.<\/p>\n

Close to 600 members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community took part in the peaceful march in an effort to change the outlook of homophobic individuals and raise awareness about the existence and diversity of the LGBTI community.<\/p>

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Among the guest speakers at the Ekurhuleni Pride event was Mam\u2019 Mally Simelane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the guest speakers at the Ekurhuleni Pride event was Mam\u2019 Mally Simelane, mother of the late Eudy Simelane who played for the South African women\u2019s national football team and was an LGBTI-rights activist who was raped and murdered in her hometown of Kwa-Thema.<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge parents and the community to accept and learn more about the LGBTI community.<\/p>

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\u201cNo form of violence, hate crime, rape or discrimination can make them straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll we need to do is accept and love them as they are,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Nothing can stop our pride\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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