South Africa

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South Africa is a comparatively LGBTQ+-friendly country located in southern Africa

Why South Africa?

Legal gender recognition:
- South Africa is the only African nation to legalize same sex marraige.
- Cape Town, considered one of the best cities to live in in the world, has a thriving LGBTQ+ community
- LGBTQ+ people in South Africa have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people.
- A South African Act of Parliament in 2003 allows a person to change, under certain conditions, their sex recorded in the population registry:
  - People who have undergone surgical or medical sex reassignment.
  - People whose sexual characteristics have evolved naturally.
  - Intersex people.
Anti-discrimination laws:
- LGBT rights are protected by section 9 of the South African Constitution, which forbids discrimination on the basis of sex, gender or sexual orientation, and applies to government and private parties.
- This was re-enforced in 2000 with the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA).
- The Employment Equity Act (1998) forbid discrimination in employment.
- The Rental Housing Act (1999) specifically and housing.
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LGBTQ+ rights and community:

South Africa remains a conservative Christian country (85% of the population identify as Christian). The support and adoption of legislation for LGBTQ+ rights was not based on popular support from the population but the strength of the South African Constitution and the Constitutional Court which rules on various legal challenges.
Sexual violence is South Africa is amongst the highest in the world and includes "corrective" rape targeting members of the LGBTQ+ communities.
South African bureaucracy is slow and frustrating and can be challenging to navigate alone.
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