In South Africa, the only words for those who identify as gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, queer, non-binary or non-conforming in 9 of the country’s 11 official languages are derogatory or violent. So on the day known internationally as #ComingOutDay, South Africans are encouraged to come out in support of finding new, positive words in their home languages, as part of the Find New Words initiative. The initiative was founded in 2017 when, Khanyi Mpumlwana and Nobantu Sibeko, realised how difficult it was to have inclusive, representative and meaningful discourse when…
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