Brett Herron is a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. Here he shares his coming out journey in our Cape Town Pride Week coverage... TheCapeArgus
As part of Cape Town Pride Week, the Cape Argus will be carrying stories from members of the LGBTQIA+ community to share insights and talk about the challenges they face:
In mid-April last year, during the height of the 2019 national and provincial elections, I participated in an election debate hosted by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and televised live on 24-hour news channel eNCA. The debate was rowdy and robust and the moderator, Jeremy Maggs, asked important questions about tolerance – including some direct and tough questions about racism and sexism. But, he didn’t ask politicians to address other forms of discrimination including homophobia and discrimination against LGBTQ+.
In the end, he didn’t need to. A question from the floor did it for him. A young man in the audience asked the four politicians where our parties stood on LGBTQ+ rights and issues.
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