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Covid-19 | LGBTIQ+ people in the Commonwealth facing “humanitarian crisis”

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There are warnings of an “unfolding humanitarian crisis” for LGBTIQ+ people across Commonwealth countries, including South Africa, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Kaleidoscope Trust, which represents LGBTI+ charities working in Commonwealth nations, the Covid-19 outbreak and governments’ responses to it are “making worse the threats that inequality, exclusion, discrimination and poverty already pose to LGBTI+ people across the world every day.” A new report includes the testimony of 41 LGBTI+ individuals from 34 member organisations of TCEN (The Commonwealth Equality Network), covering 37 of 54 Commonwealth countries.

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