The refusal of staff at Port Elizabeth Home Affairs to perform a civil union between Donovan Wynne and Michael Cronje recently, although it falls within the letter of the law, is unconstitutional. It is also reactionary; South Africa proudly and justifiably boasts of having one of the most progressive and liberal constitutions in the world and yet recently, Port Elizabeth Home Affairs have effectively wiped their feet on it, displaying an alarmingly conservative point of view.

 

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It was a kind of flashmob, I guess - not to mention proof that occasionally, Facebook activism does actually transfer out of the zone of cyberspace and powerfully into what we tend (online) to call "real life." (For more background and photos and an explanation of the agenda, go here)

So East London is sometimes (often) looked down on by the rest of the country for being backwards and stuff ... but sometimes this place can astonish a person very pleasantly indeed. Take our first ever pride mar...
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