We look at how far we have come, and the battles that are still being waged
, we look at some of the rights enshrined in our bill of rights and ask how far we have come, from a society where the majority of people were denied human rights to one where human rights are supposed to become part of our DNA.
The LGBTQ+ community has been fighting a battle for recognition in our society, despite their rights being guaranteed in the constitution. The attacks on this community are often violent, and activist Tamsin Jacobs Worts argues that many of these cases are simply regarded as gender-based violence crimes, but should really be seen as hate crimes.
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