Uphendule indawo yokuphepha wayenza isihogo umfundi

Umfundi uphendule indawo yokuphepha abe umgodi wesihogo njengoba ebanjwa yikhamera edlwengula ibhungu. Umfundi oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, we-LGBTQI+ uzofaka isicelo sebheyili namuhla eNkantolo yeMantshi yaseKimberley kulandela izinsolo zokunukubeza ngokocansi umfana oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala.

Lesi sigameko kubikwa ukuthi senzeke eLerato Place of Safety, lapho lo mfundi ebelaliswe khona futhi eyiswa esikoleni wuMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi. Okhulumela amaphoyisa uLieutenant-colonel Sergio Kock ukuqinisekisile ukuthi amaphoyisa aseGaleshewe SAPS Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences aphenya icala lokudlwengula esenzeka ngoMashi 2 endaweni yezokuphepha.

UKok uthe, “Kusolakala ukuthi umsolwa oneminyaka engu-20 udlwengule omunye umfana oneminyaka engu-17 endaweni ephephile. Umsolwa ube eseboshwa kanti kumanje uboshiwe esikhungweni sokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo.” Umsolwa kulindeleke ukuthi afake isicelo sebheyili ngoMashi 15, uphenyo lusaqhubeka.

UShaine Griqua, umqondisi weShaine Griqua Advice and Development Centre, uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngalesi simo, ebuza ukuthi kungani umsolwa omdala ebekwe esikhungweni esenzelwe izingane ezincane. UGriqua ugqamise ukuba sengozini kwabantu be-LGBTQI+ ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezinsiza ezifanele nezindawo zokukhosela.

“Umuntu ohlukunyezwe ngokocansi ubekwe icala lokuhlukumeza ezinye izingane,” kusho uGriqua, egcizelela isidingo semithetho eqinile kanye nokuvikela ezindaweni ezinjalo. Leli cala ligcizelela ukubaluleka kokuqinisekisa ukuphepha nokuvikelwa kwabo bonke abantu, ikakhulukazi labo ababukelwa phansi emphakathini.


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