We can not deal with it in isolation. We are trying to link our struggle with the struggle of the majority of the people against apartheid and racism , Tseko Simon Nkoli explained in an interview with Green Left Weekly. He is also a member of the African National Congress. There are lots of lesbians and gay people in South Africa, especially in the big cities. But homosexuality is still a taboo in South Africa.
People are still being suppressed , Nkoli points out.
Lesbian and gay people don't get jobs. At our last Gay Pride March, we had 27 people who were expelled from jobs because they had been seen on the march or had appeared on television or in the newspapers. South African law does not mention homosexuality directly. Gay men are arrested under laws which outlaw sodomy . While there are larger gay and lesbian groups that organise social and sports events, GLOW is the biggest political gay and lesbian organisation in Johannesburg.