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        <title><![CDATA[UNNECESSARY QUESTION: Who is the man in the Lesbian relationship?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Lesbian relationships are sexual and/or emotional relationships between women. Why then do Batswana like asking for the man in lesbian relationships? The idea that there must alway...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I Am A Trans-Sexual Man and yearning for complete transformation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to the Moral Education subject, there are four rites of passage namely; birth, puberty, marriage and death. We, as individuals, are mostly excited about puberty and marri...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Including the needs of Queer Children in the LGBTIQ+ rights movement]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[RESPONDING TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW REPORT]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BY RAYMOND KOLANYANEAt the close of 2022, the report from the Presidential Commission of inquiry into the review of the constitution of Botswana was published for the public to rea...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The History of Homophobic Slurs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The journey to self-acceptance and truthful expression as a queer person is a long and hard one, mainly because the world we live in has institutions and socialization processes th...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mental Health: A Black Man’s Burden]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[‘Monna ga a lele,’ is a common Setswana phrase that suggests that a man is not supposed to cry, whatever the circumstances. This is one of the stereotypes that affect the mental fi...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A shout out to those celebrating Pride in the Closet]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hiding your sexuality has been easy for so many years, all you had to do was suck it up and just be ‘Normal,’ right? The main problem is that doing that cannot be considered to be...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[INTERROGATING VIOLENCE AS A SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Include the needs of Queer Children in the LGBTIQ+ rights movement]]></title>
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