(26 Oct 2024)
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Johannesburg, South Africa – 26 October 2024
1. Various of crowds attending pride march
2. Zoom out from rainbow flag to crowds marching
3. People at march
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Conway, Johannesburg resident:
"I’m here today to celebrate myself and other people who embrace their identity in radical ways and ways that we don’t normally appreciate on a day-to-day way. And I’m here to experience love in multiple capacities."
5. Man waving pride flag and walking with crowd
6. People in a party bus waving rainbow flags
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alice Mpholo, Johannesburg resident:
"Pride is really kind of reminiscent of just the rights and the opportunities that this community has fought so hard for. And it’s not just in South Africa. It’s across the continent. There’s still so many countries on the African continent where LGBTQI+ members are just not even recognised. They are being prosecuted. They are being killed just for existing. So a day like this is a day for celebration, but it is a day to kind of like appreciate the privilege of being able to be myself and be with people that are just like me. "
8. Various of crowds marching
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Zukhanye Peter, Johannesburg resident:
"I’m here to celebrate gay rights and our fight to be recognised. And it is my first ever pride."
10. Various of people marching
STORYLINE:
Hundreds gathered Saturday for a march celebrating 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, a key event in the fight for LGBTQI+ rights.
The march was a colourful spectacle but also an opportunity for the LGBTQI+ community to highlight critical issues like the discrimination many say they still face despite South Africa’s progressive stance on equality issues.
Johannesburg resident Alice Mpholo was one of the people who supported the march.
“Pride is really kind of reminiscent of just the rights and the opportunities that this community has fought so hard for. And it’s not just in South Africa. It’s across the continent," Mpholo said.
"There’s still so many countries on the African continent where LGBTQI+ members are just not even recognised. They are being prosecuted. They are being killed just for existing," she added.
Bruce Conway said the event continues to provide a safe space for the community to express themselves.
“I’m here today to celebrate myself and other people who embrace their identity in radical ways and ways that we don’t normally appreciate on a day to day way. And I’m here to experience love in multiple capacities," Conway said.
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