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Attendees sing while taking part during the Johannesburg Pride Parade on October 28, 2023.
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Attendees sing while taking part during the Johannesburg Pride Parade on October 28, 2023.
In Johannesburg, 20,000 marched in solidarity for LGBTQ+ Africans facing criminalization of their sexuality, calling for a reversal of increasingly draconian laws against same-sex acts and the "promotion of homosexuality" in countries like Uganda, Ghana and Kenya.