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African activists show how churches can make space for queer people

Undeterred by threats and claims that they are ‘un-African’, these activists are making Christianity more inclusive

African activists show how churches can make space for queer people
Thuli Mjwara, IAM process coordinator | IAM
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Ecclesia de Lange, Greyson Thela, Thuli Mjwara and Hanzline Davids, who all live in South Africa, have good reasons to turn away from religion.

When de Lange, a former minister in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, told her congregation that she planned to marry her same-sex partner, she was suspended, disciplined and then fired.