1. Put Homophobia/Homosexuality on the South African Development Community's agenda and pressurise the member states, by whatever diplomatic means necessary, into relaxing homophobic laws and embarking on messures to give the LGBT community the freedom afforded to other citizens;

2. Put Homophobia/Homosexuality on the African Union's agenda and pressurise the member states, by whatever diplomatic means necessary, into relaxing homophobic laws and embarking on messures to give the LGBT community the freedom afforded to other citizens;

3. Initiate talks with our allies abroad in order to combat the homophobic laws that terrorise the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community worldwide; and

4. Sign the United Nations declaration decriminalizing Homosexuality.

We ask that the South African government respond to this petition timeously, and to prioritise these issues. The livelihoods of many people rest on your shoulders.

2. Put Homophobia/Homosexuality on the African Union's agenda and pressurise the member states, by whatever diplomatic means necessary, into relaxing homophobic laws and embarking on measures to give the LGBT commun

Here, where much of one kind of discrimination - apartheid - has been eliminated, how can another, against homosexuality, be allowed to continue asserting itself?

The least we all can do is express support after seeing and benefitting from what South Africa ovecame for itself - and, so, for the rest of us.

I know its a whole mentality that should be changed but its something at NEEDS to be done. Cause every person, gay, straight, transgender has a BASIC human right of freedom of choice and a right to protection and that BASIC right needs to be implaced!!!