>>1831767https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/A5-EFF-2024-Manifesto-full-version.pdfSince everyone on leftypol is always most curious on LGBTQIA+ positions:
The EFF affirms and celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) persons and all people of diverse sexual orientations.
The EFF also acknowledges the existence of other evolving acronyms and terms which people use to describe their gender, sexuality, and sex characteristics. Although there has been some progress on LGBTQIA+ equality in South Africa, there is much more to be done as LGBTQIA+ people face a number of challenges in accessing their rights and are vulnerable to discrimination and hate-motivated violence.
The intersection of gender, race, and social class makes LGBTQIA+ persons even more vulnerable to discrimination and hate-motivated violence. With black lesbian women being the most vulnerable to sexual violence, and more specifically to what is called 'corrective rape,' which is a gruesome act of violence against lesbians and queers. LGBTQIA+ persons are often discriminated against in the labour market, in schools, hospitals, and churches, and they are at-risk group for poor mental health.
They experience depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide at a higher level than the general population. Therefore, more aggressive public awareness campaigns aimed at positively changing social norms which declare LGBTQIA+ sexual preferences as abnormal are needed.
The EFF works tirelessly to eliminate the inequalities that LGBTQIA+ people face due to sexual orientation and trans status. In relation to LGBTQIA+, the EFF government will ensure that the following key interventions are made: The EFF government will raise awareness of the specific
needs of LGBTQIA+ people by developing programmes on gender and sexual diversity.
The EFF government will monitor & address homophobic hate crimes and introduce harsher sentences for such crimes.
The EFF government will introduce ‘X’ gender markers in official documents to enable non-binary people to be legally recognized.
The EFF government will provide training to health and social professional staff on LGBTQIA+ identities that address barriers faced due to sexual orientation, trans status; this will extend to the amendment of sex description laws that will empower the Home Affairs department to expedite ID alterations for all applications of transgender people.
The EFF government will ensure LGBTQIA+ people have equal access to public services.
The EFF government will ensure that LGBTQIA+ people have fair and equal access to reproductive and fertility services.
The EFF government will provide necessary funding for LGBTQIA+ inclusive education.
The EFF government will ensure all learners leave school with a thorough understanding of gender & sexual diversity
through age-appropriate teaching at all levels, embedding learning within the curriculum.
The EFF government will ensure better access to services by addressing homophobia, biphobia, & transphobia within public services, and ensure access to free gender-affirming treatment in all healthcare facilities.
The EFF government will provide gender-neutral toilets and changing facilities in all public spaces.
The EFF government will ensure that frontline police officers receive training on LGBTQIA+ issues so that they can accurately record cases of anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes.
The EFF government will ensure that gender-based violence services are adequately funded so that they have enough resources to support LGBTQIA+ survivors.
The EFF government will establish LGBTQIA+ support services across the country, including in rural and township areas.
The EFF government will work with sporting codes to end LGBTQIA+ discrimination in sports, to ensure that LGBTQIA+ people can fully participate in grassroots and community
sports.
The EFF government will amend the Facilities Regulations Act and related regulations to enable the implementation of gender-neutral toilet facilities in schools, public facilities, and workplaces to benefit transgender populations and people outside of the gender binary.
The EFF government will amend the Child Care Act and related legislation to impose penalties for unfair discrimination against LGBTQIA+ individuals in relation to adoption processes.