If you consider yourself an LGBTQI ally, how should you deal with homophobic family members? A single trip to your nearest grocery store will make it abundantly clear that the festive season is just around the corner.
And while all the tinsel and Boney M might awaken childlike feelings of excitement in some of us, this is certainly not the case for everyone. If you’re a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, you might even be dreading heading back to your childhood home when the year ends, perhaps particularly because your family members harbour feelings of homophobia and/or transphobia.
As the latest social media furore surrounding homophobic rhetoric plays out after social media influencer Nadia Jaftha’s brother made a series of discriminatory