Caine Youngman o o tsholetsweng kwa Francistown [1], ke molwela ditshwanelo tsa setho le leloko la setlhopha sa ditshwanelo tsa batho ba ba ratanang ka bong bo le bongwe la LGBT rights movement mo Botswana.[2] O kgatlhile leitlho la baditshaba ka ngwaga wa 2011 fa a leka go fetola molao wa lefatshe le wa go kganela go ratana ka bong bo le bongwe.[3] [4]O bereka e le moeteledipele wa tsa melao kwa setlhopheng sa ditshwanelo tsa setho sa LEGABIBO (Lesbians,Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana). Ke leloko la lekgotla la Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association la mafatshefatshe, mme a direla mo kgaolong e. Caine o kile a tlhaselwa ke Steven Anderson, a mo tlhaselela bong jo a itlhopehetseng go tlhakanela dikobo le jone. O ne a tsaya karolo mo tshekong ya ngwaga wa 2019 kwa kgotlatshekelong, e e neng ya dira gore go boelwe morago molao wa gore go tlhakanela dikobo ga batho ba bong bo le bongwe ga go ka fa molaong.

Go lwela ditshwanelo

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Youngman o nnile leloko la LEGABIBO ka ngwaga wa 2005.[5] O tsere karolo mo maitekong a go tlhabolola seemo sa molao wa batho ba ba ratanang ka bong mo Botswana. Ka ngwaga wa 2009 o ne a bolela fa a tla ema kgatlhanong le molao wa go kganela go ratana ka bong wa Botswana, tsheko e e kwadisitswe ka ngwaga wa 2011 mme ya gogelwa morago go batlisisa thata ka kgang e go ipaa mo maemong a a botoka go fenya.[6][7][8] Fa setlhopha sa bareri ba lefoko le le molemo ba ne ba tshwantshanya go ratana ka bong le go ratana ka losika, gape mothusa molaola dipuisano tsa palamente a ne a bitsa batho ba ba ratanang ka bong are ke matimona, Youngman o ne a ema kgatlhanong le dipego tse are ga di na tlotlo, di na le kilo ebile di itlhokomolosa ditshwanelo tsa setho.[9][10][11]

Ka nako ya tsheko e e neng e pateletsa puso ya Botswana go kwadisa LEGABIBO ka ngwaga wa 2014, e ne ele mongwe wa batsaya karolo a tlhalosa fa go gana ga puso e le go gataka ditshwanelo tsa tekatekano, go bua ka tshosologo le go sosologa mo bathong ba ba nnang le kamano le bone.[12][13] Puso e ne e ganne go kwadisa setlhopha se dingwaga de ferabongwe.[2] Ka LEGABIBO, Youngman o ne a tsaya karolo kwa kgotlatshekelong ya Botswana mo tshekong e e neng e ikaelela go boela morago go kganela go ratana ka bong ka ngwaga wa 2019.[14] Tsheko e e ne ya bonwa e le ya botlhokwa mo mafatsheng a mangwe a Aforika.[15][16][17][18]Youngman o ne a tshwaya phoso moatlhodi fa puso e ne e ikuela ka tshwetso e.[19]

Mo ngangisanong e e neng ya dirwa mo seromamoweng ka ngwaga wa 2016, moruti wa mo Amerika Steven Anderson o ne a tlhasela Youngman ka mafoko a bo are puso ya Botswana e bolae batho ba ba ratanang ka bong.[20] Morago ga kgaso, tautona wa nako e o Ian Khama a laola gore Anderson a busediwe kwa lefatshing la gaabo ka ntlha ya mafoko a kilo a a a buileng.[21] Kwa modirong le moemedi wa Amerika kwa Geremane Richard Grenell, Youngman o ne a re baruti ba Amerika kwa Aforika ba emise go pateletsa dipuso go gagamatsa melao le go dirisa molao wa polao mo bathong ba ba ratanang ka bong.[22]

Youngman o dumela gore go lwela ditshwanelo tsa batho ba ba ratanang ka bong mono gae go seka ga fekeediwa ke baabamadi ba ba tswang kwa ntle.[14][23]Mo go lweleng ditshwanelo ga gagwe, o dirisa mafoko a Setswana ebile o bereka le baemedi ba ba farologaneng mo setshabeng, go akaretsa baeteledipele ba tumelo le magosi.[24] [25]O berekile mo lekgotleng la Pan-Africa ILGA, Ka ngwaga wa 2-16, o ne a tsaya karolo mo lenaneong la BBC World News Programme la Working lives.[26] O bereka ele moetelediple e wa tsa semolao kwa LEGABIBO.[27]

Botshelo jwa gagwe

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Youngman o lemogile gore o rata batho ba bong jo bo tshwanang le jwa gagwe fa a santse a tsena sekolo se se botlana.[1] Masika ka bontsi ba itsile ka se fa a bolela ka tsheko ya gagwe ya 2019. O boletse fa a sale a ikutlwa gore ba lolwapa la gagwe ba tumelo ya catholic ba mo eme nokeng.[14][28] O nyetse kwa ntle ga Botswana ka ngwaga wa 2019.[29]

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