South Africa’s LGBTQ Community Hails Rainbow Warrior Desmond Tutu

The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu is revered for opposing apartheid, but his battle against injustice included an unwavering defence of gay rights. LGBTQ people are thanking, and mourning, the man who gave them a voice.

Desmond Tutu saw his defence of LGBTQ+ rights as part of his lifelong fight against discrimination.

“I oppose such injustice with the same passion that I opposed apartheid,” he said in 2013 a