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Outlook: Lesbian Footballer Fights For Equality

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07/02/2013

Lesbian Footballer Fights For Equality

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Tumi Mkhuma on how football is helping her to  heal

Tumi Mkhuma is a defender for the all lesbian football team The Chosen Few. For Tumi football has helped her to cope with years of prejudice and abuse from her community.

South Africa's all lesbian football team, The Chosen Few, are fighting prejudice with football. Reporter Mpho Lakaje talks to Tumi Mkhuma, who, as a lesbian, has faced hostility from her community on the outskirts of Johannesburg for years. Tumi uses the sport to deal with her anger and to help her cope with abuse.   

French geologist Guy de Saint-Cyr, who has devoted his whole life to exploring the world's deadliest volcanoes, explains his fascination for exploding mountains.

And, Cheryl Cohen Greene the certified sex surrogate who has helped nearly a thousand people with their sexual problems.  

(Picture: Thumi Mkhuma. Credit: Mpho Lakaje)

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