More than half of Batswana would object to working or worshipping with someone who is in a same-sex relationship, but such intolerance is significantly less pronounced among younger and more-educated citizens and appears to be declining, according to a new Afrobarometer survey.
Botswana made international headlines last year when its High Court struck down a colonial- era law that criminalized same-sex relations.
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