OPEN MANIFESTO TO THE ANC'S 52 nd NATIONAL CONFERENCE FROM LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDERED AND INTER-SEXED PEOPLE: WE DEMAND LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO FULL EQUALITY FOR ALL
 
1.    PREAMBLE
 1.1               We as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and inter-sexed people (LGBTI), activists in the human and legal rights sector, feminists, trade unions, activists in the women and HIV/AIDS sectors as well as individuals from diverse backgrounds, constituting the South African civil society;
1.2               Gathered on this day, the 5th of December 2007 , here at Constitution Hill – the home of the founding document that articulates our  liberation;