00:00Then the blue lights came, doors smashed open, flashlights cut through the smoke, uniforms, batons, shouting.
00:10You hear the boots first. They didn't knock. They came to humiliate us. That was the whole point.
00:18They lined us up, photographed our faces, dehumanized us, called us names, locked the doors.
00:27They made us stand like criminals against that wall. My neighbor watched from the window.
00:34In that moment, they treated us like animals, made us feel like we had no rights.
00:48In Hillbrow, Johannesburg, every beautiful night could end like this.
00:54They took my shoes. I walked out of there barefoot, but I never walked out quietly again.
01:02Get down! Hands where I can see them! Line up! No talking!
01:05As the gay community, our very existence was illegal.
01:08Follow us now for the next episode.
