As I wrote about a couple months ago, Eudy Simelane, South Africa’s openly gay female football star, was brutally raped and murdered in April 2008, by a gang of men seeking to “correct” her homosexuality. Tuesday, three men faced trial for her murder. “Ach, I’m not sorry at all.” Those were the words uttered by Themba [...]
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This Wednesday, three men will go on trial for the rape and murder of Eudy Simelane, South Africa’s openly gay female football star. In April 2008, Simelane was found dead after being gang raped, beaten, and stabbed 25 times. Her murder was declared a hate crime, a brutal and tragic example of the widespread South African problem [...]
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