Arab World’s First Major Feminist Conference

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Emily

Yesterday marked the final day of the American University of Beirut’s conference on “Arab Feminisms: A Critical Perspective.” This is the first major conference held on feminism in the Arab world. Organized by the Lebanese Association of Women Researchers & AUB’s Literature Dept, the conference focused on current issues, different interpretations of feminism, political movements, the [...]

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Update on South African “Corrective Rape” Murder

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Emily

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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‘Corrective Rape’ in South Africa

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Emily

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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Depressing LGBT Rights Update

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Emily

I began my morning by reading some local news. I’m in the Dallas area right now, and came across a blurb on Friday night’s raid on the Eagle, a Dallas gay bar. This raid comes only a few weeks after the police raid of a Fort Worth bar on anniversary of Stonewall. The latter involved unnecessary force [...]

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