Tuesday, May 10, 2011

South African Lesbian Continue to be Targeted in Rapes and Slayings

South African Lesbians Continue to be Targeted in Rapes and Slayings
EKURHULENI, South Africa (AP) — They found Noxolo Nogwaza's body in a drainage ditch choked with trash and high reeds. The lesbian activist had been repeatedly stabbed with broken glass, and beaten so severely with chunks of concrete that her teeth had been knocked out.
The neighborhood where the 24-year-old mother of two was slain once was known as a haven for black gays and lesbians, but activists say her death here late last month highlights an alarming rise in homophobic violence in some of the country's most impoverished areas.

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