Thursday, March 12, 2009

Attacks on lesbians in South Africa

In the last decade or so, South Africa has become infamous for violent crimes committed there- kidnapping, murder, burglary, rape.  It now appears that rape and killing of lesbian women is becoming more of a norm rather than a grisly exception to a crime pattern.  The Guardian has a compelling story of South African problem with rape, as highlighted by a gruesome gang rape and murder of a famous South African football star who was openly lesbian.  Perhaps more appalling than the murders is the police's failure to do much about this. 


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