Tag: republic of south africa

South African activists demand action against ‘corrective rape’ epidemic

Get the latest LGBT headlines in your inbox with our free daily newsletter! Campaigners have warned that sexual attacks by men against lesbians in South Africa are continuing to increase. Corrective rape is a hate crime in which men rape lesbians in what they see as an attempt to ‘correct’ their sexual orientation. Clare Carter… Read more »

South Africa: Crimes against gay community highlighted

Khayelitsha – This year has brought to the fore just how much danger and hate lesbians living in the townships still face every day, says activist and Free Gender founder Funeka Soldaat. “It has been a bad year for gays and lesbians [despite] the beginning of democracy,” Soldaat said. “This year we had the worse… Read more »

South Africa: Lesbian dies after being stabbed with spear

According to the Cape Argus newspaper, Sihle Sikoji, a member of a community group that supports lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who have been sexually assaulted, was stabbed in the chest with a “mini-spear” at the start of last weekend. The attack occurred on Friday 9 November in a part of Cape Town. A friend… Read more »