Difference between revisions of "Eudy Simelane"
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− | Former professional soccer player who played for the national team, and LGBT rights activist. Murdered for being lesbian. | + | Former professional soccer player who played for the national team, and LGBT rights activist. Murdered for being lesbian in a case of 'corrective rape', whereby a group of men savagely rape a lesbian in an effort to 'correct' her sexual orientation. |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== |
Revision as of 01:15, 21 February 2015
Country
South Africa
Birth - Death
1977 - 2008
Occupation
Sports
Description
Former professional soccer player who played for the national team, and LGBT rights activist. Murdered for being lesbian in a case of 'corrective rape', whereby a group of men savagely rape a lesbian in an effort to 'correct' her sexual orientation.