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==Country==
 
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Sports
 
Sports
  
==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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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.
  
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==See Also==
  
==Description==
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* [[Lesbian Football/Soccer Players]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
  
Former professional soccer player and LGBT rights activist. Murdered.
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* http://www.outsports.com/2008/5/15/4045688/murder-of-a-black-lesbian-soccer-player
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* http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/world/africa/23safrica.html?_r=0
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* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp6EVKr7sLs

Latest revision as of 15:49, 26 February 2017

Eudy Simelane

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.

See Also

Further Reading/Research