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South Africa: two lesbian activists tortured, murdered

Monday, July 16th, 2007 @ 19:05 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: South Africa
Topics:: Gender, LGBT

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Black Looks writes about the brutal murder of two South African lesbian activists: “Last Sunday two more South African lesbians were brutally raped and murdered in Medowlands, Soweto. Sizakele Sigasa, lesbian activist and outreach worker with the Positive Women’s Network (PWN), and her friend, Salome Masooa, were first tortured and then murdered.”

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