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Lesbians at Risk in South Africa, December 2012
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Photo 1 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXWhile Russia and Ukraine plan to ban homosexual "propaganda", and Uganda tries to rush through an anti-homosexuality bill that would send gays, lesbians and those who promote homosexuality to jail, lesbians are being abused in South Africa. -
Photo 2 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXAlthough South Africa is the first country worldwide to draft a constitution that explicitly forbids discrimination based on sexuality, lesbians are at high risk of getting killed. -
Photo 3 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXAt least 10 people, mostly lesbians, have been killed in hate crimes this year alone, says South African visual activist Zanele Muholi, who has made available a selection of her photographs to the International Freedom of Expression Exchange network. -
Photo 4 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXLesbians protest against politicians who don't recognise them... -
Photo 5 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEX... But they still get severely beaten up, and some lose their lives because of their sexuality. -
Photo 6 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXLesbian activist Sihle Sikoji was stabbed to death by a gang of men in Cape Town on a night out in November 2012, less than a week after she turned 19... -
Photo 7 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEX... She was targetted because she was a member of the Luleki Sizwe project that supports lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who have been raped. -
Photo 8 of 8Credit: Zanele Muholi/IFEXWhen asked why she perseveres at such obvious risk to herself, Muholi says simply, "I'm an insider in the black lesbian community. We have a responsibility as a community to speak up for ourselves so that others have an understanding of our existence."
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