The btal murr of Sphamandla Khoza, who had apparently been bullied for beg gay, has left people shocked, outraged and fearful over the safety of LGBTQI+ people.
Contents:
- SOUTH AI: THE ICJ LLS ON THE THORI TO ENSURE THAT JTICE IS RENRED FOR KILLGS OF FOUR GAY MEN
- GAY MAN KILLED ON BIRTHDAY ALLEGED NYANGA HATE CRIME
- GRIEF, SHOCK AND FEAR AFTER GAY DURBAN MAN BTALLY MURRED
- BTAL MURR OF DURBAN GAY MAN LEAV LGBTQ+ MUNY LIVG FEAR
SOUTH AI: THE ICJ LLS ON THE THORI TO ENSURE THAT JTICE IS RENRED FOR KILLGS OF FOUR GAY MEN
Homophobia is agast Ain notns of ubuntu. Over the past month, the killgs of four gay men have ma headl South Ai. Lonwabo Jack, a 22-year-old gay man, was killed on his birthday, 18 April.
Earlier April, two more gay men, were killed – Nathaniel Mbele Vanrbijlpark and Sphamandla Khoza Durban. Lonwabo Jack’s killg occurred jt two days after advot for the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people (LGBTI) led protts ont of Parliament Cape Town mandg that the South Ain ernment addrs the untrywi homophobic vlence that ntu unabated. The group Jtice for Lulu, found after Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, a 40-year-old gay man, was killed the Eastern Cape on 10 April.
GAY MAN KILLED ON BIRTHDAY ALLEGED NYANGA HATE CRIME
The Gay and Lbian Alliance of South Ai (GLASA), turn, lled for the ernment to speed up the adoptn and enactment of the Preventn and Combatg Hate Crim and Hate Speech Bill B9 of 2018. Homophobia is enmic South Ai, spe the prehensive and progrsive legal amework, cludg legal protectn for the human rights of LGBTI persons.
The view that homosexualy is un-Ain is held by many.
Polil and cultural lears have the past publicly poed anti-gay sentiments and this enurag discrimatory attus and vlence agast people based on their real or imputed sexual orientatn, genr inty or exprsn”, said Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, Director of ICJ Ai. The barriers to accs to jtice and effective remedi for human rights vlatns clu experienc of discrimatn wh the crimal jtice system, as well as societal homophobia and transphobia.
GRIEF, SHOCK AND FEAR AFTER GAY DURBAN MAN BTALLY MURRED
Progrsive legislatn is not enough, the crimal jtice system needs to be sensized and ted to elimate experienc of societal homophobia and transphobia. The homophobic acts and sentiments South Ai are agast Ain notns of ubuntu. Cape Town – Yet another gay man has been murred after beg allegedly raped a spected hate crime Nyanga.
BTAL MURR OF DURBAN GAY MAN LEAV LGBTQ+ MUNY LIVG FEAR
Beg Ain means that I n’t be who I am if my muny is not fully acceptg of the gay, sex worker, or dg addict that I am. Homophobia is eply rooted toxic masculy and misogyny that exists our hom, muni, and society and we ought to work together to root out this toxic behavur so that the rights and digny of LGBTIQ+ and all opprsed persons n be protected.
A night vigil and march was held to ensure jtice for Khoza and the protectn of the LGBTQI+ has been shock, outrage and fear over the safety of LGBTQI+ people followg the btal murr of KwaZulu-Natal man Sphamandla Khoza, who had apparently been bullied over beg gay days before he was killed.
"He was openly gay.