Lonwabo Jack: Gay man murred South Ai, fourth a month

Contents:

• GAY MAN FOUND AD ON HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY IS SOUTH AI’S 4TH LGBTQ PERSON KILLED A MONTH; SPECT, 17, ARRTED
• GAY MAN FOUND MURRED ON HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY. HE’S THE FOURTH LS THAN A MONTH
• SOUTH AI: TEENS WATCH AS GAY MAN IS BEATEN, MURRED AND SET ON FIRE
• GAY MAN STABBED TO ATH BEE HE WANTED TO E THE MEN’S BATHROOM. HE WAS JT 24
• GAY MAN KILLED ON BIRTHDAY ALLEGED NYANGA HATE CRIME
• SHOCKG MURR OF BELOVED GAY MAN PROMPTS OUTPOURG OF GRIEF AND LLS FOR CHANGE SOUTH AI
• GAY MAN MURRED SOUTH AI
• BTAL MURR OF DURBAN GAY MAN LEAV LGBTQ+ MUNY LIVG FEAR
• GRIEF, SHOCK AND FEAR AFTER GAY DURBAN MAN BTALLY MURRED
• THAPELO MAKUTLE, GAY MAN KILLED SOUTH AI, 'SEVERELY MUTILATED'

GAY MAN FOUND AD ON HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY IS SOUTH AI’S 4TH LGBTQ PERSON KILLED A MONTH; SPECT, 17, ARRTED

A gay man South Ai was found ad on Sunday what’s believed to be the fourth LGBTQ killg ls than a month, acrdg to lol media Gay and Lbian Alliance of South Ai said a statement that Lonwabo Jack was on his way home om celebratg his 22nd birthday when he was raped and murred his Wtern Cape victim was “found wh a stab wound to the cht, ” acrdg to police.

News about the btal killg jt weeks after at least three other openly gay men were tragic killed South Ai. Earlier this month, the body of Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, a 40-year-old gay man, was disvered a shallow grave near his alleged killer’s ont door Eastern Cape, a provce the untry’s southeast before that, the body of Sphamandla Khoza, 34, was found a dch near his home.

GAY MAN FOUND MURRED ON HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY. HE’S THE FOURTH LS THAN A MONTH

Police South Ai are vtigatg the killg of a young gay man – Lonwabo Jack – who’s believed to be the untry’s fourth LGBT+ murr victim ls than a month. Havg a gay child has tght a valuable lson.

SOUTH AI: TEENS WATCH AS GAY MAN IS BEATEN, MURRED AND SET ON FIRE

Ls than a week ago South Ain media learned of the ath of Nathaniel Mbele, a gay man who was stabbed the cht near the cy of Vanrbijlpark.

Shortly before this police found the mutilated remas of Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, a gay man who was butchered and burned.

GAY MAN STABBED TO ATH BEE HE WANTED TO E THE MEN’S BATHROOM. HE WAS JT 24

He was tragilly preced by Sphamandla Khoza, 34, a gay man who was stabbed, beaten and had his throat sl Durban.

GAY MAN KILLED ON BIRTHDAY ALLEGED NYANGA HATE CRIME

“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.

SHOCKG MURR OF BELOVED GAY MAN PROMPTS OUTPOURG OF GRIEF AND LLS FOR CHANGE SOUTH AI

A 21-year old South Ain gay man was tied up, beaten, set on fire and killed, acrdg to reports. Dpe a plex gay rights rerd, South Ai beme the first and so far only untry Ai to legalise marriage rights for same-sex upl 2006. South Ai ntu to report high levels of homophobic vlence (Photo cred should read PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Imag).

The circumstanc surroundg the cint are still unr vtigatn, but prelimary rmatn suggts that a prev homophobic ment might be the motive for the attack.

South Ain police have arrted three men who allegedly murred a gay man more than a year ago.

GAY MAN MURRED SOUTH AI

The tr may also be nnected to a gang of robbers who murred seven other gay men, South Ai's Inpennt Onle news se reports. Barney Van Heern, 39, was one of the eight gay men who were killed South Ai between April 2010 and Febary of this year.

Police are warng lol gay men to be reful. Tae says gay men should be pecially ut of any partners they do not know and to make sure to tell iends or fay where they are if they plan to meet a stranger.

While gay rights groups claimed that police were not vtigatg the crim as thoroughly as they should, Tae disagreed and said tectiv "re eply about pursg jtice each of the s. Lonwabo Jack, a 22-year-old gay man, was murred Cape Town, South Ai on Sunday, acrdg to police. Protters mand that the untry’s ernment take actn to addrs the surge of anti-LGBTQ+ vlence and to specifilly ll for jtice the se of Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela, a 40-year-old gay man who was recently murred the Eastern Cape.

BTAL MURR OF DURBAN GAY MAN LEAV LGBTQ+ MUNY LIVG FEAR

Cape Town – Yet another gay man has been murred after beg allegedly raped a spected hate crime Nyanga. 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 beloved gay man has been stabbed to ath South Ai, promptg an outpourg of grief om the LGBT+ muny and sperate lls for hate crime laws to fally be passed. The beloved gay man’s ath has also reigned sperate lls for hate crime legislatn South Ai, amid a horrifyg spate of LGBT+ murrs.

GRIEF, SHOCK AND FEAR AFTER GAY DURBAN MAN BTALLY MURRED

Earlier this month, 40-year-old gay man Andile “Lulu” Ntuthela was found ad a shallow grave, jt days after another gay man was stabbed to ath and dumped a dch near a school. Tw // homophobia, murr. A young homosexual man has been killed and his body mutilated South Ai, acrdg to LEGBO, a lol gay rights group.

Phumi Mtetwa, an activist wh Fahamu, a pan-Ain work for social jtice, told Al Jazeera that if was tablished to have been a hate crime targettg the gay muny,  would be a further dictment on “the relig right, tradnal lears and lol policians who [ntue to] perpetuate the ia that beg gay is not Ain”. Pretoria News reported that was believed that Makutle was killed over an argument as to whether he was transexual or gay and that the gay muny Kuman were now livg fear. Makutle was a lear the lol gay muny.

THAPELO MAKUTLE, GAY MAN KILLED SOUTH AI, 'SEVERELY MUTILATED'

Among the activi he anised was the the Miss Gay Kuman pageant. “It was such a barbaric act, ” said Baloyi, whose ernment agency promot the rights of gays, lbians and other South Ains.

South Ai’s nstutn bans discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, but gay people still face discrimatn and vlence.

The lol gay rights group is anisg a prott before the service.