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South Africa gangs using rape to 'cure' lesbians: Gay support group cites 10 new cases of 'corrective rape' a week in one city

In the past decade, at least 31 lesbians have been reported raped and murdered, although that number is probably higher because the South African criminal justice system does not recognise hate crimes based on sexual orientation. Of those, only two cases went to court and only one conviction was obtained. Far more have survived rape, but at great cost, with the very real threats of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases and the physical and emotional scars. The justification is that if a man has sex with a lesbian, it will 'cure' her of her homosexuality. The violence is especially bad in townships where homosexuality is taboo, despite the fact that South Africa was the first country in Africa to allow gays to marry back in 2006.

Let's hope there will be changes.