Top Feed
Giving a Face to Black Queer Identity
Eudy Simelane
Banyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
Female athletes often targets for rape
LGBT+ History Month: Eudy Simelane - the international footballer murdered for being gay
We remember Eudy Simelane
Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks
Celebrated as an Athlete, Murdered as a Lesbian
Mixed Verdict in S. African Lesbian’s Murder Trial (Published 2009)
Giving a Face to Black Queer Identity
The art of Zanele Muholi confronts what it means to be a black queer woman in a country like South Africa, where a certain sector of...
Deputy Minister Steve Letsike Honours Eudy Simelane in Powerful Memorial Lecture
More than seventeen years after the brutal murder of the out lesbian footballer, Letsike's address, presented in a video, reflects on Simelane's...
Eudy Simelane
Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was...
LGBT+ History Month: Eudy Simelane - the international footballer murdered for being gay
An international footballer, coach and aspiring referee, Eudy Simelane dedicated her life to the sport. She was one of the first openly gay women to live in...
We remember Eudy Simelane
As part of our Women's Month theme, we revisit the tragic circumstances under which 31-year-old Eudy Simelane was gang-raped, beaten and stabbed 25 times...
Banyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
On 28 April 2008, Banyana Banyana midfielder Eudy Simelane was found in a ditch in the outskirts of her home township KwaThema, Gauteng. She had...
Raped and killed for being a lesbian: South Africa ignores 'corrective' attacks
The report calls for South Africa's criminal justice system to recognise hate crimes, including corrective rape, as a separate crime category.
Celebrated as an Athlete, Murdered as a Lesbian
The story of Eudy Simelane, the South African national football star who was brutally murdered because she was a lesbian, illustrates several contradictions...
Female athletes often targets for rape
The rape and murder of Eudy Simelane brought the issue of "corrective rape" to the forefront in South Africa, however briefly,...
Mixed Verdict in S. African Lesbian’s Murder Trial (Published 2009)
DELMAS, South Africa — Eudy Simelane was a 31-year-old lesbian activist and one of this nation's best female soccer players, a tall,...
Eudy Simelane
@EudySimelane
5000
Stats
51393
Rank
5K
Points
0
Videos
10
Articles
0
Reviews
0
Comments
About
South African lesbian footballer and LGBTQ+ activist whose 2008 murder drew national and international attention to violence against lesbians in South Africa (deceased).