Re the recent brutal gang-rape and slaying of South African player Eudy Simelane, Outsports reader Wayne Jones emailed me from South Africa to add:
“As you mentioned, there have been other lesbian murders (in black townships/ghettos) where the motive has been simply because the women were gay. Township women don’t have it easy here: last year [...]
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More on the Murder of a Black Lesbian Soccer Player
Amaechi: Athletes must defend human rights
John Amaechi, the former NBA player who came out as gay last year, is Amnesty International’s Olympics ambassador and he is urging athletes to speak out on behalf of human rights at this summer’s Beijing Games.
“I would encourage athletes not to distract themselves by burying themselves in the nuance and facts and figures and legislation [...]
