She Thought She Was Safe

[Shana A]

Sunday, February 22, 2009
She Thought She Was Safe
Posted by Monica Roberts at 2:55 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2009/02/she-thought-she-was-safe.html

also http://video-cdn.abcnews.com/081231_oncampus_asu_xenophobia.flv

South Africa is considered a safe haven on the African continent for other GLBT people persecuted in their homelands and because its constitution specifically bars discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Most of the time, that's the case, but here's the tragic story of Daisy, a transwoman who escaped Zimbabwe with her accepting mother only to die a violent death in South Africa simply for daring to be herself.