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Title: Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
Post by: Shana A on October 31, 2012, 09:34:28 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 31, 2012, 09:34:28 AM
Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
NASHIRA DAVIDS | 31 October, 2012 00:22
At the entrance of a student residence named after one of this country's most famous freedom fighters, Chris Hani, a crowd gathered to watch the bloody beating of a transgender student.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/10/31/varsity-in-gaybashing-row (http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/10/31/varsity-in-gaybashing-row)
A security guard working for the University of the Western Cape allegedly stood passively by, seemingly dismissive of the attack, on Sunday morning.
Now Glenton Matthyse, a cross-dresser, law student and gay rights activist, has had enough of homophobic and "transphobic" behaviour on campus.
Matthyse and two other transgender students were injured when they tried to fight off the three attackers.
NASHIRA DAVIDS | 31 October, 2012 00:22
At the entrance of a student residence named after one of this country's most famous freedom fighters, Chris Hani, a crowd gathered to watch the bloody beating of a transgender student.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/10/31/varsity-in-gaybashing-row (http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/10/31/varsity-in-gaybashing-row)
A security guard working for the University of the Western Cape allegedly stood passively by, seemingly dismissive of the attack, on Sunday morning.
Now Glenton Matthyse, a cross-dresser, law student and gay rights activist, has had enough of homophobic and "transphobic" behaviour on campus.
Matthyse and two other transgender students were injured when they tried to fight off the three attackers.
Title: Re: Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on October 31, 2012, 11:30:44 AM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on October 31, 2012, 11:30:44 AM
Once again it seems that it is OK to attack people you don't like. And no one steps in to stop it. It is going to take a massive movement to stop this crap.
Title: Re: Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
Post by: gennee on November 07, 2012, 09:51:44 PM
Post by: gennee on November 07, 2012, 09:51:44 PM
I look at it this way: there will come a day when transgender peple will fight back.
Title: Re: Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
Post by: Brooke777 on November 08, 2012, 12:30:53 PM
Post by: Brooke777 on November 08, 2012, 12:30:53 PM
This kind of stuff sickens me :( >:(
Title: Re: Varsity in 'gaybashing' row
Post by: Beth Andrea on November 08, 2012, 01:57:17 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on November 08, 2012, 01:57:17 PM
To me, it's not the actual beating that sickens me...its the fact the crowd was willing to watch another HUMAN BEING be attacked.
That kind of passive approval colors the audience as yellow, IMHO.
That kind of passive approval colors the audience as yellow, IMHO.