To all you readers of the News on Susan's, the following articles are about the ongoing saga of Transgendered Woman Patrica Dludlu of Swaziland, Africa. Patricia's ongoing incarceration and legal proceedings paint a frightening picture of a nation and society that is both Homophobic and Transphobic. Unlike the United States, Canada and Europe, Africa is at odds with the LGBTIQ movement, and like Latin and South American Nations, death is often the result for those that identify and live as LGBTIQ.
The case of Patrica Dludlu underscores the various means by which a society and government can harass and humiliate an individual both privately and publicly.
Patrica Dludlu was originally arrested in June of 2010 for allegedly kissing a 19 year old male student in public. Later, more charges were against her filed, and eventually she was sent to prison. The media has given her the moniker "Sex Change", although Patricia has not had SRS/GRS/GCS, this is from her reportedly telling a classroom that she had her sex organs changed.
In an effort to make this thread less lengthy, I will post the current and previous 2 articles on this subject together, and post links to the others.
SandraJane, News Staff
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Rape convicts sodomise sex-change teacher
26 November, 2011 12:21:00 By Samkelo Ngwenya
http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=32722 (http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=32722)
Convicted sex-change teacher Patricia Dludlu is complaining that he is being sexually molested by other rape convicts at the Matsapha maximum prison.
The 30-year-old Dludlu expressed his greatest fears of contracting HIV and AIDS and other sexually transmitted dieses to Magistrate Sindisile Zwane. He is doing seven years for rape himself.
Dludlu appeared before Magistrate Zwane for the continuation of his indecent assault offence, which he allegedly committed on November 3, last year.
The sex-change teacher told of the harassment he was subjected to by the imamates and the correctional service warders.
Here are the articles chronicling the "Saga of Patrica Dludu";
Man allegedly sodomised by Patricia was arrested for rape http://www.times.co.sz/News/26536.html (http://www.times.co.sz/News/26536.html) Article 03/2011
Sex Change Teacher Caught Sodomizing Prisoner http://www.mail-archive.com/transgender-news@googlegroups.com/msg16161.html (http://www.mail-archive.com/transgender-news@googlegroups.com/msg16161.html)
'Sex change' teacher denied bail, weeps http://www.times.co.sz/News/25807.html (http://www.times.co.sz/News/25807.html) Article 02/2011 https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,94162.msg687360.html#msg687360 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,94162.msg687360.html#msg687360)
'Sex change teacher was a gentle boy' http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=21166 (http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=21166) Article 02/2011 https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,93286.msg681434.html#msg681434 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,93286.msg681434.html#msg681434)
Sex-change teacher causes drama in court http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=20133 (http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=20133) Article 01/2011
Sex change teacher sent to Zakhele Remand Centre http://www.mail-archive.com/transgender-news@googlegroups.com/msg11347.html (http://www.mail-archive.com/transgender-news@googlegroups.com/msg11347.html) Article 10/2010
Mocked sex change teacher, freed by court http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=16956 (http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=16956) Article 10/2010