It seems like gay issues are really coming to the fore these days. First there was the spate of teen bullying related suicides in America and now in South Africa it’s as though every lesbian is walking around with a target on her back.
The worst thing about these recent lesbian killings is the unspeakable violence that has been perpetrated against these women. For most of us, watching someone get shot or even stabbed hardly even causes a flinch- we see it on TV every single day. But when a woman is raped, stabbed, and her body is beaten beyond recognition… Well, words hardly do justice to convey that level of injustice.
“Why is this happening?” we all ask ourselves every time we hear of another lesbian killing. Why do people hate lesbians so much? What did we ever do to anyone?
If you ask me, the reason why this is happening is because of Apartheid. Yes that’s right Whities, it really is our fault. What do you expect when you immasculate an entire subsection of the population, deny them proper education, and treat them like animals and criminals?
These men are angry and they are powerless. And they are unleashing their anger on the only people they are able to- those less powerful than themselves. In the impoverished areas of our country young girls are being raped on a daily basis. Women grow up learning that they are at all times subservient to men’s sexual needs. There is a delicate power balance that is desperately trying to right itself in the most absurd and improper way.
Before you women start accusing me of being an Apartheid sympathizer or even worse a rapist sympathizer or whatever just hear me out: As if these men could not be even more emasculated, along comes a lesbian to love their women. It’s a territorial power struggle which the lesbian alone can never win.
I am so relieved to hear that our government is finally taking action against these crimes. Not only does it broadcast their disapproval as Africans, but it also serves to show that lesbians are accepted within our great country. The world still has a long way to go in terms of accepting us, but baby steps are getting us there one day at a time.
At the end of the day, we’re all one and then same. Black, white. Gay, straight. We’re all a part of the human race. No single religion or belief system condones violence, and yet so many crimes are committed in their name. Why don’t we rather focus on what we have in common, as opposed to our differences…
If you can do that then you’ll see… that we are all family.
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