Comments on: It may be that they died for what they dared to share! http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html black looks Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Black Looks http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-93174 Black Looks Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:18:04 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-93174 [...] The 07-07-07-Campaign to end hate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) persons was launched at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Heideveld in Cape Town on the 2nd anniversary commemorating the violent and brutal death of 19 year old Zoliswa Nkonyana (04/02/06). The provincial campaign is being spearheaded by Cape Town’s Triangle Project, the oldest LGBTI service organisation in the country in partnership with the national Joint Working Group (JWG) and the Western Cape 07-07-07 Alliance partners. [...] […] The 07-07-07-Campaign to end hate against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed (LGBTI) persons was launched at the Saartjie Baartman Centre, Heideveld in Cape Town on the 2nd anniversary commemorating the violent and brutal death of 19 year old Zoliswa Nkonyana (04/02/06). The provincial campaign is being spearheaded by Cape Town’s Triangle Project, the oldest LGBTI service organisation in the country in partnership with the national Joint Working Group (JWG) and the Western Cape 07-07-07 Alliance partners. […]

]]> By: Joy Peyton http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-64021 Joy Peyton Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:42:59 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-64021 Thank you for sharing this article. I had no idea that the persecution of lesbian women in Africa was such a problem. You are correct to assert that this is just as much a human rights issue as the ones which get more face time. I missed the day of remembrance, but I will hold my own today (and invite others to do the same) and mark it on my calendar for next year. Thank you for sharing this article. I had no idea that the persecution of lesbian women in Africa was such a problem. You are correct to assert that this is just as much a human rights issue as the ones which get more face time. I missed the day of remembrance, but I will hold my own today (and invite others to do the same) and mark it on my calendar for next year.

]]> By: elle http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-63926 elle Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:33:42 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-63926 The haters seem to have all the power. They can hurt us in so many ways. But they really can't stop us from loving each other. They can't take that away. For: Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Masooa "But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" by Thornton Wilder The haters seem to have all the power. They can hurt us in so many ways. But they really can’t stop us from loving
each other. They can’t take that away.

For: Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Masooa

“But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not
necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”

“The Bridge of San Luis Rey” by Thornton Wilder

]]> By: scarletaxe http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-63878 scarletaxe Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:25:10 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/08/it_may_be_that_they_died_for_what_they_dared_to_share.html#comment-63878 Thank you for writing this piece. It has moved me deeply. I did not know that such things were taking place, albeit I realize there are a lo of places where being lesbian or gay is punishable by law or death. This has affirmed even more my need to get out there and do work to help, empower myself with knowledge, and never forget those who have died to pave the way. Peace and blessings Thank you for writing this piece. It has moved me deeply. I did not know that such things were taking place, albeit I realize there are a lo of places where being lesbian or gay is punishable by law or death. This has affirmed even more my need to get out there and do work to help, empower myself with knowledge, and never forget those who have died to pave the way.

Peace and blessings

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