Corrective rape of queers in South Africa

I just don’t get it. The world is full of heartache as it is; why does this news item have to fall into my lap(top)?

A lesbian in South Africa was raped for five consecutive hours last week. Ten new cases of lesbians being raped are reported every week in Cape
Town alone ,and this attack was not the first on Millicent Gaika.

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