By April MacIntyre May 6, 2010, 22:20 GMT
On May 11 (Tuesday) ESPN's E:60 will air "Corrective Rape" at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Corrective Rape E:60 (Tuesday, 7 p .m. ET, ESPN) ESPN.com
The segment will tell the story of the former top female soccer players in South Africa, Eudy Simelane, was raped and murdered.
She was a lesbian and her story is part of an epidemic of rapes against openly gay women in the country.
Emmy winning journalist Jeremy Schaap traveled to the impoverished, crime-ridden townships of South Africa to report on the disturbing trend of ‘corrective rape’ in the country hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
He interviewed three South African women soccer players who say they were beaten and raped because they are gay. Their haunting stories -- and an interview with Simelane’s mother -- are the backbone of E:60’s report. “The whole world is going to be focusing on what’s going on in South Africa this summer, and during our visit in March it was disturbing to find that there is so much violence committed against lesbians, including lesbian soccer players,” said Schaap.
“It was also disturbing that the authorities in some cases don’t seem to pursue these crimes with the same vigor that they do crimes against straight women. It’s a very sad story and an important one because an entire community in South Africa, the lesbian community, lives in fear. I hope this story affects some positive change.”
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“It started on the way to a swim meet and he pulled off on the side of the road because it was just me in his car. And he pulled over into a state park, and there was nobody around, and I was 11 years old, and he kissed me. I was panicked, and I remember thinking, is anybody around to see this? He’s so much older than me, why is he doing this to me?” -- Debbie Denithorne, one of Andy King’s victims
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