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The hate crime rape and murder of Eudy Simelane was a tragically defining moment for SA’s LGBTQIA+ community
On 28 April 2008, 31-year-old Eudy Simelane was brutally raped, assaulted and murdered in what became one of the most high profile LGBTQIA+ hate crimes in the country.
High profile, because Simelane was a member of Banyana Banyana, the national women’s soccer team, and was also well known in KwaThema, where she lived and had always been open about being a lesbian.
The annual Eudy Simelane Memorial Lecture has been held by the Ujamaa Centre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal since 2016, and aims to address the challenges faced by the queer community in South Africa and Africa.
Recalling the court case that followed Eudy’s murder and ultimately saw at least one perpetrator receive a life sentence for this horrific crime, 2021’s keynote speaker, Professor Zethu Matebeni, remembers the moment of recognition just before Eudy’s death.
“We’ll talk a little bit about the moment of death, and that moment, for me, is so telling,” she says.
“So, in this moment, Mphithi says – he’s one of the guys who murdered Eudy… Mphithi says, she looks at me and she says: ‘Hey, you know me, I know you.’ And he claims that at that moment of recognition, he panics, and he murders, he kills her… and you can unpack this in so many different ways – a moment of recognition, having a conversation with someone you know, and by looking into your eyes and acknowledging familiarity, and he decides to kill you. You haven’t done anything.”
Of course, Eudy Simelane wasn’t the first queer person in South Africa to be murdered because of her sexual orientation, nor was she the last. Almost three years to the day after Eudy was killed, another prominent
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Charlize Theron revealed the identity of her Super Bowl LVI companion on Instagram. Theron, 46, shared a selfie of herself and the man nobody could identify. It turns out he was the husband of one of Theron's friends.
Not so fast! Charlize Theron wants everyone to know that she is, in fact, not dating her 2022 Super Bowl date.
flammkuchen, a super-thin tarte flambée with crème fraîche and different types of toppings. And he plans for Licht to host events soon, when “I have a full staff complement in order to do them.”For now, Licht is still getting acquainted with the community.
Whitney Houston delivered an unforgettable performance of «The Star-Spangled Banner» ahead of Super Bowl XXV that was ingrained in the public consciousness. Now — on the 10th anniversary of her untimely death and 31 years after her iconic performance -- America is taking a look back at that unforgettable moment.Rocking an understated white track suit, Houston — who was only 27 at the time — stepped out onto the field at Tampa Stadium and belted out a rendition of the national anthem that brought down the house.The performance served to open one of the most-watched events of the year, with nearly 80 million people tuning in to watch the game, and thus experiencing the power of her voice and the impact of her delivery.The appearance came at a pivotal point in the arc of Houston's career.
Naman Ramachandran BritBox has picked up “Reel Britannia,” a documentary series on the history of modern British cinema, for the U.S., U.K., Canada and South Africa. The deal was closed by Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, who acquired worldwide distribution rights to the series from director Jon Spira and producer Hank Starrs of Canal Cat Films.
Kuli Roberts was a vocal supporter of LGBTIQ equality (Pic: Twitter)
Ireland Baldwin isn’t bothered by public scrutiny anymore! The 26-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger took to her Instagram on Wednesday (February 9) to put her own spin on the “That’s Not My Name” craze on social media, where famous actors share the different names of characters they’ve played to the tune of the Ting Tings’ 2008 song of the same name. Ireland’s take on the trend had her revealing the insults she’s dealt with in the past, including the phrase “thoughtless little pig,” which her father called her in an infamous voicemail leaked in April 2007 when Ireland was only 11 years old.
We knew Ireland Baldwin had a sense of humor about her dad’s “thoughtless little pig” comment, but it seems like she views it very differently than the rest of us.
On the eve of what was to be her big comeback with a powerhouse performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards, Whitney Houston tragically died, leaving a legacy as one of the greatest vocalists ever to grace the stage. The iconic singer, famous for her moving ballads as well as her chart-busting pop tunes, was only 48 years old when she passed on February 11, 2012. Now a decade later, HollywoodLife details everything to know about Whitney’s devastating death and the days that led up to it. Keep reading to learn more, below.
Ireland Baldwin to accurately introduce herself. In a new video recently shared on Instagram, the 26-year-old model put a spin on a current TikTok trend set to The Ting Tings' «That's Not My Name,» in which celebrities share all the roles they've performed and titles they've held throughout their careers. «My name is Ireland...,» her video read, «but the media likes to call me…» She posed as the video listed labels including «fat,» «attention seeking, voluptuous, promiscuous,» «well-off, silver spoon fed brat w/ no real job,» and «thoughtless little pig,» a quote from the infamous leaked voicemail her father, Alec Baldwin, left her in 2007. The video concluded with, «My name is Ireland. I’m a writer.
It’s been nearly 30 years since The Nanny first aired on TV, and Fran Drescher celebrated the series being available to stream on HBOMax by revisiting some of her old looks from the classic sitcom on Saturday February 5. The 64-year-old actress went back into her character Fran Fine’s closet for some of her classic Nanny fashion in a video set to the show’s theme song, with her showing, well, “What I’d wear as Fran Fine.”
her death on Feb. 11, 2012, Whitney Houston showed up to rehearsals for mentor Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, a glitzy night of music and mingling that she was planning to attend. The star-studded bash — which, held the night before the awards, is always one of the hottest tickets of Grammy weekend — was taking place at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton hotel, where the singer was also staying.Houston’s longtime musical director Rickey Minor was putting the band through its paces for the event, and he noticed immediately that something was different about the woman who was like his “little sister.”“She pops into rehearsal, and we hadn’t even started, and it’s 10:30 in the morning,” Minor told The Post.