‘Closet burning was a hate crime’

Dan82 · Oct 6, 2010

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/closet-burning-was-a-hate-crime-1.683984

Gay rights activists at UCT are up in arms about ongoing prejudice on campus after a symbol intended to highlight prejudice against gay people and to promote gay rights was burnt down.

The symbol – a closet – had been on display for less than 12 hours when it was torched on Monday night.

Posters put up around the campus yesterday said: “This closet was supposed to highlight the homoprejudice that still burns through the fabric of our society. Apparently, it also burns through our own campus.”

Students commenting on Twitter and Facebook have asked what hope there could be for gay activism in South Africa if the burning of such a symbol could happen at a liberal university.

Rainbow UCT, the student society which erected the bright pink closet as part of Pink Week, has slammed the burning of the closet and called on university management to investigate it as a hate crime...

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/closet-burning-was-a-hate-crime-1.683984
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Miss Bubbles · Oct 7, 2010

i swear people piss me off.

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