Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

In this photo taken Friday, May 6, 2011, a woman approaches a ditch where Noxolo Nogwaza's body was found bludgeoned to death late last month. in Kwa Thema, east of Johannesburg. The township was known as a haven for black gays and lesbians , but activisits say that the death there of lesbian Nogwaza highlights an alarming rise of homophobic violence in some of the country's most impoverished communities.

Denis Farrell / Associated Press

Share on Social Media