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LGBTQ+ South Africans Resist War on Queerness as Activists Demand Justice After Killings Recent murders of LGBTQ+ South Africans have spurred calls for urgent government action. By Kim Harrisberg SEBOKENG, South Africa, May 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) Three months ago, Chippa Mohanoe s fiancée was stabbed in the neck and killed in front of their neighbours in South Africa s Sebokeng township. Every day since, Mohanoe had to push past his fear of a repeat punishment for being transgender, hoping a high profile will stifle the homophobia that he says killed his fiancée and at least seven other LGBT+ South Africans in recent months. ....