Ekurhuleni LGBTI community to commemorate Eudy Simelane’s tragic death at gay pride
The Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee (Epoc) will celebrate their 10th anniversary and will commemorate Eudy Simelani.
KwaThema – The Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee (Epoc) will celebrate their 10th anniversary and will commemorate Eudy Simelane.
Eudy was a former Banyana Banyana player who was raped and murdered in 2008 in a park in Tornado Section which was later renamed Eudy’s Park.
The event will be hosted in Eudy’s Park on Saturday at 10am.
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The aim of the event is also to drive the conversation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) intimate partner violence in same-sex relationships.
They also want to raise awareness about the high levels of substance abuse the community is facing.
To remember and honour Eudy they will have a candle lighting ceremony at the spot where she was murdered.
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