20 School Girls Arrested in Zim

Twenty Schoolgirls Arrested in Zimbabwe Homosexuality Crackdown.

That was the headline chosen by Adam Amir for his article in change.org. It is catchy and sensational too.

Checkout: http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/twenty_schoolgirls_arrested_in_zimbabwe_homosexuality_crackdown

“While Americans celebrate a major victory in the battle for LGBT rights, news from Zimbabwe shows how much work still has to be done. According to the ZimDiaspora.com, police in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, have arrested some 20 schoolgirls for allegedly engaging in "lesbian relationships.”
The girls played soccer for their all-girl high school, Eveline High School. One of their teammates reported the alleged lesbian relationships to Eveline administrators.
Locals appeared largely unsympathetic in the press. The soccer club president, Theresa Ndlovu, felt "disappointed," rather than what I would expect would be outrage for the jailing of such young girls.
Likewise, locals like the Bulawayo province education minister Dan Moyo seemed to agree. He said in a ZimDiaspora.com interview, “I only read about it in the papers, and I was shocked. I do not expect such behavior. It is unacceptable.”
Despite such a harsh reaction, officials could not confirm whether the accusations were truthful. "We’re not sure if the accusations are true or a result of feuds among the pupils," Moyo said.”

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The road i choose to travel

For years I have kept my thought to myself. I learnt at an early age that what you say can and shall be used against you. A secret is no longer a secret when there is a second party involved unless of course the second party is your maker. Even then, one is weighed down with thoughts of judgement day when all things shall be brought to light. At 17, I chose this path; to keep my thoughts and feelings however heavily the weighed on me.

Now I chose travel a different road.

The road of self discovery, rediscovering what I had lost at 17 when in my naivety, I blurted out to my mother that I thought I am a lesbian. Leave alone the slap that crossed my face in the split of a second (thank God it was only a slap); the subsequent events are what led me to my decision. It was the second time I was being suspended from school for allegedly liking girls. My problem was not with liking girls; I never understood how they knew that I liked girls as I had never acted on it. So I decided to keep away from all and sundry. There must have been something sticking out in me like a sore thumb. Maybe it was written on my forehead in a way only others could see but not me.

Now am on a new road…

The road that few choose to travel and most would rather not. I choose to join the fight and not just let others fight for me. There must be something that I was born to do…I must have a purpose on this earth however tiny it may be. Lately, my life has been shaped a lot through the blogs and various articles that I have read from people who have had the courage to share their thoughts and experiences with the rest of us.

Am hoping that through this blog, I will be able to make the tiniest of a difference; I will share my experiences and learn from yours. That someone will get in this forum what I had longed to have at 17 and the years after…understanding, empathy, compassion, commonality, community or even just the sense of knowing someone out there is going through or has gone through what I am going through.

It may be a road less travelled…but am sure you know what they say about that already!

“…whatever is good, think of such things…”

Sweetp