A 24-year-old who was stabbed to death in South Africa is the victim of "corrective rape"

A "corrective rape" is a crime in which men attack lesbians in an attempt to reverse their sexual orientation. Noxolo Nogwaza was attacked in April 2011 after dropping off her girlfriend in Kwa-Thema township near Johannesburg. She was raped, stabbed with broken glass several times and her face pummelled with rocks, Human Rights Watch said. The use of the term "corrective rape" started after the rape and murder of Eudy Simelane, a well-known soccer player who lived openly as a lesbian.