WWJD? An extremely disturbing report from the East African nation of Burundi. Roman Catholic nuns at an orphanage tortured a 17-year-old transgender woman.
Stephane Tchakam at the ILGA provides this photo where the bruises and swelling is clearly visible. Rough translation via Google:
A young person aged 17 had suffered abuse at August 15, 2010 Mugera, 25 kilometers from the city of Gitega in Burundi. That day, the Feast of the Assumption Catholic, CBR is called that, goes to Mugera to the orphanage run by nuns, even where she spent a part of his childhood. Evil takes him since, soon accused of theft, obviously wrongly, CBR is tied almost nine hours in a shower of the hotel. Even innocent, CBR is seen to treat all ills and is seen particularly blame her feminine allure. It was already well at the time this orphan was living with the nuns who had gathered. Life was not easy since the appearance of this young boy was a problem. It behaves like a girl when he is physically a boy.
Luckily the abuse ended and CBR is now living with a kind family. But the effects of the torture remain:
She still can not use his hands or even to move his forearm. It must be remembered that CBR had been tied securely. [Movement for Civil Liberties Association of Burundi] Executive Director Christian Rumu indicates that CBR needs care. A complaint was lodged at the High Court of Gitega by the nurse of the young trans. Lawyers Without Borders has examined the case.
And yet another young person traumatically abused by the Catholic Church. They seem to specialize in this ...
Just one of the latest incidents in the state sponsored anti-LGBT terror campaign sweeping across East Africa. Earlier last year, Burundi enacted draconian new anti-LGBT legislation that criminalized homosexuality and made same-sex relations punishable by up to two years in prison. At that time, the ruling CNDD-FDD party led several massive government-organized, anti-gay demonstrations to demand the criminalization of homosexuality. One of the March 2009 protests attracted 20,000 protesters.
(via LGBT Asylum News)
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I from Burundi...(now living in Toronto)..so this disturbing article really hits home..
I really hope that some day soon..the oh! so powerful catholic church gets what it's been asking for(i.e the crumbling of it)..This is disgusting, sickening!!! I know a lot of people in Burundi who couldn't care less about trans, gays, lesbians..So, I'm shocked to see that nuns would take it upon their sick selves to torture a trans person in the name of God...and SALVATION!!!
People Wake up!!look at that picture!!
Posted by: enough is enough | 31 December 2010 at 15:41
How AWFUL! Look at her swollen arms! Its absolutely inhumane. These "Nuns" are disgusting. I'm just glad the abuse did not turn deadly and that she was removed and placed in a better home. I just can't imagine being tied up for 9 hours til the point my arms swell. This just makes my support of Gay rights stronger.
Posted by: Isis | 31 December 2010 at 16:17
We as human beings have got to do better.
Posted by: FREELEO | 31 December 2010 at 21:03
This is HORRIBLE. And it so breaks my heart to keep hearing these stories. Our T sistahs have to suffer so much violence on this earth. I pray that 2011 will be a better year for this brave soul.
Posted by: Baltimore Femme | 01 January 2011 at 02:57
OMFG, nuns!? We're are the religious apologists for this? Where are the true "Christians" who keep reducing this disgusting behavior to a couple "bad apples". Beyond appalling that NUNS of all people could engage in this type of behavior. I'm sick of this P.C. crap, this is what RELIGION about in this day and age. Where are media figures speaking about this? So-called progressives. When you think you've read or heard the worst, crap like this creeps its way through.
Oh, freaking LOVE how we got just 4 comments and Miss Bow Wow has 30 and possibly more.
Posted by: Kevin Perez | 01 January 2011 at 10:19