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Posted on 29-07-2009
Filed Under (Glasgow Lesbians) by Sally

So is lesbian rape fact or fiction?

Do lesbians really rape other lesbians?

A lesbian rape documentary “She Stole My Voice” clearly portrays lesbian rape as a regularly occurrence amongst lesbians, so yes, lesbians do rape lesbians.

I recently had an email from one of my blog subscribers regarding this very matter and for once I was lost for words, I do not know what to say about lesbian rape, but it made me search the internet to try and understand this terrible act a little more.

I used to think I knew everything there was to know about being a lesbian, I innocently never even thought about lesbians raping each other.

Perhaps I live in a safe little bubble in Glasgow where the worst lesbians do to each other is lie, cheat and head fuck.

According to Claire Venzetti author of “Violent Betrayal, Partner Abuse in Lesbian Relationships” a massive 30% of lesbians have bee sexually assaulted or raped by a woman who was not necessarily an intimate partner.

That’s quite a high percentage I would say.

I don’t know if am lucky, because of where I live, that I have never known a lesbian who was raped or assaulted by another lesbian thankfully.

However, this does not mean lesbian rape does not happen in the UK, it’s just I don’t know of anyone it has happened to.

I am talking about lesbians raping lesbians, I do know lesbians who have been raped by men though, I also know many lesbians who were sexually abused or assaulted by men when they were children.

In fact many people believe some women are only lesbians because of a bad experience(s) that happened to them with men.

But this I am not so sure of, I only know that personally I have never had a bad experience with a man so that’s not the reason I am a lesbian.

There was a recent article on the news in the USA about a lesbian woman who was gang raped by 4 men.

TheĀ  woman, who is openly proud to be a lesbian, was brutally raped in San Francisco, CA.

She was gang raped for 45 minutes on December 13 by four men. She got attacked when she got out of her car that had a rainbow bumper sticker. Once attacked, they bundled her into her car and took her to an abandoned building where the sexual attack continued until the men finally left her naked, and badly injured.

Through out the entire attack, the men barraged her with homophobic epithets.

I found this video on youtube about the attack and the suspects:

I hope all the guilty parties involved receive the maximum sentence allowed.

There does seem to be a public outcry from lesbian communities regarding this case, because the woman raped was a lesbian, but I think the rape of any woman lesbian or straight is disgraceful.

Perhaps the reason there is such an outcry is that apparently the reason this lady was targeted for rape was simply for displaying a rainbow bumper sticker on her car.

In South Africa there is also a culture of lesbian corrective rape, which means that men rape lesbian women to “correct” or “cure” them of being a lesbian and make them “normal” or “straight” again.

How raping a woman could possibly make her want to be with a man is beyond me, I think it’s more than likely to have the opposite effect of what the rapists intend, put her off men for life.

This corrective rape culture in South Africa became world wide news after Eudy Simelane, the Captain of the South African Womens Football or Soccer Team was gang raped and murdered for being a lesbian.

The murderers stated that the reason she was killed was because she fought back so strongly.

Again, I found this video on you Tube about Eudy, it’s really quite sad to watch:

I guess sometimes I don’t realise how easy my life as a lesbian is in Glasgow.

I want to show you one final video regarding lesbian rape.

The video relates to a documentary about lesbian rape titled “She Stole My Voice”.

The documentary has been slated by some as soft lesbian porn and that it is not really a true life story or documentary based on actual true facts, but I have not watched it yet so I cannot comment.

The trailer for “She stole my voice” does actually disturb me a little though, you can see it below:

If you don’t think that lesbian sexual assault or rape occurs then you may want to think about the supposed lesbians gangs in Tennessee, named GTO (Gays Taking Over) and in Philadelphia a lesbian gang called DTO (Dykes Taking Over) who are allegedly assaulting, raping young girls and terrorizing people, as well.

Now I only read about these gangs on a news site online, and I certainly don’t believe everything I read, but apparently these “lesbian gangs” target a specific girl, normally a straight one, take her to a secluded spot, hold her down and perform oral sex on her, amongst other things.

Seriously, what the hell is up with these lesbians if they are doing such things?

This is as bad as the South African corrective rape, this will not make a girl a lesbian, forcing a girl or a woman to do anything will not make her change her sexual orientation whether she is gay or straight.

I really do hope to god that these so called “lesbians gangs” are not real!

So do lesbians rape other lesbians?

Is lesbian rape fact or fiction?

I sincerely hope it’s just fiction, but I have a horrible feeling that lesbian rape is a fact.

Feel free to let me know your thoughts.

Stay safe,

Sally x


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Comments

Roger on 31 July, 2009 at 2:05 am #

Lesbian and Gay Domestic Violence has long been an issue of the LGBT community but this is new to me. Yes going to a gay bar and getting pissed may find you waking up the next morning in a strange bed and perhaps a new tattoo! But, what you speak of far beyond that. This needs to be looked into.


sandra on 5 August, 2009 at 10:46 pm #

Hi Sally,
Indeed the above post made shocking reading, but people should be aware of what is going on.
I had read about Eudy Simelane some time ago - what she went through was beyond belief,heartbreaking and horrific
and it,s so hard to comprehend people inflicting such atrocities on each other.
The lesbian gangs you mentioned in Tennesse and Philadelphia - I cant help but think that these individuals are not evil lesbians, but evil PEOPLE, and are that way regardless of their sexual orientation.
As most people know, rape has rarely anything to do with sex and everything to do with power, control, wanting to humiliate the victim.
As women are protrayed the “softer, more compassionate” sex, it is always shocking when you learn of a female commiting a violent, sexual crime.
It is hard to get round my head, the idea of a female raping another female, but it obviously does happen, and should we be more shocked than when we learn of yet another male raping a female??????


Sally on 9 August, 2009 at 11:35 pm #

Hi Roger, I agree and hope I never wake up to anything like that x

Hi Sandra, the Eudy story is very sad, I almost cried reading about her x


Dori on 14 August, 2009 at 5:28 pm #

Yes Sally it exists. I am guessing you were talking about me right? Most of what you read is total crap but the main things are true, lesbians are not going to go public about this. I personally know someone whose been raped and it hurts a lot when you find out that person Is your very own partner. And that wasn’t bullshit.


LA on 16 August, 2009 at 8:01 pm #

I noticed on the video of Eudy that the other 3 men were being tried on the 29 july 2009. Has anyone heard how the trial is going…


Sally on 18 August, 2009 at 7:27 pm #

Hey Dori, you emailed and another girl emailed a long time before you did. I know what you and your gf went through, it wasn’t nice x

Hey LA, the girl with a thousand names, nope not heard what happened at trial will need to google it x


mightymidge on 5 June, 2010 at 8:01 pm #

Hi Sally,
Really good to ready your article on Lesbian rape. This unfortunate reality (which I say from personal experience) has been swept under the carpet for far too long. I was sexually assaulted by my boss many years ago here in the UK. The reaction from the media/general public/colleagues etc., was quite shocking. It was sensationalist (a juicy story to sell papers)and hugely dismissive. After the assault I deliberated over wither to go to the police or not & eventually decided (after a great deal of subsequent sexual harrassment) that in order to prevent this from happening to anyone else that I would go to the police. What a nightmare that proved to be!! The subsequent media attention/harrassment/and several court cases resulted in my health deteriorating rapidly and eventually my handing in my notice at work. My experience highlighted two fairly strong beliefs - firstly that women do not assault other women ( a belief highlighted when I attempted to engage in PHD research on the subject - many academics blatantly told me that women are passive and that I would cause a great deal of damage to the womens movement in pursuing this subject of research), and secondly that in order for this to happen, the victim must be a lesbian herself and that therefore - get this - was asking for it……by definition of being gay of course….At the time I had only ever had relationships with men - surprisingly since then I have now had a couple of great relationships with women . But as a result of my experience have remained extremely quiet with regards my sexuality.
Anyway - just wanted to share a little of my story and on a personal level to say thanks for taking a slightly more objective approach to this subject.


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