Fact more disgusting than fiction
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I have just posted a story based on fact entitled "Discharged - Female"
I had heard about these forced sex changes in South Africa and so I researched it a little and discovered more about the whole horrific thing, and that the number of mutilated victims was larger than I thought. Some stories have been told but many more have been buried. I did not access the findings of the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" but I do understand the reasons why the post-apartheid government would want to bury the sins of the past in a bid to move forward as a mixed society.
I feel almost apologetic for using this material, but I think that it is a story that should be told, even in fictionalized form.
Maryanne