IGTA Worldwide Reports

ROMANIA

Homosexual murder

In Romania, a human rights activist has been assassinated, in an attack which may have been linked to his apparent homosexuality or to his work in exposing official corruption. On October 13 1998, Steven Itoafa's body was discovered in his apartment. He had been stabbed and his throat had been cut; his hands were tied behind his back. Police called the crime a "particularly cruel and savage killing." However, police have since declared his death a "sex crime" and a "homosexual murder" -- a way both of dismissing his killing, and of implying that homosexuals bear ultimate responsibility for violence committed against themselves. Both police and the mainstream press have repeatedly painted homosexuals as potential criminals, subject to jealous rages which lead to murder.

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