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Turkish lesbian deported from Germany despite life-threatening situation

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A lesbian refugee has been deported from Germany to Türkiye despite facing serious threats to her life, prompting strong criticism from the lesbian counselling organisation, LeTRa.

The Munich-based group condemned the deportation of 33-year-old Kiymet A. as a “particularly dramatic and worrying case” and a “human rights failure.”

According to LeTRa, Kiymet was deported to Istanbul on 18 August 2025 from Bavaria. Police reportedly removed her from her home in the early hours without allowing her to pack her belongings, despite evidence that she faced serious danger in Turkiye due to her sexuality.

Julia Serdarov from LeTRa also revealed that Kiymet had not been able to speak openly about her sexuality during the asylum process due to fear of her relatives in Germany. “Before she had the chance to explain the true reasons for her flight, she was deported.”

As a teenager, Kiymet’s brother tried to kill her for resisting a forced marriage. Her life has been marked by fear of family violence, exacerbated by her being lesbian.

Julia Bomsdorf from LeTRa warns that returning Kiymet could be fatal: “Queer people are not legally protected there, Pride events are banned, and queer people are regularly victims of attacks and hate crimes. Women’s rights organizations document hundreds of murders of women and femicides every year, many of them ‘honour killings.'”

LeTRa is seeing a dramatic rise in demand for their services, with no Turkish lesbian, queer, or trans person within their service in 2022, they are currently supporting another 12 , all but one of whom have had their asylum applications denied. This shift in demand illustrates what LeTRa calls a systemic issue: refugees being removed before receiving proper legal advice or support.

Kiymet is now reportedly in hiding in Istanbul, living in fear of discovery.

LeTRa condemns Kiymet’s removal: “She should never have been deported to a country where she faces violence, ‘honour killings,’ and homophobic persecution.”

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USA: Black lesbian couple brutally attacked

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July 2025: Chased and threatened at gunpoint, a married Black lesbian couple in Spotsylvania County, Va., was nearly killed in a potentially racially motivated hate crime around 6:30 p.m. on July 20. … 

On the day of the attack, Amylah Majors and Jamaria Gaskins were driving on Partlow Road when they hit debris and checked out the damage. Soon after, Majors said three white people, two men and one woman, appeared from their home and began threatening them with firearms and shouting racial slurs. 

“Two of them physically attacked my wife while brandishing a gun and shouting threats,” Majors said in a public GoFundMe post, which has raised just over $5,000. “They called us the (‘N-word’), told us we didn’t belong there, and one of them even exposed himself while screaming hate and slurs at us.”

While trying to leave, Majors said the three attackers got into their cars and chased Majors and Gaskins down the road. Driving side by side, Majors said one of them pointed a gun directly at her head.  

“In that moment, we truly believed we weren’t going to make it out alive,” Majors said. 

During their escape, the couple ended up crashing their car, with Majors ejecting from the vehicle. She was in the hospital soon after with a fractured spine, broken clavicle, a severe concussion, a broken rib, and multiple head injuries. 

“I am beyond grateful to be alive,” Majors said. “But we were both assaulted, traumatized, and nearly killed. This was not just an accident — this was an attempted act of violence meant to harm and silence us. We will not be silent.”

Two of the attackers, Mark Goodman and Elizabeth Wolfrey, have been charged with misdemeanor charges after the incident.

Continue reading this article at: https://watermarkonline.com/2025/08/08/black-lesbian-couple-brutally-attacked-in-spotsylvania-county/ (Source)

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France: lesbian school principal dies by suicide following unrelenting harassment

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A French school principal has died by suicide after enduring a prolonged campaign of homophobic harassment within her community.

Caroline Grandjean, 42, was the principal of a nursery school (for children 2/3-5) in the village of Moussages. It is understood that someone discovered she was married to a woman, despite not being public about her relationship. The harassment commenced in 2023 with anti-lesbian graffiti in the school. The targeted campaign escalated to death threats despite Grandjean filing five formal complaints and an investigation being conducted, and in 2024 Grandjean was forced out of teaching.

Only hours after contacting France’s national suicide prevention helpline Grandjean died by suicide on the first day of the new school term (1 September 2025).

Grandjean reportedly felt let down by both her school and local government, and her colleagues apparently consider her choice of date to be a statement of their failure to protect her.

Continue reading at https://www.scenemag.co.uk/french-lesbian-school-principal-commits-suicide-after-prolonged-campaign-of-homophobic-harassment/ (Source)

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Chile: historic conviction for lesbophobic hate crime and femicide

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August 2025: Cristofer Arnoldo Pino Pino was sentenced to 15 years for murdering Sandra Almeida Lizama in November 2023. The historic ruling was handed down unanimously by the Third Criminal Court of Santiago.

Claudia Castañeda, a lawyer for the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation (Movilh):

“Although the family and Movilh were seeking a life sentence, the truth is that this is the first conviction for lesbophobic femicide in Chile, which sets a good precedent for minority women. In previous cases, no lesbophobic murder has ever been considered a femicide or a sexuality-based hate crime.”

“Si bien, la familia y el Movilh aspirábamos a cadena perpetua, lo cierto es que se trata de la primera condena por femicidio lesbofóbico en Chile, lo cual sienta un buen precedente para las mujeres diversas. En ocasiones anteriores, los asesinatos lesbofóbicos nunca habían sido considerados como femicidio, ni crímenes de odio en razón de la orientación sexual.”

The brutal attack occured on 27 November 2023, when Sanda was talking with a friend in the Lo Barnechea commune. Cristofer Arnoldo Pino Pino first verbally abused Sandra, using sexist and homophobic language, before kicking her to the ground. After being attacked for intervening, her friend went for help, as Cristofer Arnoldo Pino Pino went in search of a weapon, with which he bludgeoned Sandra. The brutality of the attack drew attention and one of the people who approached the scene was Sandra’s own daughter.

Sandra was taken to hospital where she died 6 days later on 2 December 2023.

Continue reading at: https://www.movilh.cl/historica-condena-por-femicidio-lesbofobico-en-chile-15-anos-de-pena-efectiva-para-el-asesino/ (Source)

See also: https://deultimominuto.net/en/international/court-issues-first-prison-sentence-in-chile-to-a-man-for-lesbophobia/

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Brazil: court upholds jury trial for man accused of gruesome murder of young lesbian

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The Maranhão Court of Justice has upheld the decision to send Elizeu Carvalho de Castro to a jury trial for the cruel and brutal murder of 21-year-old lesbian Ana Caroline Sousa Campelo, whose mutilated body was found on 10 December 2023, in Maranhãozinho. Prosecutors allege she was killed by asphyxiation in a hate crime after being abducted while cycling home from work. Carvalho, also known as “Bahia” or “Baiano”, denies involvement but remains in custody awaiting trial.

Two months after her death, Ana Caroline’s body was exhumed for forensic examination at the request of Maranhão’s Civil Police, after it was revealed she had been buried without an autopsy.

Her death sparked nationwide protests against lesbophobia and lesbicide, drawing condemnation from activists and government officials, including the Minister of Women Cida Gonçalves, who labeled it a case of lesbophobia and a gender-based hate crime.

Please note the following article contains upsetting details about Ana Caroline’s death.

Continue reading at: https://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2025/04/28/caso-ana-caroline-justica-rejeita-e-recurso-e-suspeito-de-matar-jovem-lesbica-ira-a-juri-popular-no-maranhao.ghtml (Source)

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Colombia: Lesbophobic attacks against lesbian family with toddler

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Following ongoing harassment and lesbophobic abuse, Emilie Díaz and Kerly Rozo claim that they and their mothers were verbally and physically assaulted by local residents. The alleged incident occurred at the house the couple shares share with their two year old daughter in the La Rosita neighbourhood of Villavicencio.

Emilie and Kerly allege that on 18 April they had asked their neighbours to turn down their music, as their young daughter was asleep. The situation escalated rapidly following this request. When one of the mothers went outside to deescalate the situation, she was pysically assaulted. Emilie was attacked by three men when she attempted to defend herself from violence.

Emilie and Kerly claim that one of the assailants broke the windows of their home and threatened to kill them. In a video circulating on social media, one assailant can be heard shouting “You f***ing lesbians! Do you want to d*e? You f***ing lesbians!”. In addition to this, one of the assailants is also accused of threatening the lesbian couple with sexual violence.

Police who attended the property appear not to have taken any action or details, leading to the women leaving their house to protect their safety.

Continue reading at: https://elcuartomosquetero.com/denuncian-agresion-lesbofobica-contra-dos-mujeres-en-villavicencio/ (Source)

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Brazil: killers of Marielle Franco sentenced

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More than six years after Brazilian councilwoman and Black LGBTQ activist Marielle Franco was murdered by former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Queiroz, in a murder suspected to have ties to drug trafficking, her killers were finally sentenced to 78 and 59 years in prison respectively on Thursday.

Anielle Franco, Marielle Franco’s sister, and Marielle’s widow Monica Benicio reacting to sentence Marielle and her driver, Anderson Gomes’s murderers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 31, 2024.

A Brazilian court on Thursday sentenced the two killers of iconic Black LGBTQ activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco to 78 and 59 years in jail, respectively, after a two-day trial over a crime that shocked the country.

Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Queiroz, two former military police officers, had confessed to killing the Rio de Janeiro politician and her driver Anderson Gomes in a drive-by shooting on March 14, 2018.

Lessa, who was sentenced to 78 years and nine months imprisonment, said he pulled the trigger. Queiroz, who drove the car, was sentenced to 59 years and eight months behind bars.

“Justice sometimes is slow to come… but it does come,” Judge Lucia Glioche said as she issued the sentence.

Franco’s assassination sent shockwaves through Brazil.

It cast a spotlight on the connections between police officers, powerful politicians and the militias that terrorize poor Rio communities, which Franco had denounced and who are suspected of ordering her assassination.

Congressman Chiquinho Brazao and his brother Domingos Brazao, an advisor with the state auditor, have been charged with masterminding the attack.

Continue reading at: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241031-marielle-franco-s-killers-sentenced-to-78-59-years-in-jail (source)

After the sentencing, Franco’s father Antônio da Silva Neto said his family would continue their fight for justice.

“It doesn’t end here because there were masterminds [of the crime]. The question we’re asking now is: when will the masterminds be convicted?”

Franco’s death at the age of 38 sparked nationwide protests

Life sentences do not exist under Brazilian law and each defendant is expected to serve a maximum of 30 years.

The two were ordered to pay together 706,000 reais (£93,000; $120,000) in damages to Franco’s mother, partner and daughter, and to Gomes’ wife.

They were also ordered to pay a pension to Gomes’ son Arthur until he is 24.

Chaves, who survived the shooting, told the court how the night unfolded and “completely changed” her life. Shortly after the attack, Chaves and her family fled the country and she was not able to attend Franco’s funeral or memorial service. She has since moved back to Brazil.

Speaking to court via video-link, she said those responsible for Franco’s murder would spend the rest of their lives hearing Franco’s name and seeing her “face in walls across the world”.

“They took Marielle from us, but they couldn’t take away what Marielle means”, she added.

Continue reading at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7neyw2459o (Source)

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Argentina: lesbian couple attacked by neighbours

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Inés Zarantonello and her partner, Analia Cóceres, reported being attacked by two neighbors who had previously used lesbophobic language. Although their attackers have already been prosecuted for serious bodily harm, they believe their lives were at risk and that the attack was premeditated, so it should at least be classified as “aggravated by gender-based hatred.”

“I can’t understand why they say they were minor injuries when he could have killed us,” says Inés Zarantonello (39), almost a month after she and her partner, Analia Cóceres (41), were attacked by two neighbors who had already used lesbophobic language. Miguel Yanes and Julián Yanes – father and son respectively – were detained for 48 hours after beating them and injuring them with a knife. Despite the restrictive measures, they cross paths with the two girls daily. They want to raise the profile of their case out of fear but also so that attacks on people from the LGTBIQNB+ community are not naturalized.

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Inés Zarantonello y su pareja, Analia Cóceres relataron haber sido agredidas por dos vecinos que ya habían tenido expresiones lesboodiantes previamente. Si bien ya hay un pedido de elevación a juicio contra sus agresores, por lesiones graves, ellas consideran que su vida estuvo en riesgo, que la agresión fue premeditada, por lo que debería al menos caratularse con “agravante por odio de género”.

“No puedo entender que digan que fueron lesiones leves cuando nos podría haber matado”, dice Inés Zarantonello (39) a casi un mes de que ella y su pareja, Analia Cóceres (41), fueran agredidas por dos vecinos que ya habían tenido expresiones lesboodiantes. Miguel Yanes y julián Yanes -padre e hijo respectivamente- estuvieron 48 horas detenidos después de golpearlas y herirlas con un arma blanca, a pesar de las medidas restrictivas se cruzan cotidianamente con las dos chicas, quieren hacer visible el caso por miedo pero también para que las agresiones a personas de la comunidad LGTBIQNB+ no sean naturalizadas.

Continue reading at: https://www.pagina12.com.ar/815062-una-pareja-de-lesbianas-denuncia-una-violenta-agresion (Source)

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Lesbians across the world March 2025

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The position of women and the LGBT community continues to worsen in many countries around the world. In many of these cases we are unable to find articles or analysis which refer specifically to the impact of the legal, political, economic and social changes on lesbians. The impact of these changes are often expected to be exacerbated for lesbians, who face the double impacts of sexism / misogyny and homophobia. Poverty, disability and racism exacerbate the impacts further still for many women. Despite this, in many traditional societies, women are restricted to the private family sphere with the violence, coercion and discrimination they face invisibilised and normalised by the imposition of expected social roles.

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Being a lesbian in Russia means living in fear

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Elena Kostuchenko is a Russian journalist in exile who has risked her life to give a voice to the silenced people in her country, especially the LGBTQI+ community. Her story is that of a woman who has faced threats, violence and censorship, but who has never stopped fighting. Her book El meu país estimat (My Beloved Country), recently published in Catalan, collects testimonies and chronicles published in the newspaper Nóvaya Gazeta , the last independent media outlet in Russia, which was closed down for its critical stance against Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Being a lesbian in Russia is not only a personal challenge, but a matter of survival, as she explains in an interview with El Diario. “In my country, I can’t be at peace as a woman, let alone as a lesbian,” says Kostuchenko. Homophobia is not just a social prejudice, but a state policy. Laws against “LGBTQ+ propaganda” prevent any kind of visibility, and violence against the community is common. “At the first Pride march in Moscow I participated in, I ended up in the hospital after being attacked by protesters,” she recalls.

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Ielena Kostyutxenko (Iaroslavl, 1987) es una periodista rusa en el exilio que ha arriesgado su vida por dar voz a las personas silenciadas en su país, especialmente a la comunidad LGTBIQ+. Su historia es la de una mujer que ha enfrentado amenazas, violencia y censura, pero que nunca ha dejado de luchar. Su libro El meu país estimat (Mi país querido), recientemente publicado en catalán, recoge testimonios y crónicas publicadas en el diario Nóvaya Gazeta, el último medio independiente de Rusia, que fue clausurado por su postura crítica contra el régimen de Vladímir Putin.

Ser lesbiana en Rusia no solo es un desafío personal, sino una cuestión de supervivencia, y así lo cuenta en una entrevista a El Diario. “En mi país, no puedo estar tranquila siendo mujer, y mucho menos siendo lesbiana”, afirma Kostyutxenko. La homofobia no es solo un prejuicio social, sino una política de Estado. Las leyes contra la “propaganda LGTBIQ+” impiden cualquier tipo de visibilidad, y la violencia contra la comunidad es frecuente. “En la primera marcha del Orgullo en Moscú en la que participé, terminé en el hospital tras ser agredida por manifestantes contrarios”, recuerda.

Continue reading at: https://mirales.es/ielena-kostyutxenko-ser-lesbiana-en-rusia-significa-vivir-con-miedo/ (Source)

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Canada: lesbophobic attack on couple by group of men (July 2024)

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Emma MacLean and girlfriend Tori were walking home from Emma’s birthday celebration when they passed the group of 10 men. One of them made a sexually degrading comment towards Emma so Tori stood up for her saying ‘hey, that’s my girlfriend.’

He continued making offensive and homophobic remarks at the couple before they were set upon by the group. Emma told CTV News: ‘I see Tori being pushed on the stairs right in front of the BMO Centre, and they are cement stairs, and she’s on her back – that’s when all the men started punching and kicking her.

Continue reading at: https://metro.co.uk/2024/07/02/lesbian-couple-beaten-gang-homophobic-attack-birthday-night-21142932/ (Source)

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South Sudan: Escaping to Germany

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Diana never wanted to leave her homeland. The 32-year-old comes from Juba, the capital of South Sudan. She worked as a police officer, was a football coach in her free time and went to church. Many people knew and respected her. Until her relationship with another woman came to light. There were several rumors that Diana might be a lesbian. Homosexual acts are forbidden in South Sudan and can be punished with ten years in prison. To be on the safe side, Diana does not want to see her last name in the newspaper.

Most of the time the rumors could be dispelled, Diana always denied her queerness and her partner. “I said ‘Nani, Nani? I don’t know any Nani.’ But that was my friend’s name.” This is how she tells SIEGESSÄULE about the conversation with a colleague and to some extent her status as a police officer protected her from criminal prosecution. A photo as evidence changed the situation: the state security service wanted to take Diana to the “Blue House.” At least that was the warning from a friend who is active in a women’s rights organization.

“Whoever goes in there will never come out alive.”

According to a report by Amnesty International, the “Blue House” is a detention facility run by the National Security Service. “Anyone who gets in there will never get out alive,” explains Diana. “Then you’re a political prisoner.” Before things could get that far, her friend organized her temporary departure to neighboring Uganda. And then to Germany last July. “At first I refused. I didn’t want to go anywhere. I didn’t even know where Germany was.“ Diana also paid the school fees for some of her nephews and nieces and looked after the family. Eventually she was persuaded to flee – she couldn’t help her family even if she was dead.

Continue reading at: https://www.siegessaeule.de/magazin/flucht-nach-vorn-vom-suedsudan-nach-deutschland/ (Source)

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Afghanistan: lesbians under the Taliban (June 2023)

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Afghanistan is a country where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death under Sharia law. This law has been enforced in the past via the former Republic government of Afghanistan penal code[1], and there are reports of LBQ individuals being targeted and subjected to violence and discrimination. In addition, women in Afghanistan face significant gender-based violence and discrimination and at times are subject to the death sentence. In fact, the situation has exacerbated for LBQ individuals.

The Taliban’s takeover of the country has further worsened the situation for LBQ individuals in Afghanistan. The interpretation of the Sharia law made by the Taliban is particularly harsh, and they have a history of targeting LBQ individuals. The Taliban’s treatment of LBQ individuals has been documented by human rights organizations, with reports of LBQ individuals being executed or subjected to brutal punishments, including stoning and whipping.

Fatima, a 26-year-old lesbian, has an uncle who is a prominent religious leader allied with the Taliban. From the moment the Taliban has returned to power, “the world has become a dark abyss for me that is trying to swallow my dreams, my happiness, my peace, my achievements, my education, my job,” says Fatima. At the time she was working in a local university, but was forced out of her job and replaced by a man who is a Taliban loyalist.

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Argentina: Four attacks on lesbians in two weeks

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In 14 days there were four attacks and attempted attacks on lesbians in Argentina. They occurred after President Javier Milei’s speech in Davos , in which he made a hateful LGBT+ speech full of misinformation. They also occurred in weeks marked by the Antifascist and Antiracist Pride March . They are people who openly show their identity: feminist activists, a couple who walked hand in hand, another who lived in a home and even one woman returning from an assembly prior to the massive march on Saturday, February 1. Many are in a precarious housing situation. In some cases, violence had already been been accompanied by insults and threats. 

The escalation of attacks in the last two weeks still brings to mind the triple lesbian murder in Barracas on May 5, 2024. Then, as now, disinformation speeches against sexual diversity set the media agenda and contributed to a violent context. Before the attack that ended the lives of Andrea, Pamela and Roxana and seriously injured Sofía, Justo Barrientos had repeatedly insulted them, alluding to the victims’ sexual orientation, and had threatened to kill them. One day, he made it happen.

Continue reading at: https://agenciapresentes.org/2025/02/20/argentina-cuatro-ataques-a-lesbianas-en-dos-semanas/ (Source)

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Argentina: man attacks young lesbian couple on street

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This Wednesday, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta , a violent episode was recorded that, once again, highlights the close relationship between the hate and discrimination speeches emanating from the highest levels of the State and the actions in the daily lives of those who adhere to these speeches.

A lesbian couple, aged 26 and 24, were brutally attacked while they were walking down the street hand in hand . The attack was carried out by a man in his 30s (whose name is being withheld by the police) who was riding a bicycle and, after intercepting them on their way, attacked them. It was around 6:30 p.m., when Y. and A. were walking calmly down Ecuador Street, as they usually did, and when they reached Córdoba Avenue they came across the attacker, who intimidated them by blocking their way with his bike and then hit them .

“I was walking hand in hand with my girlfriend, since I had an appointment at the dentist and we decided to go on foot,” one of them recounted, according to Página|12 . Unexpectedly, the man approached them, crossed his bicycle and asked her: “Why do you dress like a man if you are a woman?” And “before I could react, he hit me with a punch that knocked me to the ground, leaving me unconscious . Everything went black.”

Continue reading at: https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Otra-replica-del-odio-oficial-hombre-ataco-a-golpes-a-una-pareja-de-lesbianas-en-Recoleta (Source)

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Argentina: 4 lesbians set on fire, 1 survives

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6 July 2024: It was an attack that sent shockwaves through a country long considered a pioneer in LGBTQ rights. In the early hours of May 6, four lesbian women were set on fire in Argentina. Only one of them survived.
It happened at a boarding house in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where Pamela Fabiana Cobas, Mercedes Roxana Figueroa, Andrea Amarante and Sofía Castro Riglo were sharing a room. Witnesses say a man broke in and threw an incendiary device that set the women on fire.
Pamela died soon after. Her partner Roxana died days later of organ failure. Andrea died on May 12 in a hospital.

Continue reading at: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/06/americas/argentina-lgbtq-milei-fire-deaths-intl-latam/index.html (source)

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Cameroon: lesbians imprisoned after rejecting neighbour

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“After six months without a trial, the young imprisoned lesbian couple Yane and Hage were set free through the intervention of Project Not Alone. That initiative, supported by readers’ donations and a grant from the Attitude Foundation, feeds and frees innocent victims of anti-homosexuality laws in Cameroon and Nigeria. …

When their neighbor made sexual propositions to her, Yane lost her temper, called him a “poor guy” and made clear that she wasn’t interested. Insulted, he decided to get his revenge on her. He tried to learn whatever he could about her and Hage.

Within a couple of weeks, he had discovered that they were a lesbian couple, a revelation that he shared with other neighbors, including a police officer. The police arrested Hage and Yane on suspicion of homosexuality after observing that many masculine-looking women visited their home.

The couple was held at the police station for two days, then were referred to the public prosecutor’s office and then to prison.”

Continue reading: https://76crimes.com/2024/11/08/imprisoned-lesbians-set-free/ (Source)

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Senegal: lesbian activists fighting for visibility in a hostile nation

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“Homosexuality has once again become a focus of debate among the political classes in Senegal, where newly appointed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has alternately claimed that homosexuality is tolerated in the nation, and advocated for harsher criminalization of same-sex intimacy.

Senegal lesbians and gays already face penalties for same-sex intimacy, with up to 5 years’ imprisonment and fines of 1.5 million CFA francs (approximately U.S $2,500), making advocacy for LGBTQ rights extremely difficult.”

Awa (pseudonym): I’m the president of a women’s association [Editor’s note: for security reasons, the name of the organisation is being withheld] in Dakar and I can say that in the current political and social climate in Senegal, lesbians, although invisible in the public debate, are often exposed to corrective rape at an early age.

Very often, when a family suspects that a young girl is a lesbian, she is taken by force to a marabout who, far from giving her a religious education, will rape her. This does not happen all the time, or in all social contexts, but in rural Senegal it is far from rare.

Then there is the psychological reconstruction work that needs to be undertaken, with a lot of listening, tact and solidarity towards young women who arrive in Dakar weakened and traumatised when they have managed to escape from their family environment, after several years of forced marriages. In that sense, nothing has changed, despite the passing years.”

Continue reading: https://76crimes.com/2024/06/26/two-senegal-lesbians-fight-for-visibility/ (Source)

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Ugandan lesbian activist Kasha Nabagesera one of BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women

Posted on 25/02/2025 by | Leave a comment

“The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has named Ugandan LGBTQ+ rights activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera to its list of this year’s “100 inspiring and influential women from around the world”.”

“The BBC said about Nabagesera: “Homosexual acts are illegal in Uganda, punishable by prison sentences – and LGBTQ+ advocate Kasha Nabagesera is fighting to change these repressive laws. As an openly gay woman, she has made a profound impact campaigning against LGBTQ+ stigma across Africa. Nabagesera has successfully sued newspapers and the Ugandan government for anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric: she has twice challenged anti-homosexuality laws in Ugandan courts and is currently challenging a 2023 act.”

Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2024/12/30/bbc-lists-ugandan-lesbian-activist-among-worlds-100-inspiring-and-influential-women/ (source)

It has also been reported that “for the first time since Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023 came into force, cases of homophobia-driven arrests have topped the list of human rights violations against known or suspected LGBTQI+ persons, overtaking violence and evictions, according to a report just published by the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF).”

Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2025/02/19/anti-lgbt-arrests-rising-in-uganda/ (source)

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Haiti: lesbians under threat from gang rule

Posted on 22/02/2025 by | 1 comment

“Lesbians and queer women in Haiti are living in fear after notorious gang leader Krisla, who is believed to be behind numerous heinous kidnappings, expressly threatened to target lesbian teenagers in the southern Port-au-Prince suburbs of Fontamara and Tibwa in a series of voice recordings on social media.

These threats have arrived in a deteriorated security situation amid gang rivalry in the capital, while the United Nations-funded police mission that was welcomed by Haitian authorities is struggling to restore order.”

“Although homosexuality is not penalized in Haiti, Krisla says he would like to see it de facto outlawed in the areas under his control, especially if it involves female homosexuality. Moreover, he adds that girls need to be watched more than boys, in order to reinforce gender norms on them.”

Continue reading: https://76crimes.com/2024/11/05/violent-gang-threats-haitis-lesbians/ (source)

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