In a milestone event for lesbian women, lesbian-feminist groups yesterday installed a plaque commemorating Mónica Briones and all the victims of lesbian hatred in downtown Santiago.
The space was set up by lesbian-feminist collectives in Merced with Irene Morales, the same place where Mónica was murdered in 1984. Her case is the first documented lesbian-hate crime in Chile, following years of investigation by journalist and founder of Rompiendo El Silencio, Érika Montecinos.
In a milestone event for lesbian women, lesbian-feminist groups yesterday installed a plaque commemorating Mónica Briones and all the victims of lesbian hatred in downtown Santiago.
The plaque was installed in Merced and Irene Morales (the same place where Monica was murdered on July 9, 1984), following years of collective efforts by the groups Rompiendo El Silencio, Red Lesbofeminista, La Crisis, Burdas, and the Frente Musical Combatibe, among others.
“Commemorative space: to all the women victims of lesbian hatred.
Mónica Briones Puccio (July 7, 1950–July 9, 1984) was murdered on this corner.
She was an out lesbian, Chilean painter, sculptor, and artist. The brutal, unjust crime against her was used as an example to promote July 9 as Lesbian Visibility Day in Chile,” the plaque reads.
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