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Italy: Young lesbian kidnapped and beaten by parents

They decided to lock her in the house, not accepting her sexuality. The key figures in this disconcerting story are a couple from Ercolano, Naples. The carabinieri arrested the two parents (47 and 43) for kidnapping and mistreatment of their 19 year old lesbian daughter. The parents had already threatened to burn down the house of their daughter and her 20-year-old girlfriend. The two young women, frightened, had taken refuge in the home of a friend. The parents of the 19-year-old, however, had installed a GPS in their daughter’s cell phone and managed to find the girls, showing up at the house and forcefully taking their daughter amid the screams of those present, dragging her into the car to leave.

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Before the kidnapping, the young woman had been subjected to violene and threats: “They beat me with a club, I wanted to end it all. My mother told me she would come to cry at the cemetery.”

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China: rare lesbian bar closed after a decade

Jun 27 2024 For nearly a decade Roxie was one of Shanghai’s (and China’s) few lesbian bars. It hosted speed dating and pole dancing, and boasted an unusually risqué decor (patrons were encouraged to hang their bras above the counter). But earlier this month the bar announced that it would close. It blamed “forces beyond our control”, a euphemism for official pressure.

Continue reading at: https://www.economist.com/china/2024/06/27/roxie-one-of-chinas-few-lesbian-bars-closes-its-doors (Source)

Cameroon: president’s daughter comes out

11 July 2024 The daughter of Cameroon’s president has said she hopes that her coming out as a lesbian can help change the law banning same-sex relations in her country. Brenda Biya told the Le Parisien newspaper that there were many people in her situation and she hoped to inspire them. …

In the interview with France’s Le Parisien, she said she had not informed anyone in her family before publishing the post. “Coming out is an opportunity to send a strong message,” she said. She added that she found the anti-gay law, which existed before her father came to power, “unfair and I hope that my story will change it”.

Paul Biya, 91, has been Cameroon’s president since 1982 and is one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

Continue reading at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1we656754eo (Source)

Nigeria: lesbian’s journey after forced marriage and rape

When Vivian, a 22-year-old lesbian, reached out for help through Qtalk, an online counseling app for LGBTIQ+ Nigerians, her words reflected the depth of her despair: “I don’t know how to live anymore. My parents forced this man on me, and now I’m pregnant after he raped me. I feel like my life is over.”

Vivian’s story is one of profound trauma and resilience. After her parents discovered her sexual orientation, they subjected her to a horrifying ordeal, coercing her into a situation meant to “correct” her identity. This culminated in sexual assault by a man they imposed upon her, leaving her pregnant and deeply traumatized. Isolated and betrayed by the very people who should have offered her unconditional support, Vivian turned to the online counseling platform as a last resort.

Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2025/01/20/qtalk-lesbian-journey/ (Source)

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Argentina: Four attacks on lesbians in two weeks

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.

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Argentina: lesbian activist survives seven stab wounds in own home

12 February 2025 A 32-year-old lesbian activist, Mariana Oliver, known as “Nina”, was brutally attacked in her home in the city of Oran. A man entered her home and stabbed her seven times in an attempted murder.

According to the Panambi feminist collective, to which Oliver belongs, the attack was an attempted lesbicide and they reported that the aggressor, Juan Marcelo Córdoba, had been harassing several members of the group on social media.

This is not the first attack that Oliver has suffered, as in 2021 he was also the victim of an attack due to his identity. The attacker was arrested and the arraignment hearing is expected to take place.

Continue reading at: https://www.notife.com/ataque-homofobico-una-activista-lesbiana-sobrevivio-a-siete-punaladas (Source)

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Argentina: man attacks young lesbian couple on street

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)

Argentina: man burns lesbian family home after years of harassment

On Wednesday, January 29, Orlando Alcides Lutz Fogar doused the house where a lesbian couple and their daughter lived in Cañuelas with gasoline and set fire to it. Unbeknownst to the attacker, they had left the house after Lutz Fogar pointed a laser at the house.

But Wednesday’s attack on the house was not the first. The women had been suffering the attacks for three years, which were reported on different occasions. In one of these attacks, the violent neighbor had doused the lamp post with gasoline and set it on fire, putting at risk not only this family but also several of the houses around it. The women filed several complaints, but the Justice Department put a restraining order on only one of the family members, which was never enforced.

The couple arrived in Cañuelas in 2022, looking for a quiet place to live. There they learned that a neighbor harassed other people, particularly if those people were women or sexually diverse. In conversation with Agui, one of the women who suffered the attack, said, “the day we saw him for the first time was when he attacked another lesbian couple who lived on the block. We got into an argument because the man went to record the property of these girls and intimidate them and when we went to tell them that the girls were not alone, and that’s when our ordeal began.” …

After the successive attacks, the women realized that they were being targeted by a laser light and decided to leave their house because they felt at risk. Not knowing that they were not there, Lutz Fogar went to set fire to their house. They found out because a neighbor called them to warn them.

Continue reading at: https://www.tiempoar.com.ar/ta_article/un-hombre-prendio-fuego-a-la-casa-de-una-familia-lesbiana/ (Source)

Update: https://listening2lesbians.com/2025/03/27/argentina-man-accused-of-burning-lesbian-family-home-denied-release/

Argentina: 4 lesbians set on fire, 1 survives

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)

Fiji: Director of Rugby sacked for anti lesbian comments

The Fiji Rugby Union has sacked former women’s captain Laijipa Naulivou four days into her job as Director of Rugby after she said the women’s game had a “gay problem”.
Naulivou, the first captain of Fiji’s national women’s team, told the Fiji Sun newspaper this week she was against gay women in rugby and said they should be excluded if the team was “affected” by them.
“Those who played with me know that I do not condone being gay for women in rugby,” the paper quoted her as saying.

Continue reading at: https://nit.com.au/07-02-2025/16124/fiji-director-of-rugby-sacked-for-gay-problem-comment (Source)

India: police protection helps lesbian couple start life together

Amid the flurry of Valentine’s Week celebrations, two young women in Lucknow are beginning a new chapter together, thanks to police intervention that shielded them from family opposition. The women, both 23-year-old, were in a relationship since 2021 but were living apart, fearing family backlsh.

Continue reading at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/police-help-unite-same-sex-couple-tell-kin-not-to-interfere/articleshow/118074250.cms (source)

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

“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)

Haiti: lesbians under threat from gang rule

“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)

Bangladesh: university expells women over alleged lesbianism

“A female student was expelled from her Islamic University residence hall on Jan. 21, while a female friend of hers was turned over to police after a crowd of students accused the pair of homosexuality.

The university’s actions were blatant discrimination and a gross violation of human rights without regard for the principles of justice and human dignity. according to the human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF).”

Continue reading: https://76crimes.com/2025/01/23/despite-lack-of-evidence-bangladesh-university-ousts-two-alleged-lesbians/ (Source)

U.S.: Lesbian cop wins sexual harassment lawsuit

“A former New Jersey lieutenant has been awarded $750,000 in her lawsuit against her former boss, who she claimed sexually harassed her and discriminated against her for being a lesbian.

The lawsuit, first reported by Transparency NJ, was brought by now retired Lt. Constance Crea, who was hired in 1996 and promoted to lieutenant in 2019, against the town of Piscataway and former Police Chief Thomas Mosier. Crea accused Mosier of “a pattern and practice of behavior of sexual harassment, discrimination, hostile work environment, preferential treatment and failing to comply with his own policies.”

Crea accused Mosier of frequently yelling at her and making degrading comments, such as telling her to “doll herself up” or asking “approximately every other month, ‘Who’s mowing the grass?’” which Crea believed to be a reference to her sex life with her wife.”

Continue reading: Lesbian cop wins $750k in sexual harassment lawsuit against former chief (source)

Ireland: Lesbian street harassment from cabbie

‘We can’t let homophobes win’: taxi driver ‘sped up’ when seeing her cross the road with her partner.

“Caoimhe, who is known on stage as Freya Femme, said the driver shouted homophobic insults at the couple after narrowly avoiding them.

Writing on the Cork subreddit, Caoimhe claimed: ‘A taxi driver, in his taxi with another person, they were waiting to cross the road.

‘He waited for us to be in the middle and then sped the car towards us threateningly to make us run and shouted homophobic things out the window at us.”

Continue reading: https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/14/taxi-driver-sped-towards-lesbian-couple-shouting-homophobic-abuse-22557659/ (source)

South Africa: Lesbian Woman “Stoned to Death” After Lesbophobic Threats

It’s been reported that a 24-year-old lesbian mom from Zimbabwe was brutally murdered in Gauteng.

In a statement, FEW (Forum for the Empowerment of Women) said it first heard of the news of Ruth “Nickki” Chigowe’s death on 27 May.

Her unidentified lifeless body was discovered “stoned to death” in Maphanga section, Katlehong, a large township southeast of Johannesburg. It was only on 31 May that the organisation was able to confirm Chigowe’s identity.

A murder case has been opened at the Katlehong North Police station. No arrests have yet been made.

Zaheeda Munyai from Access Chapter 2 told MambaOnline that Chigowe came to South Africa in 2019.

“According to the information I have found from community members, her parents disowned her due to her sexual orientation,” said Munyai. “She then found a job in a tuckshop and started to rent a room at Holomisa.”

Munyai revealed that it’s been claimed that two weeks before she was killed, Chigowe and her girlfriend “received homophobic threats from guys around the area wherein they uttered that they both deserve to be raped and killed.”

To add to the tragedy, Chigowe leaves behind a one-year-old daughter. “There is an urgent need for a massive intervention in Katlehong,” said an exasperated Munyai. “LGBTI people live in fear and they can’t even disclose their relationships in public.”

Continue reading: https://www.mambaonline.com/2022/06/02/young-lesbian-woman-stoned-to-death-in-katlehong/ (source)

South Africa: Lesbian Stabbed to Death for Rejecting Man’s Advances

Lesbian Pinky Shongwe, 32, from Umlazi [South Africa] was stabbed to death by a man who was making romantic advances which she rejected.

Shongwe’s body was discovered this week.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala said a case of murder was opened by Umlazi police for investigation after a 32-year-old female was allegedly stabbed. She said the victim left home to go to a local shop but was stabbed multiple times by an unknown suspect.

“She was found lying on the road and was taken to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries on arrival. The motive of the killing is unknown and the matter is still under investigation,” said Gwala.

The victim’s sister Khethiwe Shongwe, said her sister had gone to a nearby shop when she was confronted by an unknown man who stopped and proposed love. She said she was home on the South Coast when she received a call that her sister had been stabbed, adding she was rushed to hospital but the family was told she had died on arrival.

Khethiwe said her sister had chosen to live her life openly as a lesbian, and her family and neighbours knew that she was lesbian. She said she did know whether the perpetrator was from the area, as no one had come forward with information about him.

Continue reading: https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/kwazulu-natal/umlazi-lesbian-stabbed-to-death-for-rejecting-a-mans-romantic-advances-ab193a8a-e92c-4510-8748-9d500015d40e (source)

Argentina: Lesbian Higui acquitted after brutal attack and attempted corrective rape

Higui speaks after being acquitted of manslaughter, having defended herself during a brutal and traumatic attack and attempted corrective rape.

On October 16, 2016, Argentinian woman Eva Analía De Jesús, better known as Higui, was walking through the Buenos Aires town of Bella Vista when a group of men attacked her because of her sexual orientation. Higui — who was given that nickname because she was a soccer player and had curls like the Colombian René Higuita — told the police and later the judges that her attackers beat her and tried to rape her. “I’m going to make you feel like a woman…a lesbian,” Cristian Rubén Espósito told her, according to his account. She took out a knife and plunged it into his chest. She fainted and when she regained consciousness she was arrested. Despite the fact that she reported an attempted corrective gang rape and that she was found unconscious by police officers, with torn clothing and numerous injuries from beating, her allegations were never investigated. She was charged with simple murder and spent almost eight months in jail. This Thursday she was aquitted.
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El 16 de octubre de 2016, la argentina Eva Analía De Jesús, más conocida como Higui, caminaba por la localidad bonaerense de Bella Vista cuando un grupo de hombres la atacó debido a su orientación sexual. Higui —a quien le pusieron ese apodo por ser futbolista y tener rulos como el colombiano René Higuita— contó ante la policía y después ante los jueces que sus agresores la golpearon e intentaron violarla. “Te voy a hacer sentir mujer, forra, lesbiana”, le dijo Cristian Rubén Espósito, según su relato. Ella sacó una navaja y se la clavó en el pecho. Se desvaneció y cuando recuperó la conciencia estaba detenida. A pesar de que ella denunció un intento de violación grupal correctiva y que fue encontrada inconsciente por los policías, con la ropa rota y numerosos golpes, sus acusaciones nunca se investigaron. Fue acusada de homicidio simple y pasó casi ocho meses encarcelada, pero este jueves un tribunal dictó su absolución.
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Continue reading at: https://elpais.com/sociedad/2022-03-18/absuelta-higui-la-argentina-que-mato-al-hombre-que-intento-violarla-por-ser-lesbiana.html (Source)

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U.S: Lesbian slurs used by Grant County staff to describe job applicant

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A Mount Vernon woman is suing Grant County and its director of community corrections, claiming she was called a “bad lesbian,” among other derogatory terms, by staff members while under consideration for a job in 2013 and was eventually passed over because of her sexual orientation.
 
Terry Hanson, 54, contends county staff discriminated against her and violated her civil rights. In the suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Pendleton, Hanson claims Grant County has a “custom, policy or practice of engaging in sexual orientation discrimination.”

The claims come after another federal suit filed against Grant County in September by James Gravley, a former county parole and probation officer. Gravley claimed to have heard the comments made about Hanson, spoke out about what was said, filed a complaint with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and was later fired in retaliation.
 
In an answer filed in November to Gravley’s federal complaint, Grant County admitted an employee called Hanson one lesbian slur during a staff meeting to discuss job candidates, but it denies anyone called her a “bad lesbian” and other derogatory terms.
 
Both lawsuits ask for jury trials and an undisclosed amount of financial damages.

Continue reading: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2014/12/lesbian_slurs_used_by_grant_co.html (source)