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Estonia: Lesbian couple brutally attacked and beaten in Tallinn

A young female gay [sic] couple was brutally attacked and beaten by two men in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, in the morning of 8 August.

The horrific attack took place in the borough of Mustamäe, at a food shack near the Szolnok bus stop.

According to Postimees, the women – 20 and 18 years old – had gone to buy French fries at the food shack in the morning of Sunday, 8 August, when they encountered three men, of whom one felt the necessity to call them “lesbians” and laughed at them.

One of the victims, whom Postimees calls Emma, but admits it’s not her real name, told the newspaper that she got angry at the men and told them to pipe down. According to the newspaper, one of the attackers started to strangle Emma after that.

“He held my neck firmly, my girlfriend tried to push the guy away. /…/ The men started to beat us with their hands and feet. Two of them were beating us and the third one was just looking,” Emma told Postimees. According to the victim, it later emerged that one of the men who attacked her had previously been involved in martial arts, and was over seven feet tall – “like a bear”.

Continue reading: https://estonianworld.com/life/female-gay-couple-brutally-attacked-and-beaten-in-tallinn/ (source)

U.S: Lesbian Couple Shot to Death at Utah Campsite

Police in Utah have launched a homicide investigation in the deaths of a married female couple shot to death Wednesday at a campsite in Grand County.

The victims were Crystal Michelle Turner, 38, and Kylen Carrol Schulte, 24, who had lived in Moab, Utah, Salt Lake City TV station KSL reports.

The women were last seen at a tavern in Moab Saturday night, and they had called friends that night saying they were worried about “a weirdo camping near them that was freaking them out,” according to social media posts. They were planning to move to a different campsite.

Continue reading: https://www.advocate.com/crime/2021/8/20/female-couple-shot-death-utah-campsite (source)

South Africa: Community Mourns Rape and Murder of Lesbian Health Worker

Community mourns rape, murder of lesbian health worker.

Family, friends and members of the LGBTIQ+ community in Limpopo have been left reeling by the brutal rape and murder of a young lesbian community health worker, in what is suspected to be a hate crime.

A young lesbian community health worker was raped, stabbed multiple times and dumped alongside the road next to Helen Franz Hospital in the rural Senwabarwana area of Limpopo last week.

Thapelo Constance Sehata (23), of Desmond Park in Senwabarwana, was found on Wednesday (28 July 2021) unconscious and bleeding from severe stab wounds, just a short distance from the hospital.

She later succumbed to her injuries, following what her family and fellow members of the LGBTIQ+ community described as a hate crime motivated by her sexual identity. Police have confirmed the incident.

Sehata was a mother of a nine-year-old girl and worked as peer educator at the non-governmental organisation (NPO) Centre for Positive Care (CPC).

Her distraught older sister, Pretty Sehata (31), told Health-e News this week that the whole family, including their 63-year-old mother, was hurt beyond words.

“Thapelo was open about being lesbian and we accepted and loved her as our own in the family. Of course, there were some residents who would mock, insult and ridicule her for what she was.  And here we are in pain today, mourning her brutal killing. She was raped, killed and dumped along the road as if she was not human,” said Pretty.

Continue reading: https://health-e.org.za/2021/08/10/community-mourns-rape-murder-of-lesbian-health-worker/ (source)

U.S: Lesbian and Her Dog Murdered in City Park

This past Wednesday at 1 a.m. in Piedmont Park the bodies of Katherine Janness, 40, and her dog Bowie were found. Janness had been stabbed multiple times, her face disfigured in the attack.

“She was the most intelligent, kind, humble, and beautiful person I have ever known. I wanted to spend every second with her,” her fiancee Emma Clark wrote on Facebook.

“Today I lost the love of my life and my baby boy. It was tragic.”

Janness – a bartender at the Campagnolo Restaurant and Bar in Atlanta – and Clark had dinner together on Tuesday evening and then Janness took Bowie for a walk. When she didn’t come home, Clark found her body by using an app to track her phone’s location in the park about a mile from their home.

Police searched the park for evidence and went door-to-door in the neighborhood to find witnesses. They returned to the park with diving gear to search a lake.

The last known picture of Janness shows her crossing a nearby rainbow crosswalk. Atlanta police released the image and are offering a $10,000 reward for information on the killing.

Continue reading: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/lesbian-dog-stabbed-death-gruesome-attack-city-park/ (source)

Malta: Lesbians Beaten and Kicked Out of Nightclub for Kissing

The owner of the popular nightclub Nordic Bar said he is investigating claims that its bouncers kicked out and beat two women for sharing a kiss. 

“We are carrying out our own investigations on the matter as well as collaborating with the police. This is a very serious matter,” the owner told Times of Malta adding that he would not be saying more until investigations are concluded.

The Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM) first flagged the issue after a woman recounted her “horrendous experience” at the bar on a Facebook group on Monday evening. 

The woman said that once she and her partner were at the bar, they were asked to sit by the table due to COVID-19 restrictions. 

“We shared a kiss and soon enough one of the bouncers came to our table to kick us out,” the woman said. She said that as she and her partner were not sure why they were being thrown out, they both resisted and asked for a reason.

But the bouncer threw both of them to the ground and kicked them as he held them down, she said.

She added that she was “disgusted” by the way they were treated and that she had never experienced such homophobic abuse before. 

In a survey, MGRM had found that half of the LGBTQ+ community find Paceville unsafe, and that many have experienced aggression from bouncers. 

“At this point we advice the community not to go to this venue unless action is taken that guarantees our safety,” MGRM said in a Facebook post. The NGO said it will accompany anyone to a police station if they have been victims of abuse and will also offer free legal service and follow-ups. 

Continue reading: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/club-owner-investigating-claims-of-homophobic-behaviour-by-bouncers.889510 (source)

Italy: young lesbian targeted in knife attack

Insulted and beaten bloody for looking too much at the attackers’ girlfriends. The subject of the latest homophobic violence was a young woman who was with her partner last Friday in the Roman Gay Street, which is the main road of San Giovanni which connects the Basilica to the Colosseum. She was there to spend a few hours quietly, having a relaxed drink and a chat with her girlfriend. She could not imagine the turn that the evening would take. It was an ending, unfortunately, which is similar to the many others that have been increasing in number recently throughout Italy, from north to south, in a series of offenses and attacks against the LGBTQ community.

After the attacks in the Neapolitan area, in Milan, and in Tuscany, this most recent one happened in the heart of the capital a few days ago. This incident was reported by the actor Pietro Turano, activist and vice president of the Roman chapter of Arcigay. On his Facebook page he recounted the episode he partially witnessed. A young lesbian was targeted by two contemporaries who allegedly first verbally abused her and then attacked her with a small knife, wounding her in different parts of her body.
(Translated)

Insultata e colpita a sangue per uno sguardo di troppo rivolto alle fidanzate degli aggressori. Protagonista dell’ultima violenza omofoba una ragazza che lo scorso venerdì si trovava insieme alla sua compagna nella Gay Street romana, ovvero lo stradone di San Giovanni che collega la Basilica al Colosseo. Era lì per per trascorrere qualche ora tranquillamente, a bere un bicchiere e chiacchierare in totale relax con la sua ragazza ma non immaginava minimamente la piega che avrebbe preso la serata. Un epilogo, purtroppo, simile a tanti altri che negli ultimi tempi si stanno moltiplicando un po’ in tutta Italia, da nord a sud. Con una sequela di offese e aggressioni contro la comunità Lgbtq+.

Dopo gli attacchi nel Napoletano, a Milano e in Toscana l’ultimo nel cuore della Capitale qualche giorno fa. A denunciarlo l’attore Pietro Turano, attivista e vice presidente dell’Arcigay romana. Sulla sua pagina Facebook ha raccontato l’episodio del quale è stato in parte testimone: una giovane lesbica presa di mira da due coetanei che l’avrebbero prima insultata e poi aggredita con un coltellino ferendola in diverse parti del corpo.
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U.S: Suspected Homophobia Behind Murder of Lesbian

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5 July 2021: A Connecticut double murder-suicide may have been pushed by the killer’s homophobia, the household of one of the victims mentioned.

David Knowledge, 65, killed himself Friday in his Windsor Locks house after he shot his spouse, her daughter and an 18-year-old girl mentioned to be the daughter’s lover, The Journal Inquirer reported.

His spouse, Delores Tracey Knowledge, 44, and pal Lauren “Lela” Leslie died – however the unnamed daughter survived and was handled for a number of gunshot wounds at an area hospital, The Hartford Courant mentioned.

Leslie’s brother Jhavier Leslie informed the Courant the household needed an investigation to see if the crime was “rooted in hate.”

“It’s arduous to undergo this new actuality of not having her right here, however I feel it is a half of an even bigger situation in society that should be addressed of simply homophobia and the risks round that,” Leslie mentioned, based on the Courant.

“She spent her entire life barely speaking as a result of she was afraid of who she was and she or he lastly gained the power to understand who she is, so it’s very troublesome for me to know that now, her being her true self and dwelling in her actuality, that is the outcome of that in my eyes,” he added.

Continue Reading: https://gruntstuff.com/family-of-murder-suicide-victim-believes-homophobia-may-be-motive/212245/ (source)

Italy: man guilty of 2019 murder of lesbian Elisa Pomarelli

Massimo Sebastiani was sentenced to 20 years for the murder of Elisa Pomarelli, the young friend he strangled in August 2019 and whose body was hidden by the murderer in the hills in the province of Piacenza. The prosecutor had asked for 24 years for Sebastiani, who was arrested after a few days on the run hidden in the hills, before being accused of murder and concealment of a corpse.

The wrath of Elisa’s family – “This is not justice, 20 years is so short. She deserved a life sentence”, said the victim’s family after dscovering the sentence. Elisa was strangled by a man she had considered a friend. Sebastiani, on the other hand, was convinced that Elisa was his girlfriend. After killing her, the 47-year-old worker sent messages to Elisa with the intention of throwing off the investigation.
(Translated)

Massimo Sebastiani è stato condannato a 20 anni per l’omicidio di Elisa Pomarelli, la giovane amica che nell’agosto del 2019 venne strangolata e il cui corpo fu nascosto dall’assassino sulle colline in provincia di Piacenza. La procura aveva chiesto 24 anni per Sebastiani, arrestato dopo alcuni giorni in fuga nascosto sulle colline, imputato per omicidio volontario e occultamento di cadavere e processato in abbreviato.

L’ira della famiglia di Elisa – “Questa non è giustizia, 20 anni sono pochi. Meritava l’ergastolo”, hanno detto i familiari della vittima dopo la lettura della sentenza. Elisa fu strangolata da quello che considerava un amico. Sebastiani, invece, era convinto che Elisa fosse la sua fidanzata. Dopo averla uccisa l’operaio 47enne inviò dei messaggi a Elisa con l’intenzione di depistare le indagini.
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Original article: Italy: Elisa Pomarelli killed twice: as a woman and as a lesbian

Colombia: Taxi driver beats lesbian

On June 1, a new case of intolerance was reported in Bogotá. According to the young woman’s account, on May 29 she took a taxi in Chapinero, to go to the Las Brisas neighborhood, in the town of San Cristóbal.

According to her account for W Radio, when they reached their destination the taxi driver charged her $ 40,000 for the ride, a price that seemed excessive.

She said that after appealing the price, the taxi driver closed the door, looked at her and asked if she was a lesbian, to which the woman replied that she was, but “that it had nothing to do with it.”

Onhearing that, according to the story by Yeimy Paola Triana, the man took a crossbrace and began to beat her until he smashed her head and broke her nose.
(Translated)

Este 1 de junio se conoció un nuevo caso de intolerancia en Bogotá. Según el relato de la joven, el pasado 29 de mayo tomó un taxi en Chapinero y se dirigía al barrio Las Brisas, en la localidad de San Cristóbal.

De acuerdo con su relato para W Radio, cuando llegaron a su destino el taxista le cobró $40.000 por la carrera, un precio que para ella fue exagerado.

Aseguró que luego de reclamar al conductor por el cobro, el taxista cerró la puerta, la miró y le preguntó si era lesbiana, a lo que la mujer le contestó que sí, pero “que no tiene nada que ver”.

Al escuchar estas palabras, según el relato de Yeimy Paola Triana, el hombre tomó una cruceta y empezó a golpearla hasta reventarle la cabeza y romperle la nariz.
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Continue reading at: https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/06/01/joven-denuncia-que-fue-agredida-por-un-taxista-solo-por-ser-lesbiana/ (Source)

US: The lesbian survivor who took down Bill Cosby said it’s “disappointing” that he won his appeal

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The lesbian Temple University employee who was able to finally put Bill Cosby behind bars after decades of accusations from 60 women said that it’s “disappointing” that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his conviction and set him free.

Cosby was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004 when she worked with the university’s women’s basketball team, and in 2018 a jury found him guilty on three second degree felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. But the state’s supreme court just overturned that conviction.

Related: Bill Cosby tried to discredit rape victim by saying she’s gay

“Today’s majority decision regarding Bill Cosby is not only disappointing but of concern in that it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting,” she said in a statement that was also signed by her lawyers Dolores Troiani and Bebe Kivitz.

“We remain grateful to those women who came forward to tell their stories,” the statement continues. “We do not intend to make any further comment.”

Sixty women have accused Cosby of sexual assault, many saying that he drugged and then raped them. Many weren’t taken seriously in time to prosecute Cosby.

Continue reading at: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/07/lesbian-survivor-took-bill-cosby-said-disappointing-won-appeal/ (Source)

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Chile: brothers found guilty of 2019 attempted murder of lesbian Carolina Torres

Carolina was 24 years old when she was attacked and beaten after 10:00 p.m. on February 13, 2019. At that time, she was holding hands with her girlfriend on the corner of Laguna del Inca and Laguna Sur avenues, in Pudahuel. The attackers started following her and insulted her because of her sexuality and clothing, and then attacked her.

“With the intention of killing her , the defendants approached her, locking her up and positioning herself in such a way that she was defenseless and prevented from starting,” the Western Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office alleged in the trial, which began on June 8 2021, more than two years after the attack.

As a result of the lesbophobic attack, the young woman was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the former Central Post of Santiago with serious injuries: complicated severe head trauma, consisting of a skull fracture , acute left frontotemporal subarachnoid hemorrhage, left frontal contusion, fracture clavicle, in addition to fracture of the bones of the nose. …

The TOP will also sentence a third defendant as an accessory for having given refuge to the perpetrators, in full awareness of them having comitted a crime.
(Translated)

Carolina tenía 24 años cuando fue agredida y golpeada pasadas las 22:00 horas del 13 de febrero de 2019. En ese momento, ella iba de la mano con su polola en la esquina de las avenidas Laguna del Inca y Laguna Sur, en Pudahuel. Los agresores comenzaron a seguirla y la insultaron por su orientación sexual y su forma de vestir, y luego la atacaron.

“Con la intención de matarla, los imputados la abordaron, encerrándola y ubicándose de tal forma que ésta quedó indefensa e impedida de arrancar”, detalló la acusación de la Fiscalía Metropolitana Occidente en el juicio, que inició el 8 de junio de este año, más de dos años después de la agresión.

Producto del ataque lesbofóbico, la joven quedó internada en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos de la ex Posta Central de Santiago y con graves heridas: traumatismo encéfalo craneano grave complicado, consistente en fractura de cráneo, hemorragia subaracnoídea aguda frontotemporal izquierda, contusión frontal izquierda, fractura de clavícula, además de fractura de huesos propios de la nariz. …

El TOP condenará además a una tercera acusada como encubridora por haber dado refugio a los acusados, estando en con total conocimiento del hecho que los hermanos habían cometido.
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Continue reading at: https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/sociedad/minorias-sexuales/justicia-condeno-a-dos-hermanos-por-brutal-golpiza-contra-joven-lesbiana/2021-07-01/215830.html (Source)

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Italy: violent attack on a lesbian in Catanzaro

May 2021: The attacks on people who openly declare their sexual orientation are endless, with reports continuing to show a constantly declining situation with no room for improvement without proper legal protections being introduced. …

Silvana was brutally attacked because she is a lesbian – her attackers yelled “Filthy lesbian whore! They should kill you! I’m talking to you, you shitty lesbian!”

While on the phone to her girlfriend, she heard these insults being shouted by her neighbour. She went out with the intent of settling the matter, but the unthinkable happened.

Aggression in broad daylight, Arcigay appeals to the government
As soon as Silvana went down the street she was attacked by the man, with the complicity of his wife and two other adults, who immobilized her and stole her phone. The man headbutted her, which broke her nose and made her lose consciousness.
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Non si arrestano le aggressioni contro persone che dichiarano apertamente il loro orientamento sessuale. Le denunce continuano a far trapelare una situazione in costante declino che sembra non avere margine di miglioramento senza una tutela valida da parte della legge. …

Silvana è stata brutalmente coinvolta in una rissa perché lesbica. Le hanno urlato: “Lesbica schifosa puttana! Ti dovrebbero ammazzare! Sto parlando proprio con te, lesbica schifosa!”.

La donna mentre era al telefono con la fidanzata viene raggiunta da questi epiteti dichiarati a gran voce dal vicino di condominio. Lei scende in strada innervosita e intenta a sistemare la faccenda, ma succede l’impensabile.

Aggressione in pieno giorno, Arcigay lancia l’appello al Governo
Appena Silvana scende in strada è attaccata dall’uomo con la complicità della moglie e di altri due adulti, che la immobilizzano e le sottraggono il telefono. L’uomo le dà una testata che le rompe il setto nasale e le fa perdere coscienza.
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Continue reading at: https://www.ultimaparola.com/2021/05/27/violenta-aggressione-omofoba-catanzarese-ti-dovrebbero-ammazzare/ (Source)

U.K: Lesbian couple’s baby nearly hit by rock in hate crime

A young lesbian couple claim their baby is lucky to be alive after a rock was thrown through their window in the latest in a string of “targeted hate attacks”.

Eight-week-old Hope Devine escaped injury by centimetres after the missile bounced off the top of the swing chair she was sleeping in on Monday evening.

Parents Lucy, 21, and Leanne, 22, have been left “distraught” by the incident, which they say is the latest in a string of attacks directed at the couple in the last 18 months.

The couple say they have had homophobic notes shoved through their letterbox and have been attacked as they walked to the shop.

Police have mounted nightly patrols at the couple’s home since the rock attack, which is being treated as a hate crime.

Continue reading: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/young-couples-baby-lucky-alive-23759661 (source)

South Africa: The footballer raped and murdered for being a lesbian

An international footballer, coach and aspiring referee, Eudy Simelane dedicated her life to the sport.

She was one of the first openly gay [sic] women to live in her township of Kwa-Thema in South Africa and was a well-known LGBT+ activist.

But because of her sexuality, Simelane was brutally raped and murdered in 2008, aged just 31.

This is the story of her life and how the legacy of her death is still impacting South African society.

A campaigner for equality rights and social change, she was one of the first women to come out as a lesbian in South Africa.

On 27 April 2008, Simelane’s body was found in a stream just a few hundred metres from her home in Kwa-Thema.

Reports stated she was approached after leaving a pub, raped and then stabbed repeatedly.

Despite her death shocking many, activists claimed many lesbians in South Africa were targeted for ‘corrective rape’, a crime where the perpetrator aims to ‘cure’ the victim of their sexuality, converting them to heterosexuality.

Thato Mphuthi pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Simelane in February 2009 and was sentenced to 32 years in prison. The following September, Themba Mvubu was also found guilty of the crimes and was sentenced to life in prison. When questioned by reporters in court, he responded: “I’m not sorry.”

Simelane’s sexuality put her in a vulnerable position, something her mother recognised, telling the BBC, “the whole of South Africa knew Eudy was a lesbian”.

The unfortunate reality is Simelane’s story isn’t unique – she is one of many victims of similar, horrific crimes in South Africa.

A year prior to her death, Sizakele Sigasa, a women’s and gay rights activist, and her friend Salone Massooa were heckled outside a bar and called ‘tomboys’. The women were then gang-raped, tortured, and shot dead.

Just a few years after Simelane’s murder, Noxolo Nogwaza, a 24-year-old lesbian, was found beaten and stoned to death in the same township Simelane lived.

Continue reading: https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1061337/the-footballer-raped-and-murdered-for-being-a-lesb.html (source)

France: Two lesbians attacked at an anti-LGBT demonstration

The two lesbian activists told Ouest-France that they attended a LMPT rally on January 9 in Angers, western France. The two decided to counter-demonstrate with banners that read “Lesbians can be mothers without a father” and “It takes more than heterosexuality to be a good father.”

They said that two men, who appeared to be with PMTCT, blocked them on the street. The men asked where the women were going. When the women said they were going to the demonstration, the men became violent.

People passing by didn’t even react.

“While we were running, one of them pushed us with his shoulders,” said one of the women. “They told us they would not let us pass.”

“He pushed me and took the poster from me,” said the other woman. “I raised my arm to try to get it back and he pushed me violently. Adèle started screaming that they were attacking two women in the middle of the street, but the people who passed did not even react.”

One of the women said that, at that moment, one of the men “tore the poster, grabbed my left arm and held me with his arm behind his back. Then I heard it break.”
(Translated)

Las dos activistas lesbianas contaron a Ouest-France que se acercaron a una manifestación de la LMPT el 9 de enero en Angers, al oeste de Francia. Las dos decidieron contramanifestarse con pancartas en las que se podía leer “Las lesbianas pueden ser madres sin padre” y “Se necesita algo más que la heterosexualidad para ser un buen padre”.

Dijeron que dos hombres, que parecían estar con LMPT, les bloquearon en la calle. Los hombres preguntaron a dónde iban las mujeres. Cuando las mujeres dijeron que iban a la manifestación, los hombres se pusieron violentos.

La gente que pasaba ni siquiera reaccionó.

“Mientras corríamos, uno de ellos nos empujó con los hombros”, dijo una de las mujeres. “Nos dijeron que no nos dejarían pasar”.

“Me empujó y me quitó el cartel”, dijo la otra mujer. “Levanté el brazo para intentar recuperarlo y me empujó violentamente. Adèle empezó a gritar que estaban agrediendo a dos mujeres en plena calle, pero la gente que pasaba ni siquiera reaccionó”.

Una de las mujeres dijo que, en ese momento, uno de los hombres “arrancó el cartel, me cogió el brazo izquierdo y me sujetó con el brazo a la espalda. Entonces, oí cómo se rompía”.
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Continue reading at: https://www.cromosomax.com/51999-dos-lesbianas-atacadas-en-una-manifestacion-antilgtb-en-francia (Source)

Chile: lesbian couple attacked by neighbours

A 48-year-old woman (with the initials GFSC) and her partner were harassed and physically attacked because of their sexual orientation by two neighbors, DM and ER, in Lampa. The events occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, before which the women had been subjected to verbal abuse by their neighbours just because they are a couple and live together.

The attack, which occurred on January 16, took place when GFSC was watering an area of ​​her garden, which is a common area with that of her neighbours. The victim explained that at that point the man and woman “came out to insult me, shouting that I was queer and dirty. The neighbour hit me on my arm and back with a broomstick and together with his partner they hit me on different parts of my body until I fell to the ground. Between the two of them they kicked my head, in front of many neighbors and children. I lost consciousness,” she said.

In addition, she added that when her partner came to outside to help her, the insults continued. “They called us “queer, dirty, “cuernúas” and dirty old dykes.” Only the presence of commune security officials stopped the attack. They called the Carabineros, who never came.
(Translated)

Una mujer de 48 años, de iniciales G.F.S.C y su pareja, fueron insultadas y agredidas físicamente en razón de su orientación sexual por dos vecinos, D.M y E.R, en Lampa. Los hechos ocurrieron a eso de las 20:00 horas del sábado, antes de ello, las mujeres habían sido víctimas de una seguidilla de insultos por parte de sus vecinos, solo porque son pareja y convivientes.

El ataque ocurrido el 16 de enero, tuvo lugar cuando G.F.S.C estaba regando un área de su casa, que es común con la de sus vecinos. En esos momentos, las víctimas narran que el hombre y la mujer “salieron a insultarme, gritando que era maricona y sucia. La vecina me golpeó el brazo y la espalda con un palo de escobillón y junto a su pareja me dieron golpes en distintas partes del cuerpo hasta lanzarme al suelo. Ahí entre ambos le dieron patadas a mi cabeza, frente a muchos vecinos y niños. Perdí la conciencia”, relató.

Además, añadió que cuando su pareja llegó al lugar para asistirla, los insultos continuaron. “Nos decían “mariconas, sucias, cuernúas y viejas culias cochinas”. Solo la presencia de funcionarios de Seguridad de la comuna logró parar la agresión, estos llamaron a Carabineros, sin embargo, nunca llegaron al lugar.
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Continue reading at: https://www.elmostrador.cl/braga/2021/01/26/mujer-sufre-ataque-de-lesboodio-en-lampa-patearon-su-cabeza-mientras-le-gritaban-maricona-y-sucia/ (Source)

Update: police sentenced for harassment of lesbian policewoman

On Tuesday, former police officer Sonia Vivas received good news – confirmation that the Supreme Court had sentenced two police officers responsible for the ongoing harassment she suffered for twelve years in the local police in Palma de Mallorca for being a lesbian. They had also seriously tried to harm her reputation and career, alleging that Vivas had tried to attack a detainee, for which she could have been jailed despite her innocence.

The Supreme Court confirmed the prison sentences of three years and five months for Rafael Puigrós  for the crimes of coercion, false report and false testimony; and 15 months for  Alberto Juan Llanerasfor the crime of coercion. It has been proven that Puigrós devised a serious false complaint, accusing Sonia Vivas of mistreating a detainee. This occurred after she spoke on a radio program about the harassment she had suffered for being lesbian.
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Former police officer Sonia Vivas received good news on Tuesday: the confirmation by the Supreme Court of the convictions of the two policemen responsible for the harassment she suffered for twelve years in the Local Police of Palma de Mallorca for being a lesbian. They also seriously tried to harm her, inventing that Vivas had tried to attack a detainee; a fact for which he could have ended up in jail innocent.

The Supreme Court confirms the prison sentences of three years and five months for Rafael Puigrós for the crimes of coercion, false report and false testimony; and 15 months for Alberto Juan Llaneras for a crime of coercion. It has been proven that Puigrós devised a false complaint that put Sonia Vivas in serious trouble, accusing her of mistreating a detainee. It was after she recounted on a radio program the harassment she suffered for being a lesbian.
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Continue reading at: https://www.publico.es/politica/infierno-relato-sonia-vivas-juicio-policias-insultos-ataques-vivienda-colectivo-trans.html (Source)

Original article:  January 2019: Mallorca, Spain: lesbian speaks out against harassment and violence from police colleagues

Interview: https://www.publico.es/publico-tv/publico-al-dia/programa/934637/la-republica-feminista-de-sonia-vivas-2-0-la-lesbofobia

Germay: lesbian couple attacked

October 2020:

Pinneberg. Two young women were homophobically insulted by three men after visiting the “Barcode” bar in Pinneberg and were then physically attacked. The district criminal investigation department of Itzehoe is investigating the incident as grievous bodily harm and insult.

The 22 and 28-year-old women from Rellingen were on their way to the train station at around 4 o’clock on Sunday and passed three men at the “Juli Food” snack bar. The men wo mocked them because of their evident same-sex relationship. When the women asked the trio not to, the 28-year-old was held by one of the  perpetrators and kicked in the abdomen, causing her to fall to the ground.
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Pinneberg. Zwei junge Frauen sind nach einem Besuch der Pinneberger Kneipe „Barcode“ von drei Männern sexuell beleidigt und dann verprügelt worden. Die Bezirkskriminalinspektion Itzehoe ermittelt wegen einer gefährlichen Körperverletzung und Beleidigung.

Die 22 und 28 Jahre alten Frauen aus Rellingen waren am Sonntag gegen 4 Uhr auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof und passierten auf Höhe des Imbisses „Juli Food“ drei Männer, die sie wegen ihrer offenbar gleichgeschlechtlichen Beziehung verhöhnten. Als die Frauen das Trio aufforderten, dies zu unterlassen, wurde die 28-Jährige von einem der Täter festgehalten und in den Unterleib getreten, sodass sie zu Boden ging.
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Continue reading at: https://www.abendblatt.de/region/pinneberg/article230651892/Maenner-verpruegeln-lesbisches-Paar-nach-Barbesuch.html (Source)

Video interview of the victims: https://www.rtl.de/cms/brutaler-angriff-in-pinneberg-maenner-schlagen-lesbisches-paar-zusammen-4633780.html

Colombia: Lesbian couple attacked

“When we got out of the taxi we were holding hands and from that moment we felt the intimidating stares of these two men. My partner wanted to vomit and asked me to open the door quickly. I don’t know why but the men thought it was about them and they started to to say ‘these motherf****ers demanding that we help them’. I heard that but I saw that the guys had a beer in their hand, and I didn’t pay attention to them. But we entered the complex and they kept saying things like ‘that they were going to teach us how to respect a man’, that what ‘we need was a man’. The truth is that I couldn’t stand it and yelled at him that we deserve respect like any other person, “said Laura.

“The guy says ‘I’m going to cut her face, so that she remembers me all her life.” He kept saying homophobic and grotesque things like ‘lesbian son of a bitch’. This is when the violence started. My wife covered me so they couldn’t continue attacking me, because they took out a knife and stabbed me in the chest, which almost killed me and they hit my partner with the bottle on the head, “Laura explained.
(Translated)

“Cuando nos bajamos del taxi estábamos agarradas de la mano y desde ese momento sentimos las miradas intimidantes de estos dos sujetos… mi pareja quería vomitar y me pidió que abriera rápido la puerta… no se porque los sujetos pensaban que era para ellos y empezaron a decir ´estas hijueputas tras de que les ayudamos exigentes´, yo escuché eso pero vi que los tipos tenia una cerveza en la mano no les preste atención… Pero entramos al conjunto y seguían diciendo cosas como ´que ellos nos iban a enseñar como tenia que respetar a un hombre´, que lo que ´necesitamos era un hombre´ y la verdad es que yo no me aguante y le grite que merecíamos respeto como cualquier otra persona”, dijo Laura.
“El tipo dice ´le voy rayar la cara, para que toda la vida se acuerde de mi´, me sigue diciendo cosas homofóbicas y grotescas como ´lesbiana hijueputa”… hay es cuando empieza el conflicto… mi mujer lo que hace es cubrirme para que no me sigan atacando porque ellos sacan un cuchillo y me dan una apuñalada en el tórax que casi me mata, a mi pareja con la botella le dieron en la cabeza”, aseguro Laura.
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Continue reading at: https://caracol.com.co/emisora/2020/12/24/bogota/1608835291_108247.html (Source)

Brazil: young lesbian attacked and left for dead survives with permanent injuries

August 2020:
Fourteen teeth pulled out, a broken jaw, a deep cut on the back of the neck and head trauma were the external marks of the beating suffered by Thaylanne Costa Santos in October last year [2019], when she was 17 years old.
But the blows she received left even more profound consequences: a victim of homophobia, she awaits justice while taking five drugs to treat neurological problems, seizures and a depression that prevents her getting out of bed.

Thaylanne returned home by bicycle after a party in the city of Formosa (281 km from Goiânia) when she was surrounded by three men armed with a machete, a concrete bar and a stick. 

After being beaten, Thaylanne was left unconscious in a puddle of mud. As it was late at night on a busy street, she was not found until hours later. Her condition was so serious that she had to be rescued by a helicopter from the Fire Department, which took her to a city hospital before being transferred to Goiânia.

In addition to taking care of the wounds, the doctors had to suction her lungs, because she had inhaled a lot of blood and dirty water. The stick and the concrete bar were close to her head, stained with blood. “The doctor said that the cut above the back of the neck was made by a machete, which only didn’t kill her because they must have been blind,” says Luciana. 
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Fundraiser for Thaylanne Costa Santos:  https://www.vakinha.com.br/vaquinha/ajude-thaylanne-vitima-de-homofobia

Quatorze dentes arrancados, o maxilar quebrado, um corte profundo na nuca e o traumatismo craniano foram as marcas externas do espancamento sofrido por Thaylanne Costa Santos em outubro do ano passado, quando tinha 17 anos. Mas os golpes que recebeu deixaram sequelas ainda mais profundas: vítima de homofobia, ela aguarda justiça enquanto toma cinco remédios para tratar os problemas neurológicos, as convulsões e uma depressão que não a tira de cama.

Thaylanne voltava para casa de bicicleta depois de uma festa na cidade de Formosa (a 281 km de Goiânia) quando foi cercada por três homens armados com um facão, uma barra de concreto e um pedaço de pau. 

Depois de espancada, Thaylanne foi deixada desacordada sobre uma poça de lama. Como era fim de noite em uma rua sem movimento, ela só foi encontrada horas depois. Seu estado era tão grave que precisou ser resgatada por um helicóptero do Corpo de Bombeiros, que a levou para um hospital da cidade antes de ser transferida para Goiânia.

Além de cuidar dos ferimentos, os médicos precisaram aspirar o pulmão da garota, que acabou ingerindo muito sangue e água suja. O pau e a barra de concreto estavam perto da cabeça dela, sujos de sangue. “O médico disse que o corte acima da nuca foi de um facão, que só não a matou porque devia estar cego”, diz Luciana. 
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Continue reading at: https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2020/08/31/homofobia-espancamento-goias-agressao-lesbiofobia.htm