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Young lesbian attacked with a blow to the head with an iron bar
Yesica Freytes was hit on the head with an iron bar while people shouted "lesbian whore." It happened on Tuesday, May 5, at her mother's house in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires province.
Paraguay: They tried to murder a trans woman with metal rods
Lorena Ortega, 40, survived an attempted murder last night in the city of San Lorenzo. Three men and a cisgender woman threw her to the ground and began beating her with stones and metal rods.
Lesbophobia: Teenagers arrested for attack on young Uruguayan woman and her partner in London
British police announced on Friday that four men between the ages of 15 and 18 were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the lesbophobic attacks and robbery suffered by a lesbian couple on a London bus on May 30.
Trial of Mariana Gómez: "I never went to trial for my sexual abuse, but I did for contempt of court."
This morning at Criminal Court No. 26 in Buenos Aires, the trial began against Mariana Gómez, the 25-year-old lesbian woman who was charged with "resisting authority and assault" after defending herself against a police officer who attacked her. Two more hearings are scheduled: the…
Trial of Mariana Gómez: "I never went to trial for my sexual abuse, but I did for contempt of court."
She was assaulted by the police and ended up detained. Today, on the fourth floor of the courthouse, at 1536 Paraguay Street, the events of that day were recounted. Testimony was given by Mariana; Rocío; police officer Jonatan Rojo; officer Karen Villarreal; a Metrovías employee; and two witnesses who assisted the young women and recorded the incident on their cell phones.
#3J Not One Less: Photos and full document
With demonstrations across the country, Argentina marched against patriarchal violence. "Sexist attitudes, misogyny, and hatred are killing us." Photos and document.
Chocobar trial: forensic expert confirmed that the young trans woman was dismembered
Today was the fourth hearing in Río Gallegos of the trial for the murder and disappearance of the 26-year-old trans woman Marcela Chocobar.
The oral trial of Mariana Gómez begins
On Wednesday, June 5th at 8:30 in the morning, the oral trial begins in which Mariana Gómez is accused, prosecuted for defending herself against the lesbophobia of a police officer.
Night of the Gardenias: the massacre of LGBT people in a Peruvian nightclub
On May 31, 1989, an armed contingent of the MRTA entered the Las Gardenias nightclub in the city of Tarapoto (department of San Martín), in the jungle of Peru, took eight gay and trans people out of the club and shot them dead in the street.
The Metrovías employee who assaulted a young trans woman has been suspended.
Jessica Millamán, a young trans woman, was verbally assaulted by an employee of the public transportation company Metrovías. Following media coverage, the company suspended the employee.