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Lesbophobia in Santiago: arrest warrant for Carolina's attackers
Carolina's attackers—who remains hospitalized after the hate crime—have been identified. They had previously harassed and insulted the victim because of her sexual orientation.
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Mobilization in Santiago over the lesbian attack on Carolina Torres
Carolina is currently suffering from internal bleeding and a skull fracture as a result of the severe blows she received from a group of men.
The LGBTI year in photos: our best images of 2018
These are some of the images we captured at Presentes throughout the year. Captures of struggle, joy, pain, and pride.
#CostaRica Investigation underway into the brutal murder of a young lesbian
The dismembered body of Stephanie Paola Castro, a 28-year-old lesbian woman, was found in a rural area of Escazú, about 15 kilometers west of San José. No arrests have been made so far.
Lesbophobia at the San Telmo Market: they were kicked out for kissing
This happened between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, but Micaela has not yet been able to file any complaint, even though she went to the market several times to talk to the people in the administration and the shops.
Column #22 Present at You Can't Live on Love 2018
We discussed the ceremony held in Limache, Chile, two years after the murder of Nicole Saavedra and her family's demand for justice. We also covered the 18th Pride March through the streets of Santiago and the progress made in the investigation into the murder of Paloma, Chile's oldest transgender woman, among other topics.
Two years after the hate crime, Nicole Saavedra is remembered and the prosecutor is relieved of his duties.
Two years after her murder, the crime of Nicole Saavedra Bahamondes, the young lesbian woman killed in June 2016, remains unsolved. Last week, the National Prosecutor's Office informed the family that the investigation will now be led by a woman. This gives them more confidence, her family told Presentes during a ceremony held at the exact spot where her body was found two years ago.
Festival and struggle: "One year after her release, we continue to demand acquittal for Higui"
Report by Gabriela Zampedri: Unlike in 2017, when Eva Analía "Higui" de Jesús spent her birthday, June 7, in the Magdalena prison—she was released days later, on June 13—this time she celebrated her 44th birthday with an open-air festival, accompanied by her mother, family, friends, and activists.
Lesbian couple kicked out of supermarket for kissing
Florencia B. (27 years old) and Irupé B. (23 years old) are girlfriends. On Friday the 20th, they were assaulted by the owner of a supermarket in Morón, in Greater Buenos Aires, while shopping. “He insulted us in front of everyone and nobody did anything,” one of the women said. The couple filed a complaint with the Morón Prosecutor's Office No. 2 and with the National Institute Against Discrimination, Racism and Xenophobia (INADI).