Homophobic aggression in Alicante: they beat up a minor shouting "maricona" and "transformer"

The young woman has reported that she was attacked in Alicante by about 10 minors who insulted her and punched her in the mouth and face

Edurne, a minor under 15 years of age, has denounced the aggression suffered this Monday afternoon in an urbanization of San Vicente del Raspeig, riding a Alicante. There, a group of minors has dealt her a brutal beating shouting “fagot"And"transform".

The minor has told what happened in her account Instagram, where he has denounced that he has been suffering this type of insult for years: “For people who don't know me, my name is Edurne Gallego Muñoz, I'm 15 years old and this afternoon, around 7, they attacked me ", began by explaining the minor.

"I was on the skate with my girlfriend, they insulted me, they followed me, they came for me as soon as they saw me because people are very bad because as soon as you get out of the ideals that you have in mind, people go after you and attack you”, confesses the minor.

homophobic slurs

"I was quietly with my friends and 10 children came to insult me ​​with homophobic insults such as: "faggot" "transsexual" "transformer", he continues. At that moment, the minor tried to ignore the insults and let it pass to see if they would stop, but on the contrary, they went further. “One of those 10 children jumped the fence of the urbanization thus opening it to all his friends and letting them pass and starting again to insult me ​​and disrespect me when at no time had he done or said anything to them”, Explica.

"Things started to get worse when someone wanted to steal my girlfriend's electric scooter, which we were not going to let him do, and my girlfriend pushed him away because we saw that he was taking it. After a minute he gets very close to my girlfriend and she pushes him away from her with her foot just in case, until she slaps me in the face", write.

When reacting after receiving the punch and pushing the aggressor, the rest of the minors pounced on her: “Five children began to beat me, punching me in the mouth and face, leaving me in these conditions”, he shares, along with a photograph in which his face is completely bloodied.

Edurne: “Don't be afraid to feel or want".

After those blows came the final shot with the aggression of one of the children, who punched him in the nose. “I hope I can find you because these things are not right to do and more because of something homophobic, sexist, gender violence, and group violence., laments the minor. "This aggression has been basically due to my way of dressing, masculine, my short hair, my tastes regarding sexual orientation," she explains. “With this I want to tell people not to be afraid of these things, there will always be someone who tries to sink you and hurt you".

In conclusion, Edurne asks anyone who suffers something similar not to hesitate to report it: “If they do something to you, you go directly to the police and file a complaint. Do not be afraid to feel or to love”.

Homophobic aggression in Alicante: they beat up a minor shouting "maricona" and "transformer"

Susan Sarandon comes out as bisexual

Sarandon has taken advantage of Jimmy Fallon's program to publicly declare his bisexuality

Susan Sarandon She has stood out for being involved in activist movements and for being a very progressive woman. In fact, she has been seen at various demonstrations - and has even been arrested - since she was very young. The actress, at 75, has recently revealed her true sexual orientation. Talking about pets on the show Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show, the 75-year-old actress uttered: “I am bi”.

The moment was somewhat comical, because the presenter reminded her that the previous time she went to her program she did it with her dogs, something that the actress said would not be repeated since they died a year ago. Then, the actress reported that after the loss of her pets she did not feel strong enough to have other dogs and that then her son looked for a possible solution: “Well then have a cat!”, Told him. And at that moment, and humorously, the artist added: “And I'm bi, so…”. With that expression many have wanted to see a confirmation of her sexual condition.

Susan Sarandon comes out as bisexualFully aware of her statement, the actress shrugged her shoulders and sought complicity in the presenter and in those attending the show. To clear doubts, Fallon he questioned him: “Do you mean you like cats and dogs?. And she insisted: “I am very fluid. Sooo fluid when it comes to animals.”. The comment was highly applauded among the collective LGTBIQ + and began to spread like wildfire through digital media and social networks.

The protagonist of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or "Thelma & Louise" He has previously spoken of his rejection of heterosexuality imposed from birth.

open to love

In recent years, she herself has lent herself to different jokes regarding her bisexuality, leaving the door open to ambiguity. In 2015, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, stated that he was actively looking for a new love: “It would leave open age, color, even gender. I am open. Increase your chances, right?".

Later, in 2017, he told the publication LGBTQ+ Pride Source that his sexuality wascommunication". "Yes, I am open minded. My sexual orientation is curious for those who want to try it, you could say. Mind you, I'm serious about monogamy, so I haven't had a lot of partners. It's not like I've had many offers.”, he said then.

After the filming of the series Feud, who co-starred with Jessica Lange, was asked about the relationship between the two. Sarandon stated that his relationship with Jessica it was not only good but it had gone beyond a friendship: “Jess and I have not only hit it off great on set, but now we're dating.".

Susan Sarandon comes out as bisexualAnd in the 2021, in an episode of the podcast Divorced Not Dead He shared that he did not care about the gender of his potential partners, only that they were vaccinated against covid.

Susan has only been married once, to the actor Chris sarandon, from which the surname remained, between 1967 and 1979. They had no children. After several romances, some sounded like the ones she had with David Bowie y Sean Penn, became the mother of her first daughter, Eva, in 1985, together with the Italian filmmaker Franco Amuri. Later, during her long relationship with Tim Robbins -They never got married, had two other children: John (1989) and Miles (1992)

Sarandon is a historical human rights defender LGTBIQ + and is a queer icon from his interpretation of Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She also starred in the vampire movie The anxiety (1983), in which she and Catherine Deneuve they had their own sex scene.

Kim Pérez, the unstoppable activist

Kim Pérez vindicates trans people by receiving the Medal for the Promotion of Equal Values

Kim Pérez, historical activist for the rights of trans people, has received in Grenada the medal for the promotion of the Ministry Equality Values who leads Irene Montero. In the act he has claimed equality against the strangeness and concern generated by the group: “We're not that weird.".

At 81 years old, the Granada Joaquina Perez Fernandez-Figares, better known as Kim Pérez, has received the medal in the Grenada City Hall from the General Director of Sexual Diversity and LGTBI Rights, Rodrigo, which has recognized her personal career, her commitment to equality and her fight against discrimination based on gender identity.

Wrapped in the trans flag, Kim has received the medal as an act "transcendental" and a recognition towards transsexual people at a time when it causes “strangeness and some unease” do what.

Retired Professor of Philosophy and Ethics -for twelve years of her teaching career she worked as a trans-, Kim Pérez He began his speech by explaining “Why do we transsexual people exist?, and has exposed it by arguing the fact that, from birth, all men and women start from a common organic and biological reality.

"We are not as strange as it may seem to see me, but people who are at one end of the continuism that is life and biology", Has expressed.

Defense of trans childhoods

Kim Pérez, the unstoppable activistHe has referred to childhood and puberty, in which the discovery of sexuality occurs, to ask that “be taken seriously” to the boys or girls who, from an early age, show themselves to be different from the rest, because “they are not playing, but expressing their feelings”, and welcomed the “huge advantage” what does the “change of actitud" from parents to these children.

“When they help in this sense, they literally give life, because there are still suicides” For these reasons, he has stated.

Mayor Granada, Francisco Cuenca (PSOE), has also intervened to affirm that this recognition “vbeyond the sentimental and the symbolic” and claim the importance of maintaining the fight for equality "without taking steps back. "In Spain we are comfortable, here the mayor welcomes us. But in Latin America this is very different”, affirmed to later support the granting of the Nobel Peace Prize for transgender people Latin America.

The renowned activist is currently a member of the Andalusian Coordinator of Zero Cuts, of which she became a candidate in the last general elections.

But twenty years ago it already became the first transsexual woman who was part of an electoral candidacy in Spain, occupying number 17 on the list that he presented then IU to the City Council of Granada.

Kim Pérez, a life fighting for trans rights

Pérez came out of the closet as a transsexual woman in 1991, at the age of 50. For years he chaired the Andalusian Gender Identity Association, an organization thanks to which it was possible for this community to become the first Spanish community in 1999 to include in its catalog of health services the complete process of treatment and genital sex reassignment surgery.

En 2010, claimed that the neutral gender could be chosen for those people who do not identify as male or female. In 2013, chained himself to the doors of the Andalusian Parliament and started a hunger strike in protest at the delay in the approval of the Comprehensive Law of Transsexuality in Andalusia.In 2019, again made a hunger strike to denounce the far right support to the government of Junta de Andalucía could mean a reduction in the rights of trans people, according to what was established in the political party's program Vox.

The Medal for the Promotion of the Values ​​of Equality is added to other recognitions that this historical activist has received, such as the Feather Award full FELGTB (2010), the Gold medal for merit of the city of Granada (2017) or the COGAM Pink Triangle Award (2019)

Kim Pérez, the unstoppable activist

The evolution of LGTBIQ+ rights during the reign of Elizabeth II

The death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 leaves the United Kingdom facing an uncertain future

La Queen isabel II died at 96 years at his residence Balmoral, ending a reign that lasted more than 70 years. The news was confirmed a few days after he met with the new prime minister Liz Truss and asked him to form a government: the fifteenth prime minister during his throne. Throughout her reign, life was radically transformed for people LGTBIQ + in the United Kingdom. When he ascended the throne in 1952 after the death of his father, King George VI, homosexuality was still illegal.

While the Queen Isabel generally avoided commenting publicly on the rights LGTBIQ +, she, as her office requires, has given royal assent (which is a formality in which the reigning monarch approves changes to the law) to many laws that have changed the trajectory of queer life in Britain.

What has changed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II?

The evolution of LGTBIQ+ rights during the reign of Elizabeth IIOne of the first major pieces of legislation LGTBIQ + to which the Queen isabel II gave his royal approval was the Sex Offenses Act of 1967. That landmark law marked the first major crack in the UK's criminalization of same-sex sexual activity: decriminalized gay sex privately among men over 21 in England and Wales.

La Law of Sexual Offenses was far from being the maximum freedom that people LGTBIQ + they longed for at the time. Gay and bisexual men continued to be convicted for years of having sex in public, while the age of consent, which was five years higher than that of straight people, wreaked havoc on gay lives.

Significant milestones in the advancement of rights for people LGTBIQ +

The evolution of LGTBIQ+ rights during the reign of Elizabeth IIIn 1980 and 1982, respectively, homosexuality was partially decriminalized in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Human Rights Act, which received royal assent in 1998 meant that the European Convention on Human Rights enshrined in British law for the first time. This law has been used in several cases to defend the rights LGTBIQ + in the United Kingdom; for example, it has helped grant tenure rights to same-sex couples.

In 2002, the Adoption and Childhood Law, which allows same-sex couples to adopt children for the first time. Two years later, it legalized civil unions in England and Wales, and the first unions took place on December 5, 2005.

Another radical law that came into effect at about the same time was the Gender Recognition Law (GRA): Received royal approval the year before, on July 1, 2004, and put in place a process that allowed trans people to legally change their gender for the first time.

Same-sex marriage in 2014

The evolution of LGTBIQ+ rights during the reign of Elizabeth IIIn 2010, the Law of Equality, which prohibited discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in a number of key areas. Two years later, the Liberties Protection Law meant that gay people could apply to have previous convictions expunged for "gross indecency«.

One of the great historical achievements for equality LGTBIQ + It was produced in 2014When same-sex marriage was legalized in England and Wales through marriage law (same-sex couples).

Stagnation

Since then, the rights LGTBIQ + have started to stagnate United Kingdom. Conversion therapy remains legal, despite promises by the current government to ban the practice, and reform of the Gender Recognition Law (GRA) has largely ground to a halt. the new prime minister Liz Truss will try to block the reforms of Scotland in terms of rights for people tranny and is known for her unfriendly statements with the collective.

Still, throughout Queen Elizabeth's nearly 70-year reign, rights LGTBIQ + have been radically transformed in the UK. Few monarchs have overseen as many social changes as Queen Elizabeth II made over her time on the throne, and it seems increasingly likely that no future monarch will ever see similar progress in a single reign.

The evolution of LGTBIQ+ rights during the reign of Elizabeth II

Saudi Arabia accuses Netflix of 'promoting homosexuality'

Saudi state television assures that the platform «promotes childhood homosexuality under a cinematic facade«

The authorities of Saudi Arabia have accused Netflix to be "promoting homosexuality” with some of his productions. The country's Muslim government does not like that in a children's series like Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous a love plot between two teenage girls has been included.

Consequently, they ask the platform to remove the scenes that, in their opinion, violate the “Islamic and social values ​​and principles". Netflix "is promoting homosexuality by excessively focusing on homosexuals”, they denounce.

The platform "has been contacted to remove this content, including content directed at children, and to ensure compliance with laws”, they point out in a statement Saudi Audiovisual Media Commission and GCC Committee of Electronic Media Officials.

Saudi Arabia threatens to takethe necessary legal measures«

Saudi Arabia accuses Netflix of 'promoting homosexuality'

Both institutions warn that they will act on their own if Netflix ignores his request: “In the event that the infringing content continues to be broadcast, the necessary legal measures will be taken”. The platform has not commented publicly on this situation.

The statement also refers to the French film Cuties, which was already involved in a controversial sound in 2020 when it was accused of sexualizing the child characters that star in it. Netflix is "a cinematic cover for immoral messages that threaten the healthy upbringing of children”, maintains the Saudi government.

According to BBC, Saudi Arabia It does not have specific legislation on sexual orientation or gender identity, however, sexual relations outside of marriage, including homosexual sex, are prohibited. Consensual sex between two men or women punishable by death or flogging depending on the severity of the case.

the cinemas of Saudi Arabia they didn't show the movie doctor strange in the multiverse of the madness after Disney refused to remove certainLGBTI references”. And only two months later the premiere of the tape was banned Lightyear for showing a kiss between two homosexual characters.

Saudi Arabia accuses Netflix of 'promoting homosexuality'

The importance of teachers as an LGTBIQ+ reference

FELGTBI+ launches the campaign Mirrors in the classrooms to raise awareness about the harassment suffered by the group's teachers

La State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersexuals and more (FELGTBI+) presented this Tuesday the back to school campaign mirrors in classrooms, with the aim of reducing discrimination in educational centers. The initiative focuses on adults in the educative community, and highlights the importance of teachers who are part of the collective LGTBIQ + in the development of students.

With the message “Make yourself visible in your school and become a benchmark for diversity”, the federation and the participants encourage the educational community to be free and safe to create safe spaces and environments in schools and institutes, in which students “not only can they see themselves reflected, but they can also come to situations that are difficult to manage".

The campaign warns at the same time of the discrimination that teachers may suffer LGTBIQ +. On the website they propose resources to help raise awareness in the educational community through videos with testimonies from the group that describe their experience as teachers LGTBIQ +.

campaign data

El 18% of LGTBIQ+ professionals have not come out of the closet in his works. 67% consider that people LGTBIQ + they are little or not at all visible for fear of losing their jobs, suffering hatred, harassment and discrimination, especially in private centers. Although it should be noted that the Present in several = 43% of the teaching staff LGTBIQ + you have felt very supported regarding your sexual orientation or your gender identity by the educational center

Teachers are the biggest influencer

The importance of teachers as an LGTBIQ+ referenceAccording to a study of its own FELGTBI+ within the project Educa Network, 63,8% of teachers does not report the attacks they suffer for reasons of gender identity or sexual orientation, and of those who do, 68% consider that nothing is done about it. “There is subtle violence and the only way to stop it is training, education and awareness in the educational field itself."Says Maria Rodriguez, sociologist in charge of the research.

The analysis reveals that “very few" or "an absolute minority" of personal LGTBIQ + of educational centers express their sexual orientation or gender identity. FELGTBI+ ensures that there is a broad network of teachers and adults in the educational community who can be a safe place for all students, and is committed to strengthening it.

Two LGBTI activists sentenced to death in Iran

Iran sentences two LGBTI activists to death for “human trafficking”

The judicial authorities of Iran have confirmed this Monday the sentence to death by hanging of two people for trafficking in women. However, as reported by the NGO Hengaw, the damned, Zahra Sediqi Hamedani, of 31 years, and elham chubdar, 24, are activists LGTBI and they have been condemned for it.

"Contrary to published news, these people were accused of trafficking women to a country in the region with the promise of work and education.”, reported the news agency Mizan, of the Judiciary, in response to the complaint of hengaw, which focuses on the region of Kurdistan Iranian. According to information from Mizan, activists have been sentenced for “corruption on earth".

La NGO, however, assures that both were accused of “promote homosexuality","promotion of christianity"And"Dealing with media outlets that oppose the Islamic Republic".

Trafficking of women and support for homosexuals

Hamedani was arrested at the end of 2021 for her sexual orientation and for her social media posts in defense of human rights LGTBIAccording Amnesty International. "During her detention, she denounced that intelligence agents and security agencies tortured her, with beatings, electric shocks and prolonged periods of isolation.", he claimed Amnesty, who also denounced that the arrest was based on his “gender identity" and in "publications on social networks and statements in defense of LGTBI rights".

According to the medium IranWire, Hamedani was arrested on October 27, 2021 while trying to cross the border to Türkiye. Already then, an Iranian news agency associated with the security forces reported that it had carried out several arrests related to “trafficking in women and support for homosexuals".

The woman lived in Kurdistan Iraq, where she was detained for 21 days after giving an interview to the with the BBC about the situation in the community LGTBI. After his release, he returned to Iran to cross to Türkiye, informs IranWire.

Hamedani was detained and tortured in Iran

"I was detained in Iraq for 21 days for my BBC interview. They tortured me and put me in isolation. I will cross the border. If I make it to the other side, I'll be fine. If not, it will be obvious what has happened to me”, he stated in a video before embarking on the trip. “I send this video so you understand all the pressure we endure. Will I ever be myself? I hope one day we all live freely".

El Iranian Islamic Penal Code criminalizes relationships between people of the same sex and contemplates the whipping and the death penalty as punishments for it. The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, described homosexuality last March as a “moral turpitude” very widespread in West.

Two LGBTI activists sentenced to death in Iran

They ask jail for an evangelical pastor and his wife for mistreating their son for being gay

The Prosecutor has requested two years in prison for an evangelical pastor and a year and a half for his wife for causing mistreatment and injury to his son

Un evangelical pastor and his wife have been accused of mistreating and assaulting his son for being homosexual. This happened in terrace (Barcelona), where they also attacked their partner after yelling at him "fagot” and even mentioned that the parents told him that if he reconsidered, “God was going to heal him".

In its indictment, the Prosecutor attributes to the parents, followers «strict» of evangelical worship, two crimes against moral integrity or alternatively of injuries against the integrity of the person and, in addition, one of mistreatment and another of injuries. It is a case of crossed versions, since the parents also accuse their hijo and his partner, although the Prosecutor's Office does not believe his story and only asks that both parents be sentenced.

Opposite of homosexuality

The private accusation, exercised by the lawyer Richard of the Rose, who represents the son and his partner, asks for two years in prison for the father, or alternatively, one year supplemented by 80 days of community work, and another year in prison for the mother for the crimes of mistreatment in the domestic sphere, injuries and hate crime, according to his brief, to which he has had access Efe. According to the Prosecutor's Office, the son left the family home, located in Terrace (Barcelona), in early 2017 fearing that his parents, "manifestly opposed to homosexuality", would discover his sexual orientation.

The two parents appeared repeatedly at the young man's institute to change his mind, until days later a meeting was held at the center, where the son, accompanied by teaching staff who gave him support, explained to his parents that he was gay and that he had a partner. His father, who did not accept the sexual orientation of his son nor the relationship he had had with his partner for months, assured him, according to the indictment, that "the natural site of the penis is the woman's vagina and not the place where she poops«. Terrible vision of the affective-sexual orientation, the one that this pastor has.

They demand that the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla, the trans Peruvian who died in Bali, be clarified

Rodrigo Ventocilla: the suspicious death of a trans-Peruvian Harvard student after being detained by police in Bali

A dozen relatives, friends and activists demanded this Wednesday in Lima that a necropsy be done to establish the causes of death of the Peruvian trans Rodrigo Ventocilla, deceased in Indonesia after being arrested by the Police of that country.

In the first days of last August, vent and her husband, Sebastian Marellano, they arrived at Bali to enjoy their honeymoon, but they were arrested for alleged possession of drugs and, days later, in circumstances that have not yet been clarified, Rodrigo died in a hospital. vent He was studying for a master's degree at the School of Public Management at the Biomedical Engineering faculty at Harvard University (At Cambridge, USA) and had completed an internship at a Johannesburg NGO on gender equity and social inclusion.

After knowing this information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs de Peru issued a statement that generated controversy in the country, since it claimed to have provided consular assistance and follow-up to the case and denied that the arrest of the couple responded to acts of racial discrimination and transphobia, as reported in the Andean country.

controversial statement

They demand that the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla, the trans Peruvian who died in Bali, be clarifiedThe pronouncement of the Chancellery was rated as "offense” by organizations defending the rights of the community LGTBI +, who now demand a process that determines those responsible for what happened.

The protesters also accuse the consul Julio Tenorio for not acting quickly in the case. The statement issued by the Foreign Ministry where there is talk of the crime of drug possession, adopting the police version, and denying that there was transphobia behind the arrest without mentioning Rodrigo's death "it's a national embarrassment«, they say.

The Ombudsman's Office considered it worrying that the statement makes conclusive statements when there is still no investigation of what happened.

"We are asking for what this Constitution and this Government are supposed to ensure, justice for Rodrigo”, pointed out one of the demonstrators who addressed the participants in the sit-in from the front of the Public Ministry.

Discrimination and transphobia

They demand that the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla, the trans Peruvian who died in Bali, be clarifiedThe relatives of the couple denounce that the detention and death responds to an act of discrimination and transphobia by the Indonesian police. In addition to the fact that they demanded huge sums of money for their freedom, between 13 dollars and up to 100 dollars each, they indicate that the rights to health, freedom, access to legal defense and information were violated.

“We demand justice and reparation in the face of the signs of kidnapping, extortion and torture of our colleagues Sebastián Marallano and Rodrigo Ventocilla, both arbitrarily detained. We are here to urge the authorities to assume their responsibility in the face of acts of racial discrimination and transphobia”, denounced the politician and activist Gahela Cari during the sit-in.

Lawyer Julio Arbizu added that “airports have haphazard screening protocols for visitors, migrants”, but in the case of vent this was done bythat mismatch between your identity and your data in the passport".

"That is already an element of transphobia”, he remarked before pointing out that the couple was not only deprived of their liberty “but also absolutely incommunicado; even without being able to access to confer with their lawyers".

They demand that the death of Rodrigo Ventocilla, the trans Peruvian who died in Bali, be clarified

 

Thousands of Orthodox march against Europride in Serbia

The EU delegation in Serbia condemns the possible cancellation of Europride

Thousands of Orthodox faithful demonstrated this Sunday night in Belgrade in protest against a possible celebration of the Europride en Serbia, an event that is held every year in a different European city, despite the decision of the authorities to cancel the great meeting of the community LGTBIQ + scheduled for September.

President of Serbian, Aleksandar Vucic, announced on Saturday the decision to cancel the planned march as part of the week Europride, after alluding to a «difficult crisison Kosovo. "It will happen, but in another happier time“, he said about the event.

Europride 2022However, his cancellation announcement has been challenged by the organizers of the Europride, which is scheduled to take place from September 12 to 18, with a week of festivities, events and a Pride parade. «The march will take place as planned, on September 17«, has stated Marko Mihailović, event coordinator.

Serbia was chosen as the venue for this year's edition because «their recent trajectory is that of successful Prouds that highlight the need for legislative advances for people LGTBIQ + en Serbia. Bill Belgrade Europride will be a historic event that will bring together the community of Balkans westerners with people LGTBIQ + Worldwide«.

Orthodox against Serbian Europride

During the march, held during a procession to commemorate a religious festival, protesters have gathered in front of the Saint Sava's Cathedral after crossing the city center carrying icons, crosses and religious flags while praying and singing. Passing by a community information center LGTBIQ + guarded by the police, a group of participants in the procession has unfurled a large banner that read "Not in the country of Saint Sava«.

Reactions to the possible cancellation

Thousands of Orthodox march against Europride in SerbiaThe coordinator of the EuroPride 2022, Goran Miletic, announced that the organizers will complain to the courts, which must decide in their favor. “Only the parade can be prohibited. But even that hypothetical decision would be contrary to the Constitution", He said Miletic in statements to the news agency Teaching right. He added that the events that are part of the demonstration and are held in closed spaces cannot be prohibited. In the past, rulings declared unconstitutional several bans on gay pride parades between 2009 and 2013. Since then, the marches have been held from 2014 en Belgrade with few problems.

The Ambassador of the European Union in Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret, has criticized the ban on Europride by Belgrade. «El Europride has been defending the equal rights of people LGTBIQ + in all Europe for many years, giving a voice to those who are often discriminated against because of their sexual orientation«, Has remembered giaufret, after emphasizing that the EU "supports equality and rejects any form of discrimination«.

They denounce two homophobic attacks at the Sants festival in Barcelona

A gay boy and two lesbian girls have reported being beaten and having glass bottles thrown during the Sants festival

The first case that came to light was that of two girls. The night of last Friday, August 27, seven men attacked them «with a lot of physical and verbal violence» when they returned home after attending the alternative parties. As reported by the Sants feminist space, after rebuking them with «lesbophobic insults» and to find that they answered them, the «They attacked with glass bottles and blows«. This caused themserious injuries to the face and body«, aggressions that affected their mobility, adds the statement.

Group aggression at parties

They denounce two homophobic attacks at the Sants festival in BarcelonaThis Sunday a young man denounced on his networks that after having kissed a boy, eight very young boys hit him in the face while screaming «fagot» and, once on the ground, the blows continued.

«This was last night at the parties Sants after having kissed a boy. Barcelona it remains unsafe for our collective. Eight of them hit me in the face shouting like fagots and then they continued doing it on the floor too... the saddest thing is that they were kids no more than 20 years old“, the victim has written in his profile.

The young man, who made the case public through a «story"To Instagram in which he showed the wounds on his face, he has received support on the net, from where it has been denounced that attacks against the homosexual collective are a frequent problem. «We are not isolated cases, we are daily cases“say the posts.

The Mossos d'Esquadra remember the importance of denouncing these cases.

They denounce two homophobic attacks at the Sants festival in Barcelona

Three arrested for threatening and insulting a young homosexual in Roses for two years

The Mossos emphasize that the complaint of the Roses victim was crucial for the investigation

The Mossos d'Esquadra They have arrested a 20-year-old and two minors for allegedly threatening and insulting a young homosexual for two years in Roses, Girona. The boy, of legal age, reported having continuously received insults and threats due to his sexual condition from a group of boys from the same town. It occurs a few days after the police arrested two men for a homophobic attack in the same province.

Three individuals were arrested on August 25 accused of a crime against fundamental rights and public freedoms and a crime of threats. Two more young people are investigated for the same facts.

Two years of insults and threats

The agents had been investigating the case for two months, after receiving the complaint last July. The victim recounted the episodes of verbal violence suffered during the last two years. The situation was repeated daily, even in the complainant's workplace and always referring to his sexual condition.

Following these events, the Catalan police began investigations to identify, locate and arrest the alleged perpetrators. The investigation bore fruit this Thursday when a 20-year-old man and two underage boys were arrested as perpetrators of the insults and threats. Statements have also been taken from two more people as being investigated for the same events.

The detainee of legal age spent August 26 at the disposition of the court of instruction of guardian of Figueres, who ordered their release with charges and the minors testified in the Girona Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.

The Mossos assure that the complaint «it has been crucial» for the investigation that has culminated in the arrests. From the body, they remember that crimes of hate and discrimination are «an expression of intolerance and contempt for difference» and that it is of special importance for the resolution of these cases that the victims report the facts to the police.

 

Carolina Iglesias apologizes after the controversy of "Stretching the gum"

Carolina Iglesias has finally broken her silence to apologize for the invitation on her podcast by Patricia Sornosa, a humorist with an aggressive transphobic discourse

the comedian Caroline Iglesias, one of the founders and hosts of the successful feminist podcast «Stretching the gum» next to the also comical Victoria Martin, has finally broken his silence to apologize to the barrage of listeners of the program in light of the controversy unleashed by the invitation to Patricia Sornosa, comedian with an aggressive transphobic speech.

The two presenters invited sad to her latest episode because she shares a podcast with one of her regular collaborators, Patricia Mirror, because one of the lines of the present Summer Edition of "Stretching the gum» consists of inviting the collaborators of their collaborators. But this has generated great discomfort and indignation among his followers, who have always defended a diverse, plural and trans-inclusive feminism.

Since then, Carolina Iglesias and Victoria Martin They have been attacked very harshly on social networks. The comedians have even denounced the threats and harassment received in Twitter so as a temporary solution they have decided to abandon Twitter until the storm passes. Nevertheless, Caroline Iglesias He has broken his silence this Tuesday with a statement in which he has revealed how he feels after the controversy and has apologized for the mistake made.

The sincere apologies of Carolina Iglesias

Carolina Iglesias apologizes after the controversy of "Stretching the gum"The Galician said that she had the strength to return to social networks one day after going to a psychologist: «I want to apologize to the people who have been disappointed, to my collective LGTBIQ +, to which I have failed, and a huge thank you to the people who have not let go of our hands in these hard weeks«.

The comedian indicated that she is «in constant deconstruction» and that from each mistake he has learned something: «I'm going to keep making mistakes and, although it's scary, that's life and also the profession I've chosen. If you want to accompany me in the process as before, all people are more than welcome.«.

In addition, he acknowledges that the silence he has maintained so far has not helped him, although he is justified because "the magnitude of what happened has paralyzed me«. «Thanks to our public who expressed their disagreement to us in such a polite way, it is a pride to have you. And again: sorry. I have not known how to manage it better"He points out.

Finally, he remembers his partner Victoria Martin. "Vicky, we started this as two losers looking for their place, and we will always continue like this. hand in hand We fall, we learn and we get up. I love you. Palate with life”, ends.

Carolina Iglesias apologizes after the controversy of "Stretching the gum"

 

 

Igor Benevenuto: «In football between 30% and 40% are homosexual or bisexual»

Igor Benevenuto: in football «there are referees, players, coaches, married, with children... with a double life«

Igor Benevenuto, the first referee of FIFA in declaring himself homosexual, he said in an interview with Der Spiegel that in the world of football between 30 and 40 percent of its protagonists are homosexual or bisexual. «Let's take into account all the people involved in football: officials, coaches, players and referees. Between 30 and 40 percent are homosexual o bisexual, or have done something at some point with another man«, declared the Brazilian referee in the German newspaper.

"You would be surprised to know who is homosexual in the football industry," said the referee, who has finally not entered the list of referees for the VAR in the Qatar World Cup.

In an interview he gave to the podcast «In the locker room cabinets" of the group Globe the referee already said that «There are referees, players, coaches, married, with children, separated, with a double life, there is everything. We exist and we deserve the right to talk about this, to live normally«.

blessed denounced that he has suffered prejudice in Brazil for his sexual condition and explains that «in Brazil, homosexuality is seen as a disease similar to alcoholism, which can be overcome«. «I believed it for years. I suffered from depression and went through dark times. I used to pray to God to get rid of this disease. Unfortunately there are still prejudices“, he acknowledges in the interview. «I don't expect the situation to change completely in my lifetime. But I can still be a drop in the ocean of changeHe reflected.

Igor Benevenuto, first FIFA referee to come out as gay

En July 2022 Igor Benevenuto told in the aforementioned podcast «I am gay, I am attracted to men and soccer is a sport in which I grew up and which I came to hate because I couldn't stand the environment full of machismo and prejudice. That's why, in order to survive, I invented a false version of myself. I can finally be myself, a normal person«.

Born in the state of Minas Gerais and raised in a religious family, blessed He is 41 years old and has been a judge for 23 years on the pitch. He is part of the elite Brazilian referees, being one of the country's representatives in the FIFA referees panel.

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Igor Benevenuto: "In football between 30% and 40% are homosexual or bisexual"blessed he said he grew uphating deeply» football and that he spent his whole life «sacrificing" what it is "to protect themselves from the physical and emotional violence of homophobia«. «He lived isolated, a sad boy, with a hole in his heart“, he recounted remembering his childhood, in which, as he confessed, he played the role of “Heterosexual", condition "mandatory" to be a "kind of football«. «Soccer was a 'man' thing and from early on I already knew I was gay. There was no more perfect place to hide my sexuality. Playing was not a lasting option, so I went for the only possible path: I became a referee.«Explained

«Being a referee puts me in a position of power that I needed. Did I choose it to hide my sexuality? Yes. But it is more than that. I positioned myself as the owner of the party, the type of authority, and that automatically refers to a figure of strength, full of masculinity"He explained. blessed stressed that there ismany» homosexual people in the world of football, but that the «99,99% are inside the closet«. «There are referees, players, coaches, married, with children, separated, with a double life... There is everything (...) We exist and deserve the right to talk about this, to live normally«, he claimed.

Igor Benevenuto: "In football between 30% and 40% are homosexual or bisexual"

Trans activist Alejandra Ironici murdered

Transfemicide of Alejandra Ironici: the autopsy revealed that the body had about 30 stab wounds

The militant and trans activist Alexandra Ironici She was found dead inside her home in the city of Santa Fe. She was 43 years old and was recognized as a pioneer within the community, since in 2012 she was the first trans in the country to obtain her DNI administratively in the province Santa Fe, prior to the approval of the Gender Identity Law. At the end of that year, she was also the first to enter the provincial government to work, when she was assigned to work in the area of ​​social assistance at the hospital. Iturraspe of Santa Fe.

The one arrested for transfemicide de Alexandra Ironici He is a 32-year-old man, identified as DHB., who was victim's partner. The preliminary autopsy report shows that the victim's body had around 30 stabs.

The crime was committed this Sunday night in the house that the activist and trans militant. The killer set the house on fire, trying to cover her tracks. But the flames were noticed by neighbors who called 911. When the police and relatives arrived at the scene, a nephew of Alejandra notified the agents ironic he was inside. The body was found on the ground in a pool of blood and with burns. Relatives of the victim noticed that the car was missing from his property. The vehicle was found this Monday morning parked in front of a house in Padre Dusso at 7100. DHB was arrested at that address, so far he is the only suspect for the transfemicide.

A life campaigning for trans rights

Trans activist Alejandra Ironici murderedWhen in 2012 she became the first trans woman in the province to receive a DNI that respected their gender identity He said: "Start my new life. I will go out with my head held high, proud of who I am. Without having to hide because I did not commit any crime. All I did was choose a different life. That conditioning meant that I was denied a lot of rights".

Reactions to transfeminicide

His murder has shocked Argentine society. Stephen Paulon, director of LGBT Policies expressed: «She was my friend and fellow activist in socialism. We are sad and shocked. We're not down yet. She was found by her nephew, but her perpetrator would be her partner who had fled from her, he even had her cell phone. He began the search and was arrested. There was a comment from Alejandra because he had let friends know that they were in a situation of violence. I had no formal complaint but there was an awareness of this situation«.

La Minister of Equality, Gender and Diversity of the province, Florencia Marinaro, said "It's a hate crime.". On Twitter he added: "The pain caused by the death of Alejandra Ironici is too much. She leaves a friend, with whom I learned about the rights conquered and the work of every day. We are with her family, with the community and with what it means to work for justice in coordination with the Prosecutor's Office«.

Other voices expressed their pain. the councilwoman Norma Lopez wrote: "The Peronist Women of Santa Fe demand Justice for the cross-dressing of Alejandra Ironici, a great activist for the rights of trans people and one of the essentials in #feminism in our province.«. Among the signs of pain and indignation stands out a banner that reads: «Ale, forgive us for begging for justice and not crying out for revenge«. D.E.P

Trans activist Alejandra Ironici murdered

 

A parish priest from Albacete suggests that the LGTBI community encourages pedophilia

Controversy in the small municipality of San Pedro, in Albacete, after a parish priest charged against the LGTBI community and the alleged "gender ideology"

En Albacete, the priest of the municipality of San Pedro, Oscar Diaz, has charged against the collective LGTBI and "gender ideology", suggesting that they encourage pedophilia. During the homily of the past 14 August, the parish priest rejected the gay marriage and urged his parishioners not to accept «his life style» and stay «radicals to the gospel«. «From Christian ethics there are things that cannot be accepted and that we little by little assume as something normal, for example, the situation of same-sex couples, today it has become something common, but that does not mean that it is normal nor wanted by God", he pointed.

Likewise, he asked the attendees not to be forced to assume that this is «the right thing«. «They can do what they want, they are free, but that freedom they have does not have to be accepted as something normal, we can respect, the person is valued, the person is not judged or accused, but their way of living does not we have to accept it«, insisted the priest.

In addition, he criticized gender ideology, which he calls "dangerous“, by assuring that “blur the lines between boy and man«, thus promoting pedophilia. «One of the radical things about this inclusive language is that it goes so far as to say that there is no such thing as a child or an adult, but rather that we are all what we are, therefore, those who are classified as pedophiles today would no longer be committing a crime, but would be one more sexual identification, therefore, the male has the right and the child is in his duty to assume a relationship with the adult", he said explicitly, statements that have generated a strong rejection among the neighbors and the associations of Albacete.

"gender ideology"

The priest also charged against what he called «gender ideology» and inclusive language: «Ehe detail that seems contradictory to me is that this language rejects the others. It is no longer necessary to say all and all, but all. So it's not inclusive, it's exclusive", I consider.

These homophobic comments have been harshly criticized by LGTBI associations and groups in the region, which in a statement have considered that the priest's words intend "divert the gaze of its parishioners from all cases of sexual abuse of minors that are being uncovered within the Catholic Church«.

The signatory entities have defended that this sermon is «a serious attack» to coexistence between people of different sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, as well as «a malicious way» of associating specific sexualities with pederasty.

A parish priest from Albacete suggests that the LGTBI community encourages pedophilia

 

Agrocuir da Ulloa Festival, Galician rural pride

The Agrocuir da Ulloa Festival returns to claim respect for diversity in rural areas

The days August 26 and 27 the municipality of Monterroso, one of the three that make up the region of A Ulloa, will host the VII Agrocuir da Ulloa Festival. An intergenerational festival, organized by the Agrocuir da Ulloa Collective, which claims values ​​such as environmentalism, feminism and respect for diversity in rural areas. This year's artists include Pandeireteiros Cántigas e Frores, Meiga-i, Celeste González, Fado Bicha, Xosé Lois Romero & Aliboria, Catuxa Salom and O Rabelo.

Agrocuir da Ulloa Festival, Galician rural prideWhat started out as a party with friends at the Granxa Maruxa de monterroso has been growing over the years to become an intergenerational and diverse festival that covers several areas and has moved its headquarters to up to nine stages in the regional capital. «We claim a queer nature as a source of monstrous fantasies that encourage and move us to claim lively and diverse ruralities. We appeal to imaginaries rooted in Galician culture, mythological and magical entities that inhabit its fragas. That ascendancy, always in constant recreation, is expressed in numerous rites and celebrations such as Carnival, a moment of freedom to dress up and alter the order of things; experiment with the borders between genders, but also transmute with nature from the bark of the trees, the moss or the antlers«, describe the organizers.

«Also talk about how difficult it is to live in the city«, He claims Adrian Gallego, one of the members of the organization. Gallego puts the focus on the fact that the rural usually bears the stigma of worse living conditions when the urban also carries cases of precariousness, difficulties in finding housing or violence.

The rural exists

The festival, which was conceived as a small party among friends, has turned A Ulloa in the showcase of rural diversity. “There was an absence, also from the academy itself, of this memory. And there was a demand to meet those needs”, assures the researcher Frank Quiroga, assistant and collaborator of the Agrocuir Festival since its first edition in 2015. Write your own story so that others do not write it. Identify referents. Trace genealogies.

The mirror explains Frank Quiroga, It is not "only [the philosopher] Judith Butler, she can also be a grandmother. Or a neighbor who didn't have boobs and didn't get her period, because she was intersex, but she was 100 years ago”. Or the transformism shows that, since at least 1899, occupied cafes and theaters in the city of Lugo. This archeology of the movement in defense of sexual-affective diversity, for now materialized in 'Facemonos escoitar?', is the product of “a lever”. which activated the Agrocuir Festival by connecting people, ideas and actions. And all in a rural context.

In Ghana, a bill threatens LGBTIQ+ people

LGTBIphobia multiplies in Ghana after a bill that sentences LGTBIQ+ people to up to 10 years

Ghana lived for several years unprecedented wave of LGBTIphobia. This situation reached its peak in February 2021 with the eviction by the Police of the permanent reception service of one of the few associations that support the collective LGTBIQ+ (LGBT+ Rights Ghana) just one month after the opening of the space.

Since then, the community has been the target of violent attacks in the Ghanaian media and on social media by politicians, journalists and religious leaders. «Homosexuals are not going to suddenly disappear with the appearance of a new law, it is just that they will tend to hide even more«, Warns Alexander Marcel, of the Idaho Committee.

The draft presented a year ago, which is supported by members of the ruling party, threatens to turn the country into one of the most authoritarian, insecure and repressive in Africa. The bill includes:

  • Up to 5 years in prison for being LGBTIQ+.
  • Up to 10 years in jail for anyone who participates in activities that support LGBTIQ+ people.
  • 'Cure' homosexuality with conversion therapies.
  • That trans people cannot access medical treatment, threatening doctors who participate with up to 5 years in prison.
  • Operate on intersex children with invasive surgical interventions

This law is a serious violation of human rights. The situation is summed up clearly by some activists. “we are all in danger"Sentence Kwame Amankwah Afrifa, queer activist and director of the association in support of sexual minorities Reflex Ghana. "Attacks have doubled; I fear that some people will take their own lives instead of being arrested, humiliated and tortured"Says Danny Bediak, founder and director of Rightify Ghana, popular organization dedicated to the defense of human rights LGTBI. "The law proposes the violation of the prohibition of torture”, he states in a report United Nations.

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The new Promotion of proper human sexual rights and family values ​​of Ghana (name given to the bill, which is currently under review by a parliamentary committee) unequivocally criminalizes homosexual relationships and even the defense of any issue related to the group. The eraser punishes with up to 10 years in jail to people who identify themselves as LGTBIQ + and to groups or individuals who protect their rights, express their sympathy for them or offer them social or medical support. But the text goes much further in terms of restrictions and drastic cuts in freedoms. An example: the Government reserves, in one of the most controversial articles of the draft, the power to force intersex people to undergo gender assignment surgery.

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In Ghana, a bill threatens LGBTIQ+ people
The EU supports LGBTIQ groups in Ghana

The new bill also proposes up to 10 years in prison for media outlets, online platforms or social media accounts that publish information that “encourage the children” to explore any gender or sex outside of the categories of male and female. And slide the possibility of exchanging the time behind bars for conversion therapies. The draft also prevents same-sex marriage, with the immediate annulment of weddings for gay Ghanaian couples who have married outside the country and who reside in it.

And it wants the government to guarantee that refugees who have applied for asylum abroad are returned to Ghana for his prosecution. For prohibiting, the law also prohibits even sex toys. And cross-dressing. And it requires, under penalty of imprisonment, that anyone who has knowledge of acts classified as crimes in the text report them to the authorities.

Panic among members of the LGTBIQ+ community in Ghana

"The bill threatens access to information, privacy, and freedom of expression, association, assembly, and thought and conscience", summarizes bediakoof the organization Rightify Ghana. "It will increase panic among community members, who already live in constant fear. They will have to deny themselves, accept conversion therapy or go to jail", Add. With the same concern he expresses Kwame Amankwah Afrifa, activist of Reflex Ghana. "Discrimination and hate are already beginning to be seen on social networks, on the street and at work. In addition, the police break up parties and gatherings. Our lives are in danger".

corrective violations

"Since the bill against LGBTQ+ people was presented, we have seen an increase in many types of violence (against members of this community)”, indicates Leila, a queer activist from Ghana, when talking about the impact of a bill against people LGTBIQ +"Attacks by individuals, communities, as well as an increase in calls corrective violations".

Leila describes a recent case she has worked on, in which six men robbed and raped three women in their 30s. She also explains the case of a 15-year-old girl who was raped by men who claimed that she was a lesbian. Many of these violations go unreported because the aggressors are relatives of the victims or members of their community.

 

The activist Trini Falcés dies, the first transsexual woman in A Coruña

Trinidad Falcés, "La Trini", anti-Franco fighter and the first transsexual woman in A Coruña dies

False Trinity, symbol of activism LGTBI, passed away this week A Coruña. She was retaliated against during the dictatorship. She was in prison for five years, part of which she spent in the homosexual prison of Badajoz. In 1977, after the death of franc, was at the forefront of the first LGTBI demonstration, in Barcelona.

the trinity, born in 1942 in the then capital of Galicia as Antonio, managed to get the Civil Registry of A Coruña to recognize the change of his name to that of Trinidad.

She told that she was the daughter of a rapist who had abused her biological mother, who gave birth to her in the Church of Santiago, in the old city of A Coruña, according to the local newspaper three years ago Between us. But her family warns that she is not sure that this was true.

Like so many other thousands of Galicians, he emigrated to Barcelona fleeing poverty, where he lived a good part of a life that he dedicated to claiming his right to be who he was.

Law of vagrants and thugs

The activist Trini Falcés dies, the first transsexual woman in A CoruñaThe Francoist police booked her very shortly after, and she said that there was «played the piano» barely fifteen years old. Among those persecuted by fascism they used to say «play the piano» to the taking of fingerprints with ink on the cards of the police files.

Between multiple arrests and sentences based on the law of vagrants and crooksHe spent five years in prison. Of these, five months in a concentration camp for homosexuals in Badajoz. That did not prevent him from always carrying in his bag a sheet of crumpled newspaper with the story of Marcela and Elisa, the two Galician women who managed to get married by the Church in 1901 pretending that one of them was a man.

Marcela and Elisa give name to the prize that each year gives the Association for Affective and Sexual Freedom (ALAS) from A Coruña, and that in 2019 they gave her as an example of the fight for integration and sexual diversity. «For me this award means everything, because I have never been given anything in my life. I have always seen myself very marginalized and very badhe said that day.

Trini in Barcelona

The activist Trini Falcés dies, the first transsexual woman in A CoruñaIn 1977 he headed the first Pride demonstration in Barcelona and continued to offer a resistance «dissident and brave in the face of repression, prison, police abuse and the pointing out of a society that did not understand (and sometimes still does not understand) what is out of the (supposed) normalityAccording to the text in Facebook of Eva Mejuto.

In the nineties he decided to return to A Coruña, and in 2007 the historical memory law officially recognized her as a victim of the dictatorship. «Visiting La Trini meant returning with a mountain of gifts: rings, necklaces, clothes, books, souvenirs, gossip... All the belongings and memories that she had been accumulating in a life full of experiences, adventures, several lives in one that she loved. share and remember, pray with bitterness, pray with nostalgia: 'That they take away the dance, I go through everything', was his catchphrase«.

«Our memory is diverse and colorful, let's not forget who started our fight, with everything against us, we have a lot to learn from that generation. And all to be thankful for. Thanks, Trina., Let the earth be mild. Wherever you are, do not forget that there are many people who loved and admired you. Let them take away the dance, and everything happens!«, concludes the text.

 

Anne Heche dies

Anne Heche, the popular actress of the 90s who was marginalized in Hollywood for being a lesbian, dies

Anne Héche He has died at the age of 53. The family has made the information official after she suffered “severe anoxic brain injury” which has made him remain in a coma, in critical condition, for a week. All as a result of accident suffered on August 5 when his car collided with a house in Los Angeles.

Born in Ohio, Heche He alternated film and television throughout his career, debuting before the cameras at just 12 years old, in the series «Another World«. For embodying two twins, she won a Emmy and shortly after, in 1992, he took part in another well-known series, «The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones«. One year later Made He was part of the cast of "Huckleberry Finn«, and chained several low-profile productions until, in 1997, it reached the general public.

Anne Heche diesIt was then that Made had on billboards «V» next to The Smoke Screen (where he shared the spotlight with Robert De Niro y Dustin Hoffman), in addition to "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Y "Donnie Brasco«, in which he played the couple of Johnny Depp. The following year she did not slow down, beginning to work on «Ally mcbeal» while starring alongside Harrison Ford"Six days and seven nights« and embarked on a project as unorthodox as the remake of «Psychosis"To gus van sant.

Anne Heche and Ellen DeGeneres

In those months the actress also jumped into the media for being the couple of Ellen DeGeneres. The relationship broke up shortly after, and Made He always attributed to this that his career was never as brilliant as it was in the late 90s.

In fact, he was left without a job for a decade after learning of his relationship with Ellen DeGeneres. The actress had said that her romance with the presenter generated a "stigma" that caused her to be fired from Fox.

"i met ellen DeGeneres in 1997, at the party of Vanity FairAnd that was the night that changed my life forever.«, Said the actress in a video to which the magazine has had exclusive access People.

"If it took Ellen I would lose my contract with Fox"

Anne Heche dies"For the premiere of my movie V I've told them that Ellen would be my companion, and they told me that if I took Ellen I would lose my contract with Fox”, The actress recalled about the popular film in which she starred in 1997 with Tommy Lee Jones, a box office success that managed to raise more than 122 million dollars worldwide.

"At that moment, she took me by the hand and said: 'Do what they say' and I said: 'No thanks'. I took Ellen to the premiere and they got me out of there even before the movie was over. They told me that she was not allowed to go to my own party, for fear of being photographed with a woman.“reported the actress. Her own girlfriend told her to be careful: “She warned me: 'This is going to happen«.

"I had a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres for three and a half years, and the stigma attached to that relationship was so bad that my multimillion-dollar industry contract was terminated, and I didn't work at a movie studio for 10 years"He assured.

Heche married in 2001 with the cameraman coleman laffoon, from whom he separated five and a half years later and with whom he had a son, Atlas.

part of a revolution

The relationship between Made y DeGeneres it meant a before and after in the always pacato Hollywood, which even at the end of the XNUMXth century rejected and hid homosexual relationships, especially between women. An issue that has taken years to turn around and see normally, and that despite everything still keeps some celebrities in their closets.

in the beauty magazine Mr Warburton, Heche brought up that relationship, stating that their time together was “a beautiful time” in her life and what leads her “with honor". "She was part of a revolution that created social change, and it couldn't have been done if I hadn't fallen in love with her.”, he said about DeGeneres. In fact, she claimed that she felt “proud to have been part of a revolution that helped bring about a breakthrough in equality”, although acknowledging that “there is still work to do".

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Anne Heche dies

Arrested for hate crime the man who threatened to behead Miss Raisa

Arrested for threatening to behead Muslim rapper Miss Raisa, who defended the LGTBI+ collective on TikTok

Last June, Miss Raissa, stage name of Iman Raissaliposted a video on TikTok in which exposed her inclusive point of view as a Muslim of homosexuality and the LGTBI + community. Given the anonymity and impunity of the internet, the publication received numerous insults and humiliating comments from users of this social network who attacked the Catalan rapper for her opinions.

However, one of the comments caught the attention of the Central Unit for Hate Crimes and Discrimination (UCDOD) of the Mossos d'Esquadra as In addition to insults for being a woman and a Muslim, he threatened the rapper with death and urged and justified her murder and beheading.based on religious arguments.

Therefore, Mossos They identified the suspect and discovered that he had several profiles on social networks in which he presented himself as religious affairs consultant and preacher, and who currently resides in the English city of Birmingham. On the 4th, it was detected that the alleged perpetrator of the events had arrived on a flight to the Madrid airport and the The National Police arrested him based on the arrest warrant issued by the Mossos d'Esquadra.

Background for a hate crime against the LGTBI + group

Arrested for hate crime the man who threatened to behead Miss RaisaThe agents remark that he has record for a hate crime against the LGTBI + group and for antisemitism, for which he was already arrested in 2021. Now he is charged with this hate crime again as well as threats against the artist after posting a video on TikTok in which he explained his inclusive vision as a Muslim of homosexuality and of the LGTBI + collective.

After going to court before the court of instruction on duty in Madrid, the detainee was released with the prohibition of approaching the victim within 1.000 meters, the prohibition of communicating with her, withdrawal of the passport, prohibition of exit of the country and to use the internet.

Arrested for hate crime the man who threatened to behead Miss Raisa

Actress Anne Heche enters a coma and her condition is "extremely critical"

Anne Heche suffered a serious car accident last weekend and had to be rescued from her vehicle by up to 59 firefighters

Actress Anne Héche He fell into a coma and his state of health is «extremely critical» after the violent traffic accident in which she was involved three days ago in Los Angeles, reported his representative in a statement released this Monday to the press specializing in Hollywood.

«He is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident"Said the spokesman for the 53-year-old interpreter who suffers from a"very important» Lung injury and requires assisted ventilation at this time.

Born May 25, 1969 in Aurora (Ohio), was one of the most talked about actresses in the nineties. At that time she played Maggie Pistone in «"Donnie Brasco", a film in which he shared filming with Johnny Depp. The actress, who is currently 53 years old, was also part of the film "Volcano", where she played the role of Dr. Amy Barnes. In 1997, she was part of the cast of the horror film titled «I Know What You Did Last Summer«. In the comedy genre, she could be seen in Six Days, Seven Nights and he was even from the thriller «return to paradise«, in which he worked together with Joaquin Phoenix.

She was sexually abused as a child

As for her personal life, her childhood was not easy at all, as she herself revealed in a memoir entitled «call me crazy«. Her stage as a child was a really traumatic event for her. Anne tells in her autobiography as her father, donald heche, used to sexually abuse her. the same Donald He announced on his deathbed in 1986 that he had been homosexual all his life.

Anne Heche, stable after suffering a spectacular traffic accident

In 1997 he began dating the actress and comedian Ellen DeGeneres. Their relationship was going so well that they both thought about getting married. The couple separated three years later. “Our time together was a beautiful part of my life and something I carry with honor. I was part of a revolution that brought social change. And I wouldn't have made it if I hadn't fallen in love with her”, expressed the actress, who began a relationship with the cameraman coleman laffoon.

To everyone's surprise, they both got married in September 2001 and had a son whom they named Homer Heche Laffoon. Before the comments of the press, Anne emphatically came out to respond. «I want to make it very clear that the fact that I am married does not mean at all that they can consider me heterosexual.«, revealed, very upset.

Anne Heche & Celestia

Precisely in his memoirs he made it very clear that he has an alter ego called 'Celestia', who is actually the sister of Jesus and therefore the daughter of God. In addition to that, she also specified that this alter ego has contact with aliens. Some statements that were the focus of attention in the media for weeks.

The actress has made headlines again this weekend due to a serious car accident. The vehicle in which she was driving, a blue Mini Cooper, was going so fast that it skidded off the road and burst into flames when it crashed into a Los Angeles. As reported by the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), the collision caused in the passenger compartment «a structural compromise"Que"broke out in an intense fire«.

The causes of the accident are still unknown. the police of Los Angeles He only found that the actress was driving at high speed. The Department of Los Angeles Police confirmed that it is investigating the crash of Made, as well as a previous hit-and-run incident.

Anne Heche, stable after suffering a spectacular traffic accident

 

Three sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for homosexuality

 Will the government of Spain condemn this death sentence by stoning in Nigeria, against the human rights of LGTBI people? Or will we do nothing?

Three men were sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court in the Nigerian state of Bauchi, after being accused of homosexuality in a country where the law still persecutes this group.

After listening to several witnesses and after the confession of the accused -who did not have legal representation during the trial-, the magistrate decided to impose that sentence on the three men, aged 20, 30 and 70 respectively.

Relations with people of the same sex carry a sentence of up to 14 years in prison, according to Nigerian law, but there are 12 states in the north of the country and a Muslim majority that, in parallel, judge crimes such as adultery or blasphemy in application of the sharia (Islamic law).

One month to appeal

The case dates back to June 14, when the religious police that watches over compliance with the sharia, called Hisbah, arrested and brought the three men to justice, accusing them of practicing homosexuality in the village of Compare, in the town of none.

The decision was made known in June and those convicted have a month to file an appeal. In addition, any sharia death penalty requires the approval of the state governor, who has not commented, the news agency adds.

"Call to violence«

Three gay men sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeriaorganization for rights LGBTIQ+ Equality Triangle He has stated that this sentence could be the spark that ignites homophobic violence in the country and paves the way for more similar sentences. «It opens the door to more draconian lawsuits against LGTBIQ+ people. It's a call to violence«, has stated william rashidi, member of the NGO.

Equal marriage prohibited since 2014

Nigeria It is one of the most homophobic countries in the world. Homosexuality is considered a crime that carries prison sentences of up to 14 years, while it can carry the death penalty for stoning in some areas of the north of the country where sharia is applied, although in practice the condemned usually end up suffering flogging.

Furthermore, the gay marriage it is explicitly prohibited since 2014.

Some of the laws that criminalize homosexual people -men and women- were inherited from British colonial rule, and hardened with later regulations.

One of the most serious cases in recent years was the prosecution of 47 people arrested at a party in 2018, although the case was ultimately dismissed in 2020.

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Three gay men sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria

 

Tashi Choden, the Miss Universe from Bhutan, is openly lesbian

Tashi Choden is the first public figure in her country to come out as openly lesbian.

Tashi Choden not only will she be the first candidate in history to represent Bhutan in the contest miss Universe, but he is also the only openly gay public figure in the country of Himalayas.

Bhutan is famous for his concept of Gross National Happiness, which promotes the well-being of its citizens more than economic growth. But until February 2021, homosexuality was considered by the criminal code as «sexual behavior against the laws of nature» and therefore illegal in this Buddhist country.

The coronation of Chods in June as Miss Bhutan It was, therefore, aGreat event» for this country of almost 800.000 inhabitants and for its LGBTI community. «Not only do I speak on behalf of the Bhutanese community, but I also speak on behalf of the LGBTI minority on a platform like the Miss Universe pageant. I can be your voice«He declared.

congratulations from the prime minister Tashi Choden

Bhutan's Miss Universe Tashi Choden is openly lesbianThe 23-year-old, who lost her parents nine years ago, came out last year, in the international pride day. The announcement initially caused «a very strong reaction» by his family, conservative and religious, but Chods stresses that it was important that their relatives were part of this process: «Above all, your acceptance matters to me. After a while, they accepted it very well. And I'm very grateful for that, because a lot of people aren't lucky enough to have that acceptance.»

Despite some negative reactions, her win at the Miss Bhutan pageant seems to have garnered support in the country. The first Minister Lotay Tshering personally congratulated the young model and wished her success.

A hope for another youth

The candidacy of Tashi Choden a miss Universe is raising hopes among the country's gay youth. Seeing a lesbian woman become Miss Bhutan it allows the rest of the gay community to aspire to greater goals in their lives. This representation has paved the way for many young people.

In this atypical country, members of the LGBTI community denounce many cases of discrimination and social stigmatization. However, the decriminalization of homosexuality in 2021 has paved the way for further openness and community LGBTI It is gaining visibility little by little.

Bhutan's Miss Universe Tashi Choden is openly lesbian

Three arrested for burning the LGTBI flag in Ajofrín (Toledo)

They burned the LGBTI flag of Ajofrín on the night of June 28, International LGBTI Pride Day

La Servicio Marítimo Guardia Civil has arrested three young people for burning the flag LGTBI that waved the Municipality of Ajofrín, a municipality of Toledo. The alleged perpetrators were between 18 and 19 years old and are accused of a crime of promotion and public incitement to hatred and another of damages. A fourth person is wanted in connection with this crime.

The young people have been arrested during the development of the operation 'Flag' that have carried out agents of the team of Judicial Police of Orgaz and equipment redo (the Civil Guard information unit specializing in hate crimes), as reported by the Toledo Command. This operation is given to clarify the facts, which occurred in the past 28 June, International LGBTI Pride Day.

Fiber optic cabling damage

That same day, it was denounced in the barracks of sesame that the LGTBI flag that flew on the balcony of the Town Hall of the locality. As a result of the fire, the fiber optic cabling had been damaged and ran along the balcony.

The investigators have indicated that the events occurred in the early hours of June 28, and concluded that four individuals had participated in them.

Two of them remained vigilant so that people did not approach the area, while another shouldered the fourth participant, so that he would light the flag with a torch, according to the agents who have carried out the investigation.

The Civil Guard has identified and arrested three of the authors of the burning of the flag, of Spanish nationality and one of them with a criminal record.

Three arrested for burning the LGTBI flag in Ajofrín (Toledo)

The obituary that gave a lesson in naturalness

The applauded viral obituary that is considered a victory for the LGTBI collective

The reading of obituaries is one of the most deeply rooted hobbies in our country. Often, the brief text is used to launch some advice, hidden message and even puya. The case at hand is different. This obituary has gone viral due to its naturalness. Such an unusual naturalness, that it has even surprised the community LGTBIQ +.

Has been the Twitter user @javierfc, who has shared on his networks an obituary that he saw in a regional newspaper. “I have erased surnames and places, but it is a town of 7.000 inhabitants. If the family of an 80-year-old man in the rural world already publishes an obituary like this, it means that there is no turning back, that this is won, even if the cave barks”, pointed out Javier Figuereido next to a picture and a rainbow-colored flag.

As can be seen in the image, the name of an eighty-year-old man appears in the obituary, who is described as “husband of the lord Juan Luis”. Neither more nor less than a couple formed by two homosexual men who are shown in the obituary just as they were, something that should be very common but is not, and even less so in the rural world.

Thousands of people have applauded the message

The image has not taken long to go viral on the networks, accumulating thousands of « » and all kinds of comments from users, most congratulations assuring that something as simple as an obituary like this can be considered a victory for the LGTBI community.

"Don Francisco (DEP) and don Juan Luis were happy no matter how much their love makes some people feel bad. It had to be said and it was saidor” or “Well, there is no way, and battles to lose yet, before winning the war”, have been some of the most popular comments by users.

 

"I'm going to burst you, fagot", they attack a homosexual in Tenerife

"He told me a fucking fagot, you should be dead, I'm going to kill you," says the victim of the attack in Tenerife

A young man has denounced in the municipality of Puerto de la Cruz, in the north of Tenerife, a homophobic attack during the Festivals of Carmen, which are celebrated these days in the town. According to the police report to which the Cadena Ser, the victim assures that a boy approached him around 3.00:XNUMX in the morning holding a bottle and shouting “I'm going to kill you".

As night fell, the young man went to a nightclub in the area with some friends. Arriving at three in the morning he decided to go home. Passing near the help desk set up by Red Cross, a man with a bottle in his hand approached him and rebuked him. «It came so fast that by the time I knew it, it was plastered to my face. She started insulting me in a super violent way. He told me fucking fagot, you should be dead, I'm going to kill you“says the victim.

In addition, he reports that while this was happening, three other men approached, encouraged the alleged aggressor and shouted at the victim that he should be dead, “fagot”, and that he did not return there. About them, the attacked young man points out in the part that he does not know if they knew each other and that at least two of the three had a Canarian accent and ages that could be between 29 and 30 years old.

Insults, threats and shoves

"I'm going to burst you, fagot", they attack a homosexual in TenerifeOne of those young people told him that if he came back “for the North" I killed him and immediately afterwards, he pushed him, tripping the victim with a bar and falling, causing injuries to the ankles, back and knees, something that appears included in the report with an injury report.

After this, he managed to leave the place without these men following him, although they continued to yell at him to if he turned around, they killed him. At that point, the victim was able to pull her phone out and record her screaming as she walked away from her.

«I'm not going to shut up anymore, I'm not going to hide my penI am not going to allow this to happen anymore, I am not going to let myself, my partner or my friends walk down the street in fear«, Wrote a friend of his on social networks to denounce what had happened to him. «I was scared for my life, I was frozen and paralyzed because I thought that if I said anything, it would kill me.“explains the victim

The next day, the victim filed a complaint with the offices of the National Police de Puerto de la Cruz.

"I'm going to burst you, fagot", they attack a homosexual in Tenerife

X-ray of LGTBIQ+ representation in series and movies

The series have more LGTBIQ+ characters, but fewer women and some stereotypes

The collective LGTBIQ + It is increasingly represented in series and movies. According to him ODA Report 2022, 9.3% of characters that appear in this type of productions have some connection with the collective. On the other hand, the presence of women has been reduced.

The presence of characters from series and movies represent people LGBTIQ + has grown both in percentages and in absolute numbers, going from 83 characters in 2020 that meant 7,1% of the total, 106 which represent 9,3% of all the characters analyzed in 2021.

This is highlighted by the results of the ODA Report 2022 Analysis on the representation of diversity in Spanish fiction of 2021 in cinema and television of theObservatory of Diversity in Audiovisual Media which has analyzed a total of 1.141 characters, 51 films and 46 seasons of 43 fiction series.

106 characters LGTBIQ +

The most notable increase has occurred in cinema, which in 2021 has portrayed a total of 35 collective characters LGTBIQ +, in front of 11 of the preceding year.

In the cinema, almost two thirds of these LGBTIQ+ characters are in 3 movies and in serial fiction almost half of the 71 characters in this report belong to 6 rows of the 43 analyzed. Most of these productions are geared toward younger viewers, according to the study.

The representation of women is reduced

X-ray of LGTBIQ+ representation in series and moviesIn relation to female representation, the data from the report indicate that it is once again less than male representation in cinema, go from 52.5% presence in 2020 to 44.8% in 2021. As for the series, 44.8% in 2020 goes to 44.2% this year. The presence of lesbian women in Spanish fiction has increased, representing 25.7% of the total LGTBIQ +.

Regarding lesbian characters, the number of characters in this representation has grown from 17 in 2020 to 26 sapphic characters this year. The increase occurred above all in cinema, with 9 representatives compared to 3 last year. “Something positive to highlight this year is that many of these characters are relevant in the productions”, highlights the study, which points out that in cinema 5 out of 9 lesbians have their own plot, while in series they are 9 out of 15 in total.

The presence of gay characters grows

The gay presence has also grown in 2021, which increased to 39 representatives against the 28 last year. The most pronounced growth was made in the cinema, where it went from 4 characters to 12. “Undoubtedly the appearance of Lost fagot is an incomparable contribution to the history of representation of the collective”, emphasizes the investigation.

The report reveals that, for the first time, the numbers of bisexual representation are similar to those of gay representation. Of the characters analyzed, a total of 38 are identifiable as bisexual, 14 appear in the cinema and 24 in series.

Trans representation in series

Regarding trans representation in the audiovisual world, the researchers highlight the “great contribution” that has had the arrival of All the other, which portrays the life of a trans woman “outside the common stereotypes”. In 2021, the 3 trans representations in the cinema are interpreted by trans people, while in the case of the series, 1 of the 7 characters is trans.

In this sense, the study reveals a “fhigh male trans representation”, because of a whole year of fiction there has been a transmasculine character, played by a cisgender person.

Another of the report's conclusions is that there are still no asexual characters or intersex representation on television or in Spanish cinema.

X-ray of LGTBIQ+ representation in series and movies

 

 

Ayuso: "We've been enduring Pride for a month"

Ayuso attacked pride, feminism, the Trans Law and gender identity

On Wednesday, July 13, the program of Federico Jimenez Losantos for isRadio, who are "It's Federico's morning«, he received in his study the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. For an hour, politics was able to address various issues, including the celebration of the LGBTI+ pride en Madrid, moment in which he returned to charge against the group, its celebrations and demands, or even its nomenclature.

In the opinion of Ayuso, the left has converted the collective's annual meeting into «a lever to promote hatred against all» and even assured that «ands the kidnapping of the left of this and many other flags«. «You see the newspaper library from years ago and everyone, including the press that was called progressive, spoke of 'Gay Pride', they themselves have decided that now it has to be changed and it is no longer 'Pride'. Now is the what? well whatever they want“, criticized the policy.

Ayuso then protested the fact that «you have to talk like them, do it like they see it"and proceeded to lash out at feminism as well"that they try to impose on me as if I were not a woman or owed my professional life to a man, as they do" and the 8M: "Twice a year we already have a media kidnapping of a month, because before I remember that Pride or 8M they were celebrated on that day and were talked about the day before. Then it happened to be a week and now we are holding it for a month«. «Now, since February, men of the world, prepare yourselves for the 8M«, launched the policy.

«It's no longer 'pride of', it's 'hate against'«

Ayuso: "we've been enduring Pride for a month"In the middle of his interview, Ayuso nor was he cut off when criticizing the Trans Law: "To the communist part of Podemos, which is the one that has concocted these occurrences of the Trans Law, nobody says anything, because Sanchez sell your soul to the devil«.

"The only thing they do is kidnap and cause tremendous damage, which is what they are doing with Pride, which is no longer 'pride of', it is 'hate against' what the left does with these celebrations. They're not proud of anything, because when you're proud you're happy and you want everyone to come and celebrate. And again he insisted: “Well, we've been enduring it for a whole month, so let's resist and for me the important thing is that life goes on after Pride".

Life goes on and, with it, the lgtbiphobia suffered by the group and to which the Madrid president did not mention during her speech. Only in 2021, according to data from the Interior, the police investigated 477 hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity throughout the country. Some data that, according to the associations that work with the collective LGTBI +, are underrepresented, as only around 20% of incidents are reported.

More repression for the LGTBIQ+ collective in Russia

Russia will persecute the public dissemination of manifestations of affection between homosexuals and support for the LGTBIQ + collective

La repression of the LGTBIQ+ collective it will reach a further degree in Russia starting in the autumn, when new regulations are approved to relegate the collective to ostracism. The State Duma, Russian lower house, has announced that it will change legislation that was previously very strict to thus prohibit the dissemination of public displays of affection between LGTBIQ+ people and demonstrations by any means in support of their rights. A legal tightening for gag the collective which prohibits the dissemination of anyinformation showing non-traditional sexual relationships".

The call Law against homosexual propaganda It was approved in 2013 to prohibit talking about the collective in front of minors, be it from movie scenes to mere conversations. “It only applied to children. Of course this is not enough”, underlined the head of the committee for the Information Policy of the Duma, Alexandr Jinshtein.

extend the crackdown

Russia applies the Law of homosexual propaganda to a minorIn the legal reform they are already working Ministry of Digital Development and the telecommunications censorship agency, Roscomnadzor. "In general, we propose to extend the prohibition of such propaganda to all ages, in the media, on and off the internet, and on social networks, and establish an administrative sanction for this propaganda.", He has written jinshtein, who has linked to this law against homosexuals another amendment that will punish more harshly "the promotion of pedophilia".

"The dissemination among children not only of propaganda, but of any other type of information that demonstrates non-traditional sexual relations will also be prohibited.” and what he calls “perversions”, added the senior official, who has opened a survey to ask for more recommendations from the citizens with which chase the collective"I consider this task extremely important; not only as the chairman of a relevant committee of the State Duma, but also as the father of two children".

High fines

The reform could involve fines of up to 500.000 rubles (8.000 euros) for individuals, or 10 million for legal entities (160.000 euros), whose activity could be suspended.

The legal reform against the minority LGTBIQ + has also been enthusiastically endorsed by the Orthodox Church Russian. “It is precisely today, when our youth is subjected to constant manipulation of their conscience by the Western collective, that it is necessary to introduce by law a strict prohibition and appropriate sanctions against those who propagate perversions not only among minors, but also among an adult public.”, said the head of the patriarchal commission for Family Affairs, Fyodor Lukyanov.

The measures taken against the LGTBIQ+ collective have been added one after another over the years with the silence of Russian society. The constitutional reform made by the Kremlin In July 2020, it shielded marriage and limited it to heterosexuals by introducing in the Magna Carta that it is exclusively “the union of a man and a woman".