The Madrid Observatory against LGTBphobia has registered 35 incidents of hatred against the LGTBI collective during Mado 2018
GAYLES.TV.- The balance that the Observatory Madrileño against the LGTBfobia during the celebration of Pride of Madrid this year is hard: they registered 35 incidents of hate to collective LGTBI.
In addition there have been two violations two boys under 25 years in the city of Madrid. One of them denounced the Police. The other went to the hospital, but did not want to report later.
Also during the demonstration, two other boys suffered an attempt to sexual assault where there were touches while they ostentatiously mocked that they were gay.
«For the violation that has been reported there are two people arrested, the one that has not been denounced remains totally unpunished", Explain Rubén López de Arcópoli to Cadena Ser, who are "the worst of all is not just how the victim feels, but that the aggressor is loose and the message has been: 'I have raped someone and nothing has happened'. We cannot transmit that message, that is why the complaint is always necessary ».
In the account Twitter of the Observatory Madrileño against the LGTBfobia different incidents that occurred during these dates have been reported in eleven different places of the Region of Madrid.
En El Escorial They threw eggs against a rainbow flag. In Galapagar, Getafe and Madrid There have been offensive stickers and some threatening against collective LGTBI.
En Madrid there was also a graffiti on the facade of a gay entertainment venue with references to the killing of Orlando. The rainbow painted on a bench in Vallecas It was also damaged by LGBTophobia.
En Rivas They stoned a car for having a rainbow flag in the glove compartment. In Torrelodones and Algete They painted against the collective.
There has been, in addition, physical aggressions: a boy who tells that a taxi driver got him out of the car when he saw that he was gay, hit him and left him lying down and another who suffered an assault in a nightclub. A boy told him «the queers should not be here«, gave him a push and fractured his jaw.
Of the 35 incidents occurred during the celebration of the Pride, only five have been reported. «We still worry a lot about that. The victims continue without denouncing because they think that it will not be useful at all and they are afraid. We will always be there trying to fight so that this type of incidents do not happen«, They affirm from Arcópoli.
Source: Cadena Ser, El País, El Periodico
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