In Colombian port town, LGBTQ community faces increasing threats
Buenaventura, Colombia – Gisela Diaz, 40, bursts into tears as she recalls the years of violence and discrimination she and her LGBTQ friends have endured in their troubled city. “The situation is very difficult [for LGBTQ people] here in Buenaventura,” says Diaz, who identifies as a lesbian. A main Afro-Colombian port city on Colombia’s western coast, Buenaventura has long been considered one of the most violent places in the country. It was here the “casas de pique” (Spanish for chop houses) operated, where armed groups would dismember victims and dispose of their bodies in the ...
Source: aljazeera.com