Post by Ayla on Feb 4, 2016 9:20:29 GMT 8
A trans woman suffered a fractured leg after a group of football fans threw stones at her near the Jaime Moron Stadium, Columbia.
According to the woman, who wished to remain unidentified, the attackers wore shirts alluding to a popular football team, so it is believed that they belong to the hooligans who frequent the sports complex.
She said that the attack occurred about 11:30 pm when she was with two other trans women when a group of two men and two women appeared. They felt scared and unsafe so they decided to hide in a nearby place.
Minutes later, thinking they had walked away, the women left the hiding place and walked toward the stadium and when they were near the gas station met again with the group, which, without speaking, pick up took stones and threw them at the trans women. These ran toward the neighborhood Escallón Villa to seek shelter, but one was caught and hit, collapsing was then hit in the ankle of the right leg, which led to a broken fibula and tibia.
The attackers continued the aggressions. One of the trans women fought back returning the stones, and that made the attackers stay away.
Wilson Castañeda, director of the ONG Caribe Afirmativo (Affirmative Caribbean), reported that these assaults are common and often trans women who complain to the authorities don’t get attention. They are rejected by police with phrases like ‘why are you here gay ‘ and ‘Well, don’t come back when the problem is fixed.’ ”
He added that already several trans women were forced to go to medical centers because of these homophobic attacks.
planettransgender.com/transgender-women-attacked-hooligans-colombia/
According to the woman, who wished to remain unidentified, the attackers wore shirts alluding to a popular football team, so it is believed that they belong to the hooligans who frequent the sports complex.
She said that the attack occurred about 11:30 pm when she was with two other trans women when a group of two men and two women appeared. They felt scared and unsafe so they decided to hide in a nearby place.
Minutes later, thinking they had walked away, the women left the hiding place and walked toward the stadium and when they were near the gas station met again with the group, which, without speaking, pick up took stones and threw them at the trans women. These ran toward the neighborhood Escallón Villa to seek shelter, but one was caught and hit, collapsing was then hit in the ankle of the right leg, which led to a broken fibula and tibia.
The attackers continued the aggressions. One of the trans women fought back returning the stones, and that made the attackers stay away.
Wilson Castañeda, director of the ONG Caribe Afirmativo (Affirmative Caribbean), reported that these assaults are common and often trans women who complain to the authorities don’t get attention. They are rejected by police with phrases like ‘why are you here gay ‘ and ‘Well, don’t come back when the problem is fixed.’ ”
He added that already several trans women were forced to go to medical centers because of these homophobic attacks.
planettransgender.com/transgender-women-attacked-hooligans-colombia/