The Venezuelan LGBTQ Violence Observatory recorded at least 60 attacks against the gay community in the first quarter of 2023 — 30 percent, it says, were committed by a state agency.
CARACAS, Venezuela — It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon at the Avalon Man Spa and Bar. The gay club in Valencia, two hours west of the Venezuelan capital, was filled with clients, receptionist Jesús Araujo said: “Sunday is our busiest day.”
The men were outed and ridiculed, the club was closed for weeks and Venezuela’s LGBTQ+ community fears a new government drive to criminalize homosexuality. The authoritarian socialist state is one of the few countries in South American that does not recognize same-sex marriage. Until this year, being gay in the military was a crime punishable by prison.
In the first quarter of the year, the Venezuelan Observatory on LGBTIQ+ Violence recorded at least 60 attacks against the gay community. Thirty percent, the observatory says, were committed by a state agency. Velásquez says the government is trying to strengthen ties with increasingly powerful and wealthy evangelical Christian groups.
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