What worries me is that things won’t change.”ĭozens of LGBT Hondurans are murdered each year, with few of the killers brought to justice, according to figures from respected Honduran NGO Cattrachas. “The truth is it doesn’t worry me anymore. “To be able to continue with my personal life and my work I have to be conscious that could come at any moment,” he said. Reyes, the coordinator of the Honduran lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy group Arcoíris (Rainbow), had spent 10 months abroad for his own safety, but felt an obligation to return to the frontline of the fight against discrimination. I’ve suffered torture and sexual violence because of my activism, and I’ve survived many assassination attempts,” he said, in an interview with Index on Censorship.Īctivists in Honduras must contend with a constant barrage of threats and, often fatal, attacks. 215 pessoas LGBT assassinadas nas Honduras em 7 anos /JNkedP4SU0Ī year after returning from exile, Honduran gay rights activist Donny Reyes still fears a murderous attack at any minute.
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