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1973 Santiago gay protest

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Eva", "La Romané", "La José Caballo", "La Confort", "La Natacha" and "La Vanesa". There were also participants who had pseudonyms similar to those of some Chilean personalities, such as "La Fresia Soto" and "La Peggy Cordero". Part of the group had a characteristic dress, made up of striped sweaters and
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and pork" (in Spanish: "Colipatos piden chicha y chancho"), alluding to the demands for greater freedom, while on its back cover it titled the note about the protest with the text "Ostentation of their sexual deviations the maracos made in Plaza de Armas" (in Spanish: "Ostentación de sus desviaciones
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Some of the attendees were known by their pseudonyms, including "La Gitana" (indicated by various sources as one of the organizers and main speakers of the protest), "La Viviana", "La Rossana", "La Raquel" (pseudonym of Luis Troncoso Lobos), "La Escalera al Cielo", "Katty Fontey" "La Larguero", "La
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streets. A large part of them were from low or popular strata and denounced constant harassment by carabineros, raids and arrests for "offenses against morals and good customs", which included beatings and total haircuts. The meeting took place approximately between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, 22
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speaks of "around a hundred arriving at the meeting on time, although only about twenty confronted the reporters and the cameras". This last publication also reported the presence of homosexuals who were not demonstrating but did attend the event covertly for fear of being photographed or having
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The demonstrators performed dances and shouted slogans in the area of the bandstand and the equestrian statue of Pedro de Valdivia; in said sculpture some people climbed to its base to carry out the protest. According to the press of the time, among the requests -in addition to putting an end to
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The governor of the province of Santiago, Julio Stuardo, said that he would use "the public force and all the resources that constitutional mandate gives me" in order to prevent a new demonstration scheduled this time in the Plaza Lo Castillo sector (intersection of Vitacura and Candelaria
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titled on its cover "Homosexual Rebellion. The "weirdos" want to get married" (in Spanish: "Rebelión homosexual. Los 'raros' quieren casarse"), while the main note inside the edition was titled "The rebellion of the 'weirds'" (in Spanish: "La rebelión de los 'raros'").
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did not intervene to dissolve the demonstration, however, around 8:00 p.m. the group had already dispersed due to the police presence, which included a van that was parked on Estado Street.
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had a markedly sensationalist tone, which was also reflected in the coverage of other aspects of LGBT society, such as
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Goyenechea avenues) in the Barrio Alto of the capital, which was ultimately not carried out.
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April 1973 in the eastern sector of the Plaza de Armas, in front of Phillips Street.
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in the sectors surrounding the Plaza de Armas in Santiago —as well as on
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The number of attendees varies according to the sources: the newspaper
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The demonstration had been organized by a group of homosexuals, mainly
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sexuales hicieron los maracos en la Plaza de Armas"). The newspaper
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magazine were openly left-wing and adherents to the government of
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Bandera hueca: historia del movimiento homosexual de Chile
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police abuse and the rejection of society- was legalizing
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Some media outlets of the time —such as the newspapers
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Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad – Revista Latinoamericana
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Santiago
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Plaza de Armas in Santiago
Chile
Latin America
police brutality
transvestites
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"La rebelión de los "raros""

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