It is true, but you have to launch a movement from somewhere and our policy is an open door one. Everybody is welcome. Lesbians in Peru live with a great sense of guilt. After all we are transgressing what society considers most sacred - the role of the woman and the mother to be docile and to depend emotionally and economically on men. This is why we, as a movement, must give lesbians support and communicate a sense of identity.
Lesbians are at the receiving end of increased brutality and harassment in Peru.
The police have been making trouble for us. For example, they recently raided a lesbian disco and detained 76 people for several hours. They only released the women after the curfew came into force which meant that they could he shot on sight as they tried to make their way home. This was shown three times at peak viewing time on the news with pictures of the women accompanied by really scandalous commentary and distortion of the facts. She was interviewed by Sonia Luz Carrillo.