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Attackers carve slur on young lesbian
Thu Mar 28, 7:58 PM ET
Ann Rostow, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network
SUMMARY: A 17-year-old Denver girl was viciously slashed Tuesday afternoon, and
the word "dyke" was carved into her forearm with a razor.
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A 17-year-old Denver girl was viciously slashed Tuesday afternoon, and the word
"dyke" was carved into her forearm with a razor, media outlets in Colorado report.
According to the Rocky Mountain News and ABC News, April Mora was walking to a
store through an alley near her house at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, when she
encountered three teen-age white males in a black Honda. When Mora stopped to
look at the car, the teens began calling her "dyke" and hazing her, and Mora gave the
passengers a dirty look. The driver then pulled over, and two of the teens got out and
dragged Mora to the ground, one holding a knife to her throat.
"Two guys got out of the car, and (one) held me down, while the other guy was
cutting something in me," Mora told ABC. "The driver was yelling stuff to them and
telling them what to do."
Mora's face was repeatedly slashed, and the letters "RIP" were cut into her stomach.
When she screamed, the Rocky Mountain News reports, one of the men flicked her
tongue with the blade. The boy with the knife said: "You're lucky we don't rape you."
After awhile, the driver called the others back into the car, leaving Mora face down
and covered with blood. Mora, who lives with her girlfriend's family, made her way
home, where the Quintana family called an ambulance.
According to Denise de Percin, head of the Colorado Anti-Violence Program, Mora
was released and is not in any danger of losing her life. Although the wounds may
have been skin-deep, they were extensive and frightening to experience. A photo in
the Rocky Mountain News shows the face of an attractive young woman, with close
cropped hair, and numerous red welts across her forehead and cheeks.
"I was scared," Mora told the News. "I didn't know what these guys were going to do."
Although the Mora attack was unusual, de Percin said that violence against gay and
lesbian youth is common in Colorado, as in fact it is everywhere. The state has been
the scene of two high-profile crimes, the murder of Fred Martinez Jr., and the assault
on Kyle Skyock in Rifle.
Last January, de Percin reports, 16-year-old Kapree Brown of Denver was beaten up
by over a dozen assailants. "People beat you up and leave physical scars," said
Brown. "But when it's because of who you are, it's the emotional scars that stay with
you forever."
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