A homophobic stunt has led to increased security measures at a GLBT film festival in Santiago, Chile. The stunt occurred on Tuesday evening at the Spanish Embassy in the Chilean capital, one of six venues at the third Festival of Sexually Diverse Cinema.
Vials of an odorous liquid of undetermined origin and pamphlets saying “no more lies, promoting homosexuality is not culture” and “your taxes are being used here” were launched in the embassy’s theatre and entrance.
The attacks follow a campaign against the festival by anti-gay group Acción Familia, whose various complaints included an allegation that pedophilia was being promoted by using the faces of the 11-year-old protagonists of one of the films in the festival’s publicity.
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