Violence Against LGBT Individuals
There have been multiple reports of violence and murders targeting homosexuals and transsexuals. It was reported that during the Salvadoran Civil War, the Atlacatl Battalion kidnapped and disappeared 15 transgender sex workers in 1985. This event mobilized the early activity of William Hernández and Joaquin Caceres who formed Entre Amigos.
After the civil war, violence against LGBT individuals continues. There were reports of violence targeting LGBT throughout the 1990s, and AIDS and LGBT rights activists received regular threats of violence. A survey from 2006 until 2009 showed continued threats of violence against LGBT activists, violence against LGBT members, and lack of investigation by police in LGBT deaths as a result of gang violence.
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