The Problem Of Homophobia

Homophobia is very prevalent amongst officers who encounter homosexuals who they feel are violating the law. Many LGBTQIA people have been sexually violated in South America due to police hating allies. Raping someone is that act of choosing to violate someone's personal space after being told no. CNN, Senior Latin American Affairs Editor, Marilia Brocchetto uttered, “At 26 years old, the Peruvian gay man was arrested by police officers while heading home shortly after midnight. Throughout the six hours he was in police custody, he says, he was stripped, raped with a baton and verbally abused by police officers before being let go. All of this, he says, because of his sexuality.{sic}” The hypermasculine behavior that police project towards