Latina LGBT Organization Receives Threatening Call

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by Steve Williams

July 28, 2012 12:06 pm

Organizers of Casa Ruby, a group that recently opened to support LGBT Latina citizens in Washington, DC, have been left reeling this week after reportedly receiving a threatening call.

Reports WAMU 8.5:

The Spanish-language death threat was left on the voice mail of the newly-opened Casa Ruby, the first and only Latina transgender agency serving the D.C. area. Translated roughly, the message says, “You deserve divine punishment and death, but before death you should suffer. You are damned from birth to death.”

Ruby Corado is the founder of the agency, and she was the one who initially retrieved the message. “I am very upset,” says Corado. “This is something that I didn’t expect so soon.”

The organization opened its offices on June 6, 2012. Created and directed by transgender activist Ruby Corado, Casa Ruby is the first and only organization of its kind in the Washington, DC, area offering “community, social and resources for LGBT queer Latinos.” It provides services like a general drop in center, ESL services, counselling and mental health help, and has this week provided free HIV testing.

The threat the group received this week is being taken seriously by the police and by the organization itself, and for good reason.

FULL story at link.

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