The sexual assaults inside of the LGTBI collective have remained in the shadow of the MeToo movement until recently, but are beginning to come to light and probably become a new spotlight Until now invisible and which has taken on unexpected relevance after the arrest of the producer Javier Pérez Santana after harassing several men and assaulting and insulting the transsexual actress and singer Jedet, who decided to denounce him on site at the party after the celebration of the Fierce Awards.
Behind this unfortunate event hides a whole unknown universe what does it have to do with sexual violence and the intragender bullying. Within the public sphere there have been several cases that have come to light, two of them in the cinema, which were uncovered precisely as a result of the MeToo movement. The most publicized was undoubtedly that of Kevin Spacey, one of the great interpreters of his generation and winner of two Oscars, who supposedly would have used his power situation to attack different men throughout his career, which is why he has been repeatedly denounced to this day. One of the most terrible accusations was the one filed by fellow interpreter Anthony Rapp, when he declared that he was sexually assaulted by Spacey when he was only 14 years old in 1986, at a party at his house.
This abuser profile It would have been maintained over time, since many other complaints come from the stage in which he was director of the prestigious Old Vic theater in London. It was always about young boys who were starting out in show business and who he took advantage of thanks to the figure of power he represented. The incriminations have not stopped appearing, both in the courts and in the media, configuring a systematic pattern that ranges from former employees of the ‘House of Cards’ series, which he starred in before the scandal, to people around him, such as the son of actor Richard Dreyfuss who claimed to have been groped by the actor when he was 18 years old.
In the case of Brendan Fraser, he was the victim. He told a journalist thinking that it was the opportune moment after the MeToo broke out. If the Hollywood industry women they had dared to speak after decades of sexual harassment in the workplace, he could also tell what had happened to him. But it was not the same. The testimony of him remained somehow ignored, perpetuating that stigma that has always accompanied the female gender when it comes to denouncing and that continues to be present through the way in which any public exposure is still judged. The attacker was at that time the all-powerful president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, and that event meant, according to Fraser, that he was banned from the industry, something that also coincided with a deep depression into which he plunged. after continuous injuries caused by the action films in which he participated and the separation from his wife, with whom he had three children.
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The world of fashion It has also been peppered with continuous scandals, the last one involving designer alexander wang who has been accused by a male model and another trans of sexual abuse. It seems that all situations touching without consent They would have taken place in clubs or after parties, like the case of the Spanish producer Javier Pérez Santana.
On the other hand, two mythical photographers such as Mario Testino and Bruce Weber have also placed themselves in the eye of the hurricane after ‘The New York Times’ revealed that, between them, they totaled more than 28 cases of abuse of young modelsamong them Ryan Locke or Jason Boyce. They were forced to undress in their sessions, to touch their genitals until they themselves participated in some non-consensual practice. However, both have continued working, as if nothing had happened, which certifies the double standards and the hypocrisy of the sector and the difference that still exists between the male and female taboo. Parties, initiations to drugs by abusers, obligation to undress and touch oneself, vetoes… an entire underworld that remains waiting to explode within the LGTBI collective.