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Bogotá's 2022 kiss-a-thon: public solidarity after a couple was harassed

Supporters gathered in a park after a same-sex couple was confronted. The 2022 park demonstration should not be confused with an earlier protest at a shopping center.

An original NewsCubby historical explainer. Event dates appear in the article; this is not a breaking-news announcement.

The park demonstration

August 2022 reporting described a besatón, or kiss-a-thon, in Bogotá after Santiago Maldonado and Jorge Esteban Farías were confronted in a park. Supporters gathered with rainbow flags, music and public displays of affection. The event expressed solidarity with the couple and opposition to harassment.

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Similar protests can be different events

The contemporary accounts also referred to an earlier 2019 demonstration following an incident at the Andino shopping center. That was a separate place and year. A repeated form of protest does not mean the same video or the same couple appears in every report. To identify an older demonstration, check the city, setting, date and the people named before sharing a clip as a new event.

This page describes the 2022 public gathering. It does not infer the private lives of participants, identify unnamed bystanders or offer a present-day legal ruling from a protest report. The linked World section supplies later reporting, while the India–China article provides another example of why dated events and attributed positions need to remain distinct.

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Sources and further reading

  1. LGBTQ Nation — Bogotá park demonstration, August 3, 2022 ↗
  2. Attitude — Solidarity gathering in Colombia, August 2022 ↗