{"id":173,"date":"2020-09-18T12:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T10:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:56:53","slug":"paolo-seganti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/paolo-seganti\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Seganti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"verde24\">In Memory of Paolo Seganti<\/h1>\n<div class=\"grigio14\">\n<div>Gay Help Line 800 713 713<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0It is dedicated to Paolo Seganti, the first victim of homophobia recognized by the Municipality of Rome and by a public institution in Italy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On the night between July 10 and 11, 2005, Paolo Seganti was brutally killed for homophobia inside the Parco delle Valli, in Rome, in the Montesacro neighborhood.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>An article in Repubblica describes the disappearance of the 38-year-old.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>\u201c<\/strong>He was massacred by two or more thugs. Perhaps a gang that targeted him because he was homosexual. This would explain the nineteen stab wounds, all to the buttocks, and the two deep cuts in his private parts. A clear reference to the victim&#039;s sexuality. A savage massacre carried out in multiple stages: kicks, punches, blows, and then that blow with the blade that severed his nose. The final insult.\u2019<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks also to the support of Paolo Seganti&#039;s mother, Augusta, who was willing to speak out about the homophobic motive behind the crime, and of LGBT associations, particularly Arcigay Roma, Seganti&#039;s death became public knowledge, bringing the case to national attention.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A torchlight procession to the Capitoline Hill was held in memory of Seganti and to demand clarity on the murder.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is dedicated to Seganti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.it\/maps\/place\/Largo+Paolo+Seganti\/@41.9412118,12.5173048,17z\/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x132f6154837646b9:0x61d8b53147f64e94!2sParco+delle+Valli!8m2!3d41.9391732!4d12.523131!3m4!1s0x132f61528df54f0f:0xae3a9369eb29eb51!8m2!3d41.9412078!4d12.5194935\">The plaque inside the garden at Parco delle Valli, the first Roman &quot;monument&quot; commemorating a victim of homophobia<\/a> and the toll-free Gay Help Line 800 713 713.<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Memory of Paolo Seganti, the Gay Help Line 800 713 713 is dedicated to Paolo Seganti, the first victim of homophobia recognized by the City of Rome and a public institution in Italy. On the night between...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-173","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayhelpline.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}