A gender non-conforming hairdresser has shared the harrowing account of the moment three foreigners tried to kill him last week.
Gabriel Flores says the three attackers tried to stab him in the heart and throat. And while gripping their ‘pig killer’ knife saved his life, it may have cost him his livelihood as a hairdresser and stylist.
The incident took place on 22 September near the Wholesale Market in Quito, the capital of Ecuador in South America. Flores, who uses male pronouns, is of a visibly ‘non-conforming gender’ according to trans organizers in the country.
He says his attackers noticed this and decided to try to kill him, not just rob him, as a result. ‘I blocked the stabs directed at my heart and throat’ Flores says: ‘Three