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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 21 December 2012
Tags: madonna, diva, moment, santiago, chile, fan, smoking, cigarettes, argues, cusses out, video, pop stars, south america

If you've been going through withdrawals because it's been two or three months since Madonna last pulled her hard earned diva card, then you can breathe a sigh of relief today 'cause the MDNA is being served up on a platter and telling bitches to EAT IT once again.  

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Tags: alberto leguina-ruzzi, columbia university, files, lawsuit, sexual harassment, grindr, messages, supervisor, dr. al awqati, gay, new york, chile, fired

Turning down a Grindr hookup has posed some real-life consequences to Alberto Leguina-Ruzzi, a Chilean grad student working toward a PhD at New York's Columbia University. Details follow. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Tags: mika, new, the origin of love, music video, short film, santiago, chile, director, cristian jiminez, gaylebrities, september, 2012, cover, pop, dance

Our September cover star Mika has debuted an Instagram-laced short film accompanying the title track from his new album The Origin of Love. Shot with celebrated Chilean director Cristián Jiménez, the short juxtaposes the quixotic, upbeat song against a surreal urban backdrop. Watch Mika's and Cristián's NSFW "The Origin of Love" after the jump!

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 13 July 2012
Tags: daniel zamudio, sebastian pinera, anti-discrimination bill, hate crime bill, chile, beating, gay beating

Following a brutal beating that resulted in a 24-year-old gay man's death in March, Chile, on Thursday, became one of the last Latin American nations to pass an anti-discrimination law.

Conservative president Sebastian Pinera's was under pressure to act following Daniel Zamudio's death. The hate crimes bill had actually been proposed prior to Pinera taking office, but had been tied up in Chile's Congress for the past 7 years.

More after the jump.

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Tags: chile, civil unions, marriage equality, south america, international, president sebastian pinera, push, endorse, lgbt, gay

A tit for a tat? Chile's President Sebastian Pinera pushed for civil union legislation this week while continuing to sound-off against full marriage equality for LGBT Chileans. Details follow. 

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Monday, 22 November 2010
Tags: homophobia, chile, faggot, south america, international

Chile might have its heart in the right place in a new anti-violence campaign, but its certainly going about it in the worst, most offensive way possible. 

Case In Point, a government PSA created to stop violence against women, has come up with a tagline that might (in all stretched-sense of the word) thwart violence against women but likely promotes it against the LGBT population. "Faggot is a man who beats a woman," reads the new campaign. 

Worsening matters is the fact that the country's Minister of the National Women's Service has given t-shirts emblazoned with the horrifically offensive tagline to the 33 Chilean miners so that they may blindly promote it during international media tours and interviews. 

Says the pro-LGBT...

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