Sarah Hayley Barrett is a Canadian freelance journalist based in Mexico City. She covers everything from labor to immigration to feminist reggaeton for outlets like NPR’s Latino USA, MarketPlace and WNYC Radio. Sarah earned her master’s degree at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where she founded the school’s chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalist’s Association. Follow her work at www.sarahhayleybarrett.com and on Twitter @HeySarahBarrett.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/sarah-hayley-barrett/rss en Crisis and Conflict Gender-Based Violence Mon, 27 Nov 2017 03:00:24 +0000 Sarah Hayley Barrett https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/11/27/lgbt-community-the-forgotten-targets-of-colombias-civil-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/11/27/lgbt-community-the-forgotten-targets-of-colombias-civil-war During the half century of armed conflict between the government and guerrilla fighters, many members of Colombia’s LGBT community were victims of violence and sexual assault. Now the government is dragging its feet on their demands for reparations.