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Anti-gay PR senator resigns after photos surface on Grindr

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:24:34 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) A Puerto Rico lawmaker has resigned following reports that explicit photos of him surfaced on Grindr, an iPhone application for gays and bisexuals, the head of the U.S.(...)

Puerto Rican activists demand hate crime charges amid deaths

logointern2 — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:00:33 +0000

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Activists are demanding that a series of killings of gays, lesbians and transgenders in Puerto Rico be treated as possible hate crimes, saying there is an alarming(...)

NYC Day Against Homophobia in solidarity with Puerto Rican victims

logointern1 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:58:28 +0000

Today is the “New York City Day Against Homophobia,” according to a declaration by the New York City Council, reported by GLAAD.

The announcement comes in response to the repeated attacks on(...)

Puerto Rico panel to investigate hate crimes

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:30:19 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) A special committee to investigate hate crimes has been created in Puerto Rico, where advocates say gay and transgender people are the victims of an “epidemic” of(...)

Puerto Rican pleads guilty in killing of gay teen

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:00:11 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) A man accused of decapitating a gay teenager and burning his body pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Wednesday and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.

The case(...)

PR police search for transgender woman’s killer

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:56:34 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) Police are searching for the killer of a transgender woman in Puerto Rico whose naked, battered body was discovered in her home last week, while activists press(...)

Thousands in PR hold vigil for murdered gay teen

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:58:10 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) Thousands of people marched through Puerto Rico’s capital last Wednesday, celebrating the life of a gay teenager whose dismembered, burned body was found dumped along a(...)

Withers: Photos from NYC rally for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason “Jaysen” Mattison Jr.

James Withers — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:27:22 +0000

These are photos from tonight’s New York City vigil for crime victims Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason “Jaysen” Mattison Jr. I’ll write something about tonight’s event tomorrow(...)

Murder charge filed in Puerto Rico gay teen slaying

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:38 +0000

(San Juan, Puerto Rico) Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were(...)

Withers: Another boy killed

James Withers — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:34:24 +0000

Jason Mattison Jr. is dead. The Baltimore teen, who was a quick wit and adored by teachers and peers, was found in the closet of an aunt. Raped, stabbed, and gagged.

“He was a sweet young(...)