Puerto Rico: Activists Urge Letters of Support in Their Fight Against...
Activists from Puerto Rico have called for international support of their efforts to amend Article 103 of the Puerto Rican Penal code which criminalizes consensual sexual relationships between persons...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Activists Begin Forty-Eight Hour Fast In Front Of Capitol Building
on September 1st at 5:00 PM a group of Puerto Rican activists and supporters carried out a forty-eight hour fast in protest of the continuing existence of Article 103 of the Penal Code known also as...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Support Sodomy Law Repeal, Rape Law Reform
SUMMARYThe Puerto Rican Senate is discussing amendments to its Penal Code. Local activists are pushing for the repeal of Article 103, which penalizes same-sex sexual relations, as well as for a more...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Support Sodomy Law Repeal And Rape Law Reform
SUMMARYThe Puerto Rican Senate is discussing amendments to its Penal Code. Local activists are pushing for the repeal of Article 103, which penalizes same-sex sexual relations, as well as for a more...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Support Sodomy Law Repeal
SUMMARYThe Puerto Rican Senate is discussing amendments to its Penal Code. Local activists are pushing for the repeal of Article 103, which penalizes same-sex sexual relations. The damaging effect of...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: Gay Teen Brutally Murdered
On November 14, 2009 the body of 19-year-old Jorge Steven López Mercado, a well know member of the gay community of Puerto Rico was found on the site of an isolated road in the city of Cayey, Puerto...
View ArticleNew York City Coalition Responds to Anti-LGBT Violence in Puerto Rico
Loss of Life in Puerto RicoNEW YORK, July 13 — A coalition of New York City elected officials and organizations [Ed Note: including IGLHRC] today released a report that documents the hate-motivated...
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CABE and allies denounce an epidemic of anti-LGBTQ violence in Puerto Rico
“They’re hunting us and killing us” CABE and allies denounce an epidemic of anti-LGBTQ violence in Puerto RicoSan Juan, April 29, 2020– The Broad Committee for the Search for Equity (CABE in Spanish)...
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