New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke tonight about the brutal decapitation, dismemberment, and burning of nineteen year old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado in Puerto...
Nineteen Year Old’s Brutal Murder Sparks New Wave Of LGBTQ Outrage & Sadness Four to five hundred people turned out tonight to pay tribute to Jorge...
A vigil was held tonight on New York City’s Pier 45, to honor Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, the Puerto Rican teen who was decapitated, dismembered, and...
The newly-elected Governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro GarcÃa Padilla (image, above,) today signed two bills banning anti-LGBT discrimination into law, calling it his “duty as a Christian.” The...
At least three gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender Americans have been murdered in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico this week, bringing the tragic total to...
Yesterday I wrote, “Ricky Martin Comes Out: ‘I Am Homosexual.’ In Other News, The Earth Is Round.” The title itself got a lot of guffaws on...
Gay Puerto Rican Teen’s Murderer Fit To Stand Trial. Just two weeks after President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention...
“…It’s just not a daily occurrence throughout the US.” If only. In a post I wrote on Friday, “The Embodiment Of Religious Bigotry,” a reader responds...
How To Make Good Use Of A Bad Year And A Bad Decade It seems appropriate that 2009 would be a terrible year, to top off...
Feds May File Hate Crime Charges Against Puerto Rican Teen’s Murderer. When President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act...
Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado’s Killer To Remain Under Observation On November 13, you’ll remember, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was murdered, his body decapitated, dismembered, and burned...
“More than 80 percent of the participating [law enforcement] agencies reported no hate crimes in their jurisdictions in 2008.” (via The Raw Story.) Oh really? That...
America’s Largest Newspaper Misreads Severity, Doesn’t Report On LGBTQ Hate Crime The title of USA Today’s article, “Hate crimes against blacks, religious groups rise,” doesn’t begin...