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Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño indicated to reporters on Friday, Dec. 9, that he supports the island’s current hate crimes law that includes...

The country's largest LGBT rights organization has once again blasted a proposed provision of Puerto Rico's new penal code that woul...

Puerto Rico House of Representatives President Jenniffer González announced on Monday, Dec. 5, that she would review a proposed provision t...

Puerto Rican lawmakers are poised to vote on a revised penal code this week that could eliminate LGBT-specific categories from the island’s ...

Today marks the second anniversary of Puerto Rican gay teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado’s brutal murder. Juan José Martínez Matos stab...

Spending the summer on Fire Island can certainly insulate one from the outside world, but news of another transgender person's death pro...

Boricua pride was on full display in Bushwick and throughout the five boroughs on Sunday, June 12, as roughly two million Nuyoricans turned ...

Today marks the first anniversary of the brutal murder of gay Puerto Rican teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado. Juan José Martínez Matos st...

As I look forward to another weekend on Fire Island, I would be completely remiss to not acknowledge a Puerto Rican family continues to grie...

Something is clearly not right in Puerto Rico... Transgender woman stabbed to death in Puerto Rico home EDGE Media Network April 20, 2010 A ...

As the man who allegedly murdered Jorge Steven López Mercado prepares to return to court on Wednesday, April 14 , one question I hope to inv...

My story on how Ricky Martin's coming out could prove a watershed moment for LGBT Latinos has already received nearly 11,000 hits on the...

Just posted this story to EDGE ... A Puerto Rican judge has found probable cause to prosecute a man who prosecutors contend brutally murdere...

As the preliminary hearing of the man who allegedly decapitated and dismembered Jorge Steven López Mercado continues in a Puerto Rico court ...

A delegation of activists and legislators from Chicago and New York City met with murdered gay teenager Jorge Steven López Mercado's fam...

On the eve of a hearing to determine whether Jorge Steven López Mercado's accused killer is competent to stand trial, New York City Coun...

Ricky Martin specifically mentioned Jorge Steven López Mercado, murdered Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero, Matthew Shepard and other hate...

Puerto Rican authorities have identified the man who was found stabbed to death inside a Ponce motel on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said ...

Puerto Rican authorities continue to investigate the murder of a man inside a Ponce motel. An unidentified man believed to have been gay was...

Puerto Rican singer Olga Tañón discussed homophobia and Jorge Steven López Mercado's gruesome murder last night on her weekly talk show....