Breaking: Puerto Rico's governor just signed one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet
Here's what the law does.
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July 17, 2025
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Puerto Rico trans rights advocates prepare legal fight as GOP governor considers gender-affirming care ban
The bill is on the Republican governor's desk.
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July 11, 2025
LGBT Rights Activist Wants to Ensure Puerto Ricans' Stories Are Told
Pedro Julio Serrano says the pain and grief in Puerto Rico is unbearable, but he went to Orlando to ensure the victims are remembered.
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Puerto Rico House Approves Antidiscrimination Bill
The bill now moves to the governor for his promised signature.
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Activists Want Answers on LGBT Murders in Puerto Rico
The crimes have claimed the lives of at least 18 gay, lesbian, and transgender people.
June 10, 2011
Trans Nursing Student Michelle Ramos Vargas Shot to Death
Her death in Puerto Rico is the sixth known homicide of a trans person in the territory and the 30th in the U.S. this year.
October 2, 2020
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Yampi Mendez Arocho, shot to death last week, is the second trans person murdered in the territory this year.
March 12, 2020
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Upholds Gay Adoption Ban
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Tribunal in Puerto Rico upheld the U.S. territory's ban on adoption by gay and lesbian people.
February 20, 2013
Trans Americans Shot to Death in Chicago, Puerto Rico
The deaths of Tyianna "Davarea" Alexander and Samuel Edmund Damian Valentin come after a year that saw record fatal violence against trans Americans.
January 12, 2021
Trans Woman Murdered in Puerto Rico, Third This Month
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April 28, 2020
Two Trans Women Murdered in Puerto Rico
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Two Arrested in Killings of Trans Women in Puerto Rico
The men have been detained in connection with the deaths of Serena Angelique Velazquez and Layla Pelaez but have not been charged.
May 1, 2020
Hours After Restroom Incident, Trans Woman Murdered in Puerto Rico
Alexa Negron Luciano was killed not long after being reported for using a women's restroom at a McDonald's.
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We 55 respectfully disagree
In an "open letter" to The Advocate and to LGBT people everywhere, more than four dozen prominent activists of color take issue with Jasmyne Cannick's commentary calling for LGBT equality to take priority over rights for illegal immigrants. Quoting Audre Lorde, they remind us, "There is no hierarchy of oppression."
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Orlando Cruz on His Biggest Fight Yet
Coming out certainly changed him, but will it change the sport of boxing?
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