For Puerto Rico’s LGBTQ Community, Fight Doesn’t End with Rosselló
In the two weeks in which hundreds of thousands mobilized to oust Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, the island’s LGBTQ community was on the front lines. They shared in the outcry after the July 10 federal corruption arrests of members of the governor’s administration, and joined as the movement swelled when a private chat between Rosselló and his closest allies leaked. The chats revealed discriminatory attitudes — including homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, xenophobia and fat-shaming — and a callous indifference for the people of Puerto Rico, including the thousands who died after Hurricane Maria. And while the people of Puerto Rico were […]