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Nov. 15, 2011

Jersey City Victim Faces Additional Attacks

Editors note: This was originally posted by my friend Ada Ospina on her blog, and I am reposting this on La Acera in a demonstration of solidarity with her.  Please feel free to repost this on your site as well….

Aug. 29, 2011

(Former) Senator Arango – Location Is Everything!

As we all now know, Roberto Arango has resigned from the Puerto Rican Senate, becoming the 5th local legislator to resign this term. He resigned after photographs of him were found on Grindr, a leading gay social networking app, and…

Aug. 25, 2011

From Hostage in Narnia and Back to Reality: How I Came Out

Both of my biological parents were what one would call quirky. Dad was an old-school punk rocker turned attorney, and mom was a professor with her head in the clouds. They were awesome. I know that neither one would have…

Aug. 11, 2011

Reparative/Conversion Therapy: Join the Fight Against It!

My friend, occasional La Acera contributor, and mental health professional Rebecca (Krewe de Becks), recently emailed me a petition. While I normally send those emails off to the deepest depths of hell, since it was sent by a good friend…

Jun. 5, 2011

Challenging Puerto Rico’s Stance on Gender Reassignment and Same-Sex Marriage

On June 4th, 2011, two French-women defied France’s laws against same-sex marriage and had a legal wedding.How, you may ask? One of the two women was born a man (a male to female transgender), and given that she refused to go through…

Nov. 22, 2009

Jorge Steven López Mercado

To all: Our Island has been shaken to its core by the heinous hate crime perpetrated against Jorge Steven López Mercado, a 19-year old homosexual man who was working to achieve his life-long goal of becoming an esthetician. The silence…