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Puerto Rico (Translated)- LGBT community demands respect, inclusion and equality

Started by SandraJane, December 27, 2011, 10:48:42 PM

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LGBT community demands respect, inclusion and equality

Michelle Estrada Torres / First Time | Friday, December 23, 2011 | Updated 4 days ago (Created 09:59 PM)

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Convened by the Committee against Homophobia and Discrimination of the lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Transgender (LGBT), protestors lit a candle each and made a short get-together on the steps of the House of Laws.

About thirty people gathered Friday night in the south wing of the Capitol in San Juan, to protest Senate Bill 2021 which seeks to amend the Criminal Code and is in the public eye because they have been removed as aggravated crimes social hate that they have been committed because of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ethnicity and religion.
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