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Title: A Show of Solidarity in Puerto Rico
Post by: Shana A on January 22, 2010, 08:36:13 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 22, 2010, 08:36:13 AM
A Show of Solidarity in Puerto Rico
Five New York City Council members travel to San Juan in wake of brutal anti-gay murder
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:22 PM CST
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/21/gay_city_news/news/doc4b58a12e91eda292487415.txt (http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/21/gay_city_news/news/doc4b58a12e91eda292487415.txt)
Two months after Jorge Steven López Mercado, a 19-year-old gay activist and college student, was brutally murdered in Puerto Rico, seven Latina and lesbian and gay elected officials from the mainland — including five members of the New York City Council — traveled there to meet with the victim's family and members of the island's LGBT community to offer their support.
"We want to bring a high profile to the case and make sure it is treated as hate crime," said Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, an East Harlem Democrat who organized the New York contingent on the January 19 trip. "The law is there, but it has never been used on sexual orientation."
Five New York City Council members travel to San Juan in wake of brutal anti-gay murder
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:22 PM CST
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/21/gay_city_news/news/doc4b58a12e91eda292487415.txt (http://www.gaycitynews.com/articles/2010/01/21/gay_city_news/news/doc4b58a12e91eda292487415.txt)
Two months after Jorge Steven López Mercado, a 19-year-old gay activist and college student, was brutally murdered in Puerto Rico, seven Latina and lesbian and gay elected officials from the mainland — including five members of the New York City Council — traveled there to meet with the victim's family and members of the island's LGBT community to offer their support.
"We want to bring a high profile to the case and make sure it is treated as hate crime," said Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito, an East Harlem Democrat who organized the New York contingent on the January 19 trip. "The law is there, but it has never been used on sexual orientation."