is a well-known and respected LGBTQ movement leader in Puerto Rico, the U.S., and internationally. In 1998, he became the first openly gay and HIV+ political candidate in the history of P.R. to run for office. He's now the Director of Programa Vida and Clínica Transalud of San Juan.
Gov.-elect Pedro Pierluisi has tried to distance himself from the anti-LGBTQ views of his party, but it remains to be seen if he will make curbing anti-LGBTQ discrimination and hate crimes a priority.
Six years after activists in Puerto Rico got popular puppet show ‘La Comay’ off-air, the show was brought back by Mega TV and hateful comments attacking a renowned Black lawyer on the island sparked a new boycott.
