Tag: Christian Sobrino
Puerto Rico’s governor will resign over homophobic & sexist remarks after days of protests
After days of massive protests, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló will resign today despite vowing to remain in office. The protests started after the Center for Investigative Journalism leaked over 800 pages of messages full of profanity and hateful language about gay men, political opponents, and women from a group chat that was administered by Rosselló.
Sources tell CNN that he will resign today after giving a farewell address this afternoon. Just yesterday, in an interview with Fox News, Rosselló vowed...
Ricky Martin joins the mass protest against Puerto Rico’s homophobic governor
Ricky Martin joined a mass protest in front of the house of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló (D) last night.
Thousands of people protested Rosselló after a set of messages between him and senior administration officials showed him repeatedly using and condoning misogynist and anti-LGBTQ language.
In a video he posted to Instagram, Martin said that he was “tired of the cynicism.”
“They put down women. They put down the LGBT community, people with disabilities,” he said. “It is insane. We are tired....
Hundreds of leaked chat messages show Puerto Rico’s governor using vulgar antigay slurs repeatedly
Protestors demonstrated this weekend to get the governor of Puerto Rico to resign as his role in a homophobic and sexist online conversation became public.
Last week, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism leaked over 800 pages of messages full of profanity and hateful language from a group chat that was administered by Governor Ricardo Rosselló.
Many of the messages targeted Puerto Rico senator Eduardo Bhatia. A publicist posted a picture of Bhatia and another person responded with “20 years and...
