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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....
Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Puerto Rico’s homophobic governor
Though he seems to be in denial about it, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s days in office seem to be numbered.
Rosselló has been facing criticism for some time now regarding his mishandling of Hurricane Maria funds in 2017. The situation became exacerbated over the weekend when a local media outlet published almost 900 pages from a leaked private group chat between him and 11 of his cronies revealing homophobic, misogynistic, and other vile remarks.
Among the homophobic writings are jokes about...
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...
