Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a new Civil Code that leaves out LGBT+ protections despite a rise in LGBT+ murders. Campaigners have criticized Governor Wanda Vázquez for her response to the killing of at least 10 LGBT+ Puerto Ricans in 2019 and 2020.
The deaths include five transgender Puerto Ricans since the beginning of 2020. Despite this, the new Civil Code makes no mention of LGBT+ people on the island, which is a US territory.