Miriam Mercado Just Became Puerto Rico’s Judy Shepard

“When my son told me he was gay, I told him, ‘Now, I love you more’. I want to tell the world that hatred is not born with human beings, it is a seed that is planted by adults and is fostered creating a climate of intolerance and violence. We must change our ways and understand that anyone… could have been my son. And I want everybody to know that Jorge Steven was a very much loved son.”

That’s Miriam Mercado (seen here with NGLTF’s PR communications director Pedro Julio Serrano), the mother of slain Puerto Rican teen Jorge Steven López Mercado, speaking on the heels of a number of vigils across the nation remembering her son.

[ Queerty ]