“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.”
Miriam Mercado, mother of gay 19-year-old Puerto Rican Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, who was brutally murdered last week for being gay.
“decapitated, dismembered, and partially charred” are you kidding me? I just cannot fathom having that much rage against anyone. Inflicting so much pain on a kid who probably couldn’t even make a fist to defend himself. I can’t even imagine how scared he was. I don’t really know what to say, I just think people should be aware of what happened here.