Just like when Florida needed help after Hurricane Ian, Puerto Rico needed help as well after it suffered its own hurricane.

A plane carrying resources to Puerto Rico took off Friday morning from a Miami airfield. Loaded with generators, the cargo plane was chartered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal court judge has rejected an attempt to end a ban on same-sex marriages in Puerto Rico, saying political order itself depends on traditional marriage and deriding the logic of courts that have overturned such bans. The five gay couples who filed the suit will appeal, their attorney said Wednesday.

The Humane Society of Broward County’s spectacular “Black Furrday” pet adoption event is back for the holiday season.

(WB) Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González Colón and former U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) on Monday stressed the fight against HIV/AIDS remains a bipartisan issue.

(WB) Four out candidates in Puerto Rico won their races on Tuesday.

This week read about Gabbi Tuft sharing a post about coming out as trans, Sarah Paulson being nominated for an award for her role in "Ratched," and a new American Girl Doll having lesbian aunts.

This week read about Puerto Rico launching a new campaign to welcome LGBT people, and the organizers of Shanghai's Pride canceling their events forever in China.

This week read about transgender people in Puerto Rico feeling invisible, and the Ugandan government calling LGBT people "economic gays" for leaving the country.

At 14, Jazz Jennings is not just a transgender girl, but she’s also one of the youngest transgender activists you’ll find. Diagnosed with gender dysphoria at 3, the South Florida teen has undergone a rollercoaster of experiences as a trailblazer for young trans kids.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Over 60 couples from around the region gathered in Puerto Rico's capital Sunday to exchange vows at a same-sex marriage ceremony while a crowd of supporters snapped photos and cheered.

A Puerto Rico attorney who married her longtime partner on the U.S. mainland has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to have their marriage recognized in her home territory.

(WB) The situation for people with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico remains precarious three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

Many sections of the Caribbean are hazardous destinations for LGBT visitors, with anti-sodomy statutes and other anti-gay legislation in effect. 

A Puerto Rico court has for the first time allowed a same-sex couple to adopt a child.

Discourse between the U.S. and Puerto Rico over the political status of the world's oldest colony has been a hot topic of conversation in news headlines for years.

(WB) Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi on Friday clarified his state of emergency declaration over gender violence on the island includes LGBT people.

(WB) An organization that delivers meals to people with HIV/AIDS in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico has been without electricity for more than two months.

(WB) An LGBT activist in Puerto Rico regained access to his verified and personal Facebook pages on Wednesday after being banned for more than two months.

(WB) The government of Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program will now cover transition-related health care.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than 60 gay couples are preparing to exchange vows at a mass wedding in Puerto Rico, celebrating a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting the socially conservative U.S. territory, organizers said Wednesday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Students at public schools across Puerto Rico for the first time can choose to wear pants or skirts as part of their uniform regardless of their gender without being punished, a move that has unleashed a debate in this socially conservative island.

(WB) Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part interview with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz that the Washington Blade conducted on Nov. 1, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in D.C. Part one of the interview can be found here.

The mayor of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan on Wednesday said Hurricane Maria did not damage the U.S. commonwealth’s first LGBT-specific monument.

Ricky Martin and an assortment of other celebrities are levelling globally conscious gazes at Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida, with efforts to raise money for food, medicine and shelter for areas devastated by the recent hurricanes.

(WB) Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part interview with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz the Washington Blade conducted on Nov. 1, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in D.C.

The mayor of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan on Wednesday said her government is doing everything it can to help people with HIV/AIDS in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Seventeen men and two women are suing the Boy Scouts of America and local chapters in Connecticut, saying a now-dead scoutmaster sexually abused them when they were children in the 1960s and 1970s. The suit alleges that a few of the accusers were assaulted more than 1,000 times.

Ghenete “G” Wright Muir’s extensive and multifaceted resume is impressive. While she is currently a professor at NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, as well as one of the founding members of Thou Art Woman, she has worked with The Florida Bar, the Broward County Law Office of the Public Defender and Legal Aid Service of Broward County.

(WB) A transgender man was murdered in Puerto Rico on Jan. 9.

(WB) Two organizations have entered into a partnership that seeks to improve the health and quality of life of transgender and non-binary people in Puerto Rico.