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Orlando Cruz: "Sudah lama saya tidak mau menerima bahwa saya gay. Lebi...

"Sudah lama saya tidak mau menerima bahwa saya gay. Lebih baik mengatakan: Saya tidak bisa menerimanya karena saya terlalu takut. Homoseksual didiskriminasi di Puerto Riko saat itu, kadang-kadang bahkan dibunuh. Saya punya teman bernama José, tetapi kami memanggilnya Linoshka karena dia seorang waria. Dia ditikam sampai mati di jalan pada usia 19 oleh seorang homofob karena dia telah mengambil bagian dalam parade kebanggaan gay."

--- Orlando Cruz

Versi Bahasa Inggris

For a long time I didn't want to accept that I was gay. Better said: I couldn't accept it because I was too afraid. Homosexuals were discriminated against in Puerto Rico back then, sometimes even killed. I had a friend named José, but we called him Linoshka because he was a transvestite. He was stabbed to death in the street at the age of 19 by a homophobe because he had taken part in a gay-pride parade.