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An iconic of San Juan’s Condado district, the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino offers the perfect combination of rest, relaxation and Puerto Rican spirit.

Discover San Juan’s colorful past, one fried bite at a time.

For all its beauty and travel convenience, Puerto Rico is sometimes overlooked by gay travelers, who assume that it’s simply not a very LGBT-friendly place. That may have once been true, but things are rapidly changing.

EDGE has learned that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will conduct training on hate crimes for Puerto Rican law enforcement officials. Federal officials will also meet with Puerto Rican LGBT activists this week.

Puerto Rico lawmakers are poised to vote on a revised penal code that includes a proposed provision that would eliminate sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and other categories from the island’s hate crimes law.

José Juan Jiménez Santiago’s body was found in Corozal early on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Puerto Rican police have yet to identify a motive behind the nurse’s death, but LGBT activists continue to urge investigators to examine whether his murder is a hate crime.

A Justice Department report that blasts Puerto Rico police for widespread abuses of power, inadequate training and endemic corruption also concludes that the agency has not adequately responded to hate crimes on the island.

Maggie C. Events, Pandora Events and GO Magazine present an exclusive, luxury Caribbean vacation designed specifically for the lesbian community at one of the world’s premiere resorts, The W Retreat & Spa, located on stunning Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.

A new rum distillery will open in a former pharmaceutical plant in central Puerto Rico, helping to offset the loss of Captain Morgan rum from the island.

Activists have called upon President Barack Obama to speak out against anti-LGBT violence in Puerto Rico during his visit to the island on Tuesday, June 14.