New Mexico's mecca in turnmoil.Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , N.M., has long been considered one of the nation s safest places for gays and lesbians to live--a city in the top 10 in its ratio of gay couples. So the brutal beating of openly gay James Maestas, 21, on February 27 has left many there in a state of shock including the state's Democratic governor, Bill Richardson  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. . At a March 5 vigil in support of Maestas attended by about 300 people in Santa Fe, Richardson noted the state's hate-crimes statute, which could add one year to his attackers' sentences. But Rachel Rosen, chair of Equality New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , responded to Richardson by saying, "It's going to take James a hell of a lot longer than one year to heal. So I think we need to revisit that, sir." Gabriel Maturin, 20; Isaia Medina, 19; and David Trinidad American poet David Trinidad was born in 1953 in Los Angeles. In the early eighties, he was one of a group of poets who were active at the Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center in Venice, California. Other members of this group included Dennis Cooper, Bob Flanagan and Amy Gerstler. , 17, along with three other men have been charged for allegedly beating Maestas unconscious while yelling antigay slurs outside a Santa Fe hotel. |
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