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Gay and Latin  - Like many young men who live in Miami-Dade County, Suarez is Latino . He's also gay and not out to his parents. An estimated 1.4 million Latino /a adults identify  ...

Gay and Latin  - Like many young men who live in Miami-Dade County, Suarez is Latino . He's also gay and not out to his parents. An estimated 1.4 million Latino /a adults identify  ...

Latin America and Gay Rights - Full of Contradictions : Latin America and Gay Rights - Full of Contradictions. Over the past few years there have been important milestones advancing LGBT human rights in Latin America . Recognition of civil unions in Brazil and Uruguay, same-sex marriage in Mexico City and ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

US homophobic activists seek to export anti- gay and anti-woman messages to Latin America  - US evangelical activists see the merger as an opportunity to bring their anti- gay and anti-women messages which polls in the US show are decreasing ...

Gay rights are changing Latin America : Discrimination and human rights violations are causing Latin American LGBT activists and organizations to fight for their right to protection, and their governments seem to be listening. Throughout Latin America gay rights ranging from same-sex ... Gay Star News

Brazil and Peru: Number of Gay People Killed in 2011 Revealed ... Promsex director and secretary of the International Gay and Lesbian Community of Latin America and the Caribbean, George Liendo, pointed the attention to the ...

Gay rights are changing Latin America : Gay , bi and trans communities in Latin America have always existed, albeit quietly. With gay rights issues gaining prominence around the world, LGBT communities in Latin America are making themselves known to their neighbors, politicians and the world. Gay Star News

Stark warning of gay HIV crisis in Latin America | Gay Star News : NGO report warns of impending HIV crisis among gay and trans in Latin America .

Pride Festival Gathers Latin Community “On a personal level, I came to California from Alabama, and the Latin community really kind of adopted me here,” said Tonya Martin, event co-founder. “I know it is hard to be gay and come out, and in the Latin community that can be a little harder. I ...

New Book Explores Latino Gay Activists : As a public health researcher, Ramirez-Valles has studied gender and race in health promotion and HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention in the United States and Latin America . "The voices of Latino gay men in the AIDS epidemic have not been heard, ...

Gay and going north : Where most of their members have come from: Almost exclusively Latin America , hence why their meetings are always conducted in Spanish. “I'd say 60 per cent of our members are from Mexico and the rest from Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, ... Montreal Mirror

Gay Americans cross the pond for marriage : Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay recognize same-sex civil unions and Argentina became the first Latin American country in 2010 to allow gay marriages. Gay marriage is one thing, but the attendant immigration rights and couple benefits are proving ... Gay Star News

Explainer: LGBT Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean : Legal protections for lesbian, gay , bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary widely across Latin America , from countries like Argentina and Uruguay that allow same-sex unions to countries such as Belize and Jamaica that outlaw sexual relations ... AS/COA Online

Nicaragua: Gay community crowns Miss Gay Nicaragua | Latin ... : The gay community crowned her Miss Nicaragua Gay , Queen of transvestites, with an exotic spectacle of dances and parades in swimsuits and fantasy in t.

First Jewish gay wedding held in Latin America  - The wedding announcement was widely reported by Argentine and Latin American media and celebrated by LGBT groups such as the Argentinian ...

Argentina Celebrates Nearly 2700 Weddings In First Year Of Gay Marriage : "By On Top Magazine Staff In the year since Argentina lawmakers legalized gay marriage, 2697 gay and lesbian couples have tied the knot, La Nacion reported. Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage after President ... Español | Português | Las américas

Health: WHO moves to tackle HIV infection, treatment in gay men, transgender ... Data are also emerging of new or newly identified HIV epidemics among gay men in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America . Generally, gay men are nearly 20 times more likely to be infected with HIV than general populations. ...

Ridicule of leaders, samba, skimpy garb at Brazil Carnival - But Brazil also has some of Latin America's highest rates of violence against gay and transgender people, and Beija-Flor was tackling intolerance against the LGBT community and others. “It will be a parade that highlights such an important theme ... because we see a lot of scenes of homophobia and ...

Straight advice on gay manners : " ... bisexual and transgender communities have become increasingly visible and integrated into mainstream American culture. Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts, Latin superstar Ricky Martin and country singer Chely Wright acknowledged being gay ; ... Español | Português | Las américas

UN recognises global body for homosexuals : " ... to ILGA - the International Gay and Lesbian Association - which has been ... A total of 29 countries - mainly European and Latin American but also ... "