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The rocky rise of  LGBT  rights in Latin America -  Despite a dark past, today many  LGBT  citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity ...

Challenges to LGBT Rights in Latin America  -  Latin America has experienced a wave of pro-LGBT legislation in recent years. Argentina and Uruguay have legalized gay marriage, as have several  ...

Latin America Could Lead the Way for LGBT Rights in 2018 - In a moment when some countries have stepped back on LGBT rights, a January 9 th decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has opened a window of opportunity for Latin America to lead the way. In a landmark advisory opinion, the court affirmed that the American Convention on Human ...

Explainer: LGBT Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean : In the past few years, a wave of pro-LGBT legislation has swept through the region, as well as a growth of LGBT rights groups pressing for stronger protections. AS/COA Online explores Latin American and Caribbean legislation pertaining to LGBT ... AS/COA Online

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

Progress on LGBT rights in Latin America remains mixed Last Thursday the Uruguayan Congress voted to legalise gay marriage thus becoming the second country in South America and the twelfth in the world to do so. Passed by a majority of 71 out of 92 the decision was greeted with delight by onlookers in the ...

LGBT Rights in Latin America - Members of the LGBT community carry a rainbow flag during a march in support of gay marriage, sexual and gender diversity in Ciudad Juarez, ...

Latin America countries urged to abide by landmark LGBT rights ruling - Panama's Supreme Court in 2017 heard oral arguments in a case in which the plaintiffs are seeking marriage rights in the country. The Panamanian government has yet to publicly say whether it will abide by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' landmark ruling in support of LGBT rights that it ...

An LGBT watchdog in Latin America needs our help — but why has Canada stayed silent? - A key watchdog on LGBT rights in Latin America and the Caribbean says it desperately needs Canada's continued financial help to keep its doors ...

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

Challenges to LGBT Rights in Latin America  - It's true that some Latin American countries have recently made great strides towards ensuring equality and penalizing discrimination through  ...

"Morality and Contentious Politics in Latin America: Abortion and ... : Title. Morality and Contentious Politics in Latin America : Abortion and LGBT Rights in Argentina and Mexico. Author. Ana P. Morgenstern, University of Miami ...

U.S. Embassies In Latin America Get Down With Gay Pride : ElSalvador Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made no secret of her commitment to LGBT rights around the world. "Gay rights are human rights ," she has said on a number of occasions. Apparently her State Department colleagues in Latin America agree.

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

Costa Rica Holds Out Hope for LGBT Rights in Central America  - The good news for the lesbian, gay , bisexual and transgender (LGBT) ... Within Latin America , Central America is lagging farthest behind in terms of ...

Latin America LGBT movement faces challenges  - Feeley conceded progress on LGBT rights in Latin American countries has been “spotty,” in spite of a few exceptions. These include Mexico City ...

Gay rights uniting old enemies in Latin America : We speak to campaigners in Chile and Peru, two countries with historical cultural tensions who are coming together to fight for equal LGBT rights. Gay Star News

Gay rights uniting old enemies in Latin America : We speak to campaigners in Chile and Peru, two countries with historical cultural tensions who are coming together to fight for equal LGBT rights. Gay Star News

US Embassies in Latin America Celebrate LGBT Pride : Then came that extraordinary speech Secretary Clinton gave before the United Nations human rights office in Geneva in which she most memorably proclaimed 'gay rights are human rights ' and made commitments to fight discrimination against members of ...

UN lists LGBT rights abuses for the first time : The December 15 report cited dozens of examples of failures and victories in the protection of LGBT human rights, pointing to murders and rapes in Europe and North America as readily as those in Africa and Latin America , but also noting positives in ... Español | Português | Las américas