The 10 Most Gay-Friendly Countri for Gay and LGBT Nomads

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• UGUAY NAMED MOST LGBT-IENDLY COUNTRY IN LAT AMERI “UGUAY NTU TO BE A MOL FOR SOCIAL CLN LAT AMERI.” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 26, 2016/11:30 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 26, 2016 / 11:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UGUAY NAMED MOST LGBT-IENDLY COUNTRY IN LAT AMERI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-10-27T03:30:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-10-27T03:30:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL, TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIS QUARTERLY HAS RELEASED S ANNUAL SOCIAL INCLN INX, RANKG UNTRI LAT AMERI BASED ON HOW WELL THEY SERVE THEIR CIZENS. COMG OUT ON TOP ON LGBT RIGHTS WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNTRY ALSO EARNED FIRST PLACE OVERALL, THANKS TO STRONG PERFORMANCE ENOMIC GROWTH, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND JOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“UGUAY NTU TO BE A MOL FOR SOCIAL CLN LAT AMERI,” SAYS AMERIS QUARTERLY EDOR--CHIEF BRIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ITS PROGRS RECENT YEARS ON ISSU CLUDG WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND MARRIAGE EQUALY HAS ADD TO S LONG-STANDG STAT AS A CHAMPN OF EGALARIAN VALU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN LEGAL UGUAY SCE 1933, AND ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS WERE PUT PLACE 2003. ADOPTN BY GAY UPL ME 2009, FOLLOWED BY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE FOUR YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, A CHANGE ERNMENT GUIL ALLOWS TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL GENR WHOUT UNRGOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SIMPLY PUT, THE UNTRY DO A BETTER JOB THAN S PEERS OF PROTECTG PEOPLE REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR, SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR RACE," WR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"UGUAYANS THEMSELV PLACE HUGE IMPORTANCE ON CLN, AND THEIR UNTRY’S POSN THE RANKG IS ALSO BOOSTED BY ROBT ACCS TO HOG, JOB GENERATN AND ENOMIC GROWTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SUMMER, UGUAY HOSTED THE FIRST TERNATNAL LGBT RIGHTS NFERENCE LAT AMERI, WH DUTCH FOREIGN MISTER BERT KOENRS, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN SAMANTHA POWER AND MORE THAN 200 DIGNARI, ACTIVISTS AND POLICIANS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMG SEND FOR LGBT-IENDLS WAS ARGENTA, WHICH LEGALIZED MARRIAGE EQUALY 2010—THE FIRST NATN LAT AMERI TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYS N SERVE OPENLY THE ARGENTIAN ARY, THE ERNMENT PROHIBS NVERSN THERAPY, AND THE BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD WAS LIFTED LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A ERNMENT PROGRAM EVEN HELPS TRANS WOMEN PLAY SOCCER RATHER THAN RORT TO SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ACTIVISTS ARE QUICK TO ADD THAT THE ACLAS DON'T MEAN LGBT PEOPLE ARE EE OM DISCRIMATN OR VLENCE EHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGENTIAN TRANS ACTIVISTS MARCELA CHOBAR, COTY OLMOS AND DIANA SAYAN WERE ALL MURRED A SPAN OF TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR. SAYAN WAS TIED TO HER BED AND STABBED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“A LOT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED UNR BOTH UNTRI’ GENR INTY LAWS, BUT TRANS WOMEN STILL NTUE TO SUFFER VLENCE AND ARE VICTIMS OF HATE CRIM,” MARCELA ROMERO OF THE LAT AMERIN AND CARIBBEAN NETWORK OF TRANS PEOPLE TOLD THE WASHGTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE STILL NOT ACHIEVED THE FULL REGNN OF RIGHTS, SUCH AS ACCS TO HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, UNTRI CENTRAL AMERI'S NORTHERN TRIANGLE—EL SALVADOR, NICUARGUA, HONDURAS AND GUATAMALA—RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF AQ'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUELED BY RELIG TOLERANCE, DISCRIMATN AND VLENCE AGAST GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE MON ALL FOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANCELA MéNZ RODRíGUEZ, HEAD OF A TRANS ADVOCY GROUP EL SALVADOR, WAS MURRED LAST MAY WHILE VISG A IEND’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RENE MARTíNEZ, LEAR OF A HONDURAS LGBT RIGHTS GROUP, WAS FOUND STRANGLED TO ATH THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’VE BEEN IMPRISONED ON MANY OCSNS. I’VE SUFFERED TORTURE AND SEXUAL VLENCE BEE OF MY ACTIVISM, AND I’VE SURVIVED MANY ASSASSATN ATTEMPTS,” REUNTS HONDURAN ACTIVIST DONNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LACKG DATA OM SEVERAL SOURC, THE STUDY OMTED U.S. AND PANAMA—HAD THEY BEEN CLUD THE UNED STAT WOULD HAVE RANKED FOURTH, AND PANAMA A DISTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VENEZUELA WAS ALSO EXCLUD OM THE X, ACRDG TO REARCHERS, "BEE OF NCERNS OVER QUALY OF ERNMENT DATA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VENEZUELAN PRINT NILáS MADURO HAS SPEND THE UNTRY'S NSTUTN AND LAYED A RELL VOTE UNTIL NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON TERNATNAL LGBT ISSU, VIS LOGO’S GLOBAL ALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• UGUAY AND PE DIVERGE ON GAY RIGHTS
• UGUAY OKS GAY UNNS LAT AMERIN FIRST
• UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI
• THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
• THE 10 MOST GAY-FRIENDLY COUNTRI FOR GAY AND LGBT NOMADS
• WHY DID GAY RIGHTS SPRG UP PROTTANT UNTRI AS OPPOSED TO CATHOLICS UNTRI?
• GETTG THGS STRAIGHT--GAY RIGHTS UGUAY

UGUAY NAMED MOST LGBT-IENDLY COUNTRY IN LAT AMERI “UGUAY NTU TO BE A MOL FOR SOCIAL CLN LAT AMERI.” {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 26, 2016/11:30 PMBY DAN AVERYOCTOBER 26, 2016 / 11:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"UGUAY NAMED MOST LGBT-IENDLY COUNTRY IN LAT AMERI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-10-27T03:30:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-10-27T03:30:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TRAVEL, TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIS QUARTERLY HAS RELEASED S ANNUAL SOCIAL INCLN INX, RANKG UNTRI LAT AMERI BASED ON HOW WELL THEY SERVE THEIR CIZENS. COMG OUT ON TOP ON LGBT RIGHTS WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE UNTRY ALSO EARNED FIRST PLACE OVERALL, THANKS TO STRONG PERFORMANCE ENOMIC GROWTH, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND JOB {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“UGUAY NTU TO BE A MOL FOR SOCIAL CLN LAT AMERI,” SAYS AMERIS QUARTERLY EDOR--CHIEF BRIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ITS PROGRS RECENT YEARS ON ISSU CLUDG WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND MARRIAGE EQUALY HAS ADD TO S LONG-STANDG STAT AS A CHAMPN OF EGALARIAN VALU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOSEXUALY HAS BEEN LEGAL UGUAY SCE 1933, AND ANTI-DISCRIMATN LAWS WERE PUT PLACE 2003. ADOPTN BY GAY UPL ME 2009, FOLLOWED BY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE FOUR YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, A CHANGE ERNMENT GUIL ALLOWS TRANSGENR PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR LEGAL GENR WHOUT UNRGOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SIMPLY PUT, THE UNTRY DO A BETTER JOB THAN S PEERS OF PROTECTG PEOPLE REGARDLS OF THEIR GENR, SEXUAL ORIENTATN OR RACE," WR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"UGUAYANS THEMSELV PLACE HUGE IMPORTANCE ON CLN, AND THEIR UNTRY’S POSN THE RANKG IS ALSO BOOSTED BY ROBT ACCS TO HOG, JOB GENERATN AND ENOMIC GROWTH."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SUMMER, UGUAY HOSTED THE FIRST TERNATNAL LGBT RIGHTS NFERENCE LAT AMERI, WH DUTCH FOREIGN MISTER BERT KOENRS, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN SAMANTHA POWER AND MORE THAN 200 DIGNARI, ACTIVISTS AND POLICIANS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMG SEND FOR LGBT-IENDLS WAS ARGENTA, WHICH LEGALIZED MARRIAGE EQUALY 2010—THE FIRST NATN LAT AMERI TO DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAYS N SERVE OPENLY THE ARGENTIAN ARY, THE ERNMENT PROHIBS NVERSN THERAPY, AND THE BAN ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD WAS LIFTED LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A ERNMENT PROGRAM EVEN HELPS TRANS WOMEN PLAY SOCCER RATHER THAN RORT TO SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ACTIVISTS ARE QUICK TO ADD THAT THE ACLAS DON'T MEAN LGBT PEOPLE ARE EE OM DISCRIMATN OR VLENCE EHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ARGENTIAN TRANS ACTIVISTS MARCELA CHOBAR, COTY OLMOS AND DIANA SAYAN WERE ALL MURRED A SPAN OF TWO MONTHS LAST YEAR. SAYAN WAS TIED TO HER BED AND STABBED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“A LOT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED UNR BOTH UNTRI’ GENR INTY LAWS, BUT TRANS WOMEN STILL NTUE TO SUFFER VLENCE AND ARE VICTIMS OF HATE CRIM,” MARCELA ROMERO OF THE LAT AMERIN AND CARIBBEAN NETWORK OF TRANS PEOPLE TOLD THE WASHGTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE HAVE STILL NOT ACHIEVED THE FULL REGNN OF RIGHTS, SUCH AS ACCS TO HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, UNTRI CENTRAL AMERI'S NORTHERN TRIANGLE—EL SALVADOR, NICUARGUA, HONDURAS AND GUATAMALA—RANKED AT THE BOTTOM OF AQ'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FUELED BY RELIG TOLERANCE, DISCRIMATN AND VLENCE AGAST GAY AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE ARE MON ALL FOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANCELA MéNZ RODRíGUEZ, HEAD OF A TRANS ADVOCY GROUP EL SALVADOR, WAS MURRED LAST MAY WHILE VISG A IEND’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RENE MARTíNEZ, LEAR OF A HONDURAS LGBT RIGHTS GROUP, WAS FOUND STRANGLED TO ATH THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’VE BEEN IMPRISONED ON MANY OCSNS. I’VE SUFFERED TORTURE AND SEXUAL VLENCE BEE OF MY ACTIVISM, AND I’VE SURVIVED MANY ASSASSATN ATTEMPTS,” REUNTS HONDURAN ACTIVIST DONNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LACKG DATA OM SEVERAL SOURC, THE STUDY OMTED U.S. AND PANAMA—HAD THEY BEEN CLUD THE UNED STAT WOULD HAVE RANKED FOURTH, AND PANAMA A DISTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VENEZUELA WAS ALSO EXCLUD OM THE X, ACRDG TO REARCHERS, "BEE OF NCERNS OVER QUALY OF ERNMENT DATA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VENEZUELAN PRINT NILáS MADURO HAS SPEND THE UNTRY'S NSTUTN AND LAYED A RELL VOTE UNTIL NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON TERNATNAL LGBT ISSU, VIS LOGO’S GLOBAL ALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Current statSce Dec 16, 2020Legal From December 16, 2020, the l changed, and now Gay men n donate blood unr the same ndns as the rt of the (1-year ferral)Gay and bisexual men uld donate blood Uguay, provid they hadn't had sex for 12 months. It was a stark remr a world where, jt 12 months before, the rabow flag of the LGBT muny cked social media followg the approval of same-sex marriage by the US Supreme Court, that homophobia, transphobia and discrimatn based on one’s sexual orientatn, genr inty and sex characteristics is still very much alive. Homosexualy has been legal Uguay for over 80 years, but ’s really wh the last that the untry has bee a lear for LGBTI rights both wh Lat Ameri and on a global sle.

Adoptn by gay upl me 2009, followed by same-sex marriage four years recently, a change ernment guil allows transgenr people to change their legal genr whout unrgog surgery. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power and more than 200 dignari, activists and policians send for LGBT-iendls was Argenta, which legalized marriage equaly 2010—the first natn Lat Ameri to do n serve openly the Argentian ary, the ernment prohibs nversn therapy, and the ban on gay men donatg blood was lifted last year.

”Meanwhile, untri Central Ameri's Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Nicuargua, Honduras and Guatamala—ranked at the bottom of AQ's by relig tolerance, discrimatn and vlence agast gay and transgenr people are mon all four untri. "In terms of the steps need, we lculate that the first gay upl should be gettg married 90 days after the promulgatn of the law, or the middle of July, " he told Al Jazeera.

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"Jt 10 years ago, the laws would have been unthkable, " Michelle Suárez, a member of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) group Ovejas Negras, or Black Sheep, said when the legislatn was passed.

"The gay pri para of the 1990s, which attracted about 300 people, evolved to the diversy march 2005, which foced on a range of issu affectg mory and margalised groups.

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The US Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practic for 2013 reports that, Uguay, lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) persons faced societal discrimatn (US 27 Feb.

2013, note 1), the Center for Internatnal Human Rights of Northwtern Universy's School of Law, and the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, Global Iniative for Sexualy and Human Rights on human rights vlatns agast LGBTI persons Uguay, submted at the 109th ssn of the UN Human Rights Commtee, siarly stat that societal homophobic and transphobic attus "manift themselv acts of discrimatn, remarks that asslt the digny of LGBTI dividuals, and acts of physil vlence, cludg [murr] the most extreme s" (ibid., 4). The global web portal for rmatn and actn on the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia, which provis untry-specific rmatn on LGBTI rights and up-to-date news on sexual orientatn and genr inty rights velopments worldwi (IDAHO n. However, the rults of a survey nducted durg the 2005 Gay Pri Para dited that 3% of the rponnts had been the victims of sexual aggrsn and an addnal 10% had been the victims of other acts of physil vlence.

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Acrdg to the webse of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), male-to-male and female-to-female relatnships were "legal" Uguay (ILGA n. Agence France-Prse reports that, between 2007 and 2013, Uguay legalized civil unns for same sex upl, legalized the adoptn of children by gay upl, and "opened the ary to gays" (3 Apr.

Media sourc dite that Uguay's liftg of the ban on homosexuals servg the armed forc took place 2009 (The New York Tim 15 May 2009; The Guardian 15 May 2009; Pk News 18 May 2009).

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Whout providg tails, Country Reports 2012 stat that June 2012, "a judge found the owner of a bar guilty for 'exertg acts of spe and discrimatn' agast a well-known LGBT activist who was asked to leave the premis for beg gay" (US 19 Apr. Oral sourc: Attempts to ntact dividuals and reprentativ of the followg anizatns were unsuccsful wh the time nstrats of this Rponse: amics at the Vanrbilt Universy, Nashville, USA, and York Universy, Toronto; Alianza Gay Uguay; Asociación Ayuda al Sero Posivo; Centro Estuds Género y Diversidad Sexual; Comunidad GLTTIB l Uguay; Feración Uguaya la Diversidad Sexual; Lbian Associatn of Uguayan ALU; Manos Púrpura LGBTH. Inter s, cludg: Asociación Ayuda al Sero Posivo; Centro Estuds Género y Diversidad Sexual;;;; El Mundo; El País; Feración Uguaya la Diversidad Sexual;; Freedom Hoe; Huffpost Gay Voic; Human Rights First; Instuto Estuds Legal y Social l Uguay; Internatnal Gay & Lbian Human Rights Commissn;; Lat Amerin Public Opn Project, Mer Prs;; Repú; Time; Uned Natns - Populatn Fund, Integrated Regnal Informatn Networks, Office of the High Commissner for Human Rights, Refworld; Uned Stat - US Agency for Internatnal Development; Uguay - Mister Darrollo Social, Mister Salud, Parlamento l Uguay; Vanrbilt Universy.

Uguay has lifted a ban on gay people the armed forc while Pe has threatened to fire gay police officers who e "sndals", exposg a wi gulf South Amerin attus towards Uguayan print, Tabare Vazquez, scrapped a law om the 1973-85 dictatorship that barred gay people om ary ami, cementg his untry's reputatn as one of the most progrsive the regn. The ban had tegorised homosexualy among the "mental illns and disorrs" that renred ary recs unsuable to retired ary officers warned that the liberalisatn would unrme morale and disciple, but prott was otherwise muted. Two years ago, Uguay's centre-left ernment set a regnal tone by legalisg civil unns for gay upl, grantg rights over herance, pensns and child Ameri, long a redoubt of nservative Catholicism, homophobia and machismo, has mellowed recent years.

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Colombia and Mexi Cy moved to grant more rights to gay upl, Buenos Air opened a flagship gay hotel and Paraguay signalled too would allow gay people the, which ed to jail people for homosexualy, now tolerat same-sex upl holdg hands the street. The dghter of the print, Rl Castro, is the island's leadg advote of rights for gay men, lbians and belief that homosexualy is a perversn remas eply rooted, however, and there are few openly gay policians, bs lears or celebri the gay rights advot uld celebrate Uguay's cisn, Pe, on the other si of South Ameri, announced would fire police officers who "damaged the image" of the police centre-right ernment said the new law, part of a wir crackdown on officers who take brib or abe spects, would mend the force's tattered supreme urt overturned a ban on gay people the police and ary 2004.

"The only thg that is penalised now are the sndals that n be ed by a sndalo relatnship, if they are homosexuals, " an terr mistry spokman ntrast, heterosexuals who e a sndal by adultery face only spensn.

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MONTEVIDEO (Rters) - Uguay’s Congrs legalized civil unns for homosexual upl on Tuday the first natnwi law of s kd Lat the new law, gay and straight upl will be eligible to form civil unns after livg together for five years. Uguay’s law would be the first natnwi measure Lat Ameri, which is home to about half the world’s Roman Uguay, upl mt register their relatnship wh thori to ga the habatn rights, and they will also be able to formalize the end of a marriage remas illegal Uguay, a small South Amerin untry known for s secular Catholic Church has said s opposn to gay marriage is non-negotiable and Catholic policians have a moral duty to oppose .

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LGBT rights UguayUguayStatLegal sce 1934Genr intyTransgenr people allowed to change legal genr whout a diagnosis, hormone therapy, sterilizatn or surgeryMilaryGays, lbians and bisexuals allowed to serve openlyDiscrimatn protectnsSexual orientatn or inty protectns sce 2004 (see below)Fay rightsRegnn of relatnshipsCivil unns sce 2008;Same-sex marriage sce 2013AdoptnLegal sce 2009.

Nilas Cotugno, archbishop of Montevio, had prevly said would be a "ser error to accept the adoptn of children by homosexual upl", claimg was "not about relign, philosophy or soclogy.

Sce May 2009, gay and bisexual people have been allowed to serve openly the ary of Uguay, after the Defence Mister signed a cree statg that ary recment policy would no longer discrimate on the basis of sexual orientatn.