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Contents:
- THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
- WHY IS LAT AMERI SO PROGRSIVE ON GAY RIGHTS?
- A REVIEW OF THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI: ARGENTA, CHILE, AND MEXI
- FROM GAY CONVERSN THERAPY TO LEATHER COMPETNS: 11 MT-SEE LATO MOVI PLAYG OUTFT
THE PERPLEXG NARRATIVE ABOUT BEG GAY LAT AMERI
Brazilians learned they have a gay ernor; LGBTQ acceptance is expandg some untri; and Chile adopted full marriage equaly. * latin america gay *
On the other hand, Venezuela tops the list when to the lack of rights for same-sex upl or members of the LGBT group, says Omar Enrnacn, a polil scientist at New York’s Bard College and thor of Out the Periphery: Lat Ameri’s Gay Rights Revolutn.
A 2015 report prepared by Venezuelan LGBT associatns for the Uned Natns said members of the muny “nstantly live suatns of discrimatn, ” and that lack of protectn for LGBT cizens “mak them fensels cizens an atmosphere of alarmg growth of homophobia and transphobia. Crissthian Manuel Olivera Fuent, who works for MHOL, the Homosexual Movement of Lima, says some evangelil prits Pe have e out strongly the past few months preachg that homosexualy is a disease that n be cured.
This year’s edn of the “Spartac Internatnal Gay Travel Inx, ” released Febary, plac several Lat Amerin untri among the most LGBT-iendly the world, belyg the stereotype of a regn drenched Catholicism-fed x, which ranks 138 of the world’s untri, lculat s sr based on creria cludg legislatn guaranteeg the LGBT rights to marriage and adoptn, as well as the equency of acts of vlence agast the muny. Whout a word, she says, he started his motorbike and ro off, abandong her to her cint highlights a growg paradox Lat Ameri, a regn which has some of the hight levels of acceptance of LGBT rights the world but also some of the hight rat of homophobic and transphobic vlence. A 2015 study by the Inter-Amerin Commissn on Human Rights reported nearly 600 homicis of gay men, lbians or transgenr people, motivated by their sexual inty, between January 2013 and March 2014 throughout Lat Ameri.
WHY IS LAT AMERI SO PROGRSIVE ON GAY RIGHTS?
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On the posive si, Brazilians learned they have a gay ernor; evince is surfacg that LGBTQ acceptance is expandg some untri; the stat of LGBTQ people sports ntu to make posive headl; and Chile adopted full marriage equaly. ” While wily celebrated by many people on social media, Lee’s disclosure was somewhat ntroversial bee, while the closet, he supported Brazil’s publicly homophobic print, Jair Bolsonaro.
A REVIEW OF THE POLICS OF GAY MARRIAGE LAT AMERI: ARGENTA, CHILE, AND MEXI
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In Febary, the Commissn ma public a prevly nfintial lg that Jamai vlated the rights of a gay man and a lbian wh s 1864 law banng homosexual acts (the Offenc Agast the Person Act, otherwise known as the “buggery” statute). Each November, the cy hosts a large Pri ftival that attracts over 100, 000 people, and the ernment also vts and supports the LGBTIQ+ muny – an ternatnal gay bs and LGBT tourism nference lled Network360 tak place every Augt along wh the BADiversa week, which clus a variety of ftivals, events and ncerts. The pal cy, Bogotá, is an excellent statn for LGBTIQ+ travelers who will fd a welg scene the Chapero neighborhood, home to gay hangouts like the bar/rtrants El Recreo Adán and Estación Cafe.
FROM GAY CONVERSN THERAPY TO LEATHER COMPETNS: 11 MT-SEE LATO MOVI PLAYG OUTFT
Lat Ameri has a long history of enactg equy for gay and trans people, but there's still a lot of work to be done. * latin america gay *
Gay rights Uguay have long been rpected: homosexualy was crimalized 1934; anti-discrimatn laws have been place sce 2003; adoptn laws were enacted 2009, and gay marriage was legalized early 2013. As a sign of solidary wh s LGBTIQ+ muny, the Palac la Moneda (the formal office of the print) central Santiago lights up wh rabow lors on May 17 for the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia (IDAHO).
The eclectic dér rembl somethg om an LSD trip or Alice Wonrland, and the tablishment's self-proclaimed theme is “Pevian Transvte Kchen” – what the webse explas is a "tribute to the apocryphal Pevian miracle-worker followed by immigrants, prisoners, homosexuals, transsexuals and transvt, where margalized rage is weled and transformed to balm for tolerance and rpect. Organizatns like Chile’s Movimiento Integración y Liberación Homosexual (Movilh) and the Jamai Fom for Lbians, All-Sexuals, and Gays have played key rol their untri’ movements toward equaly.