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• THE BT THGS TO SEE AND DO GAY UGUAY
• UGUAY – MOST GAY IENDLY NATN SOUTH AMERI
• 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
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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

In Montevio, ’s mon to see gay upl—men and women—holdg hands on the rambla, the 25-km promena that borrs the River Plate.

And while olr generatns may be takg their time to e around to the chang, younger generatns are openly supportive of gay are jt a few gay bars and my experience is that gay men and women don’t tend to ghettoise. A gay emigrant to Uguay livg Colonia wr: “I live the Uguayan equivalent of the Bible belt wh my partner of 28 years and th far have enuntered no negative vib at all.

… Unlike the US, UK and Ireland, beg gay has never been a crime here so there isn’t the same historil baggage and rentment that you still fd certa plac… an dividual’s sexualy is viewed as a personal matter and is of no ncern to the neighbors (except perhaps for a b of gossip.

SURPRISG WAYS GAY UGUAY

In 1934, homosexualy was crimalised.

The same year the age of nsent was lowered to 16 – regardls of who you were havg sex past has seen big chang regardg rights for gays, lbians and transAnti-discrimatn laws are place sce 2003, and gays and lbians are allowed to serve openly the ary and jotly adopt children sce upl have been able to enter to civil unns sce 2008 and sce 2013, to marryTransgenr people have been able to change their genr on official documentatn sce looks like ’s time to plan your vis to the gay-iendlit natn South Ameri!

THE BEST UGUAY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS UGUAY

BeachChihuahua, a nudist beach several wt of glzy Punta l Este has the only hotel exclively for gay men the whole of Uguay. Further readg about gay Uguay EnglishGay MontevioUguay adopts iendly bs certifitn (2018)Uguay sger Ana Prada champns LGBTI rights (2014)A g-out story is told one of Gu’Guay’s 5 Uguayan films you mt see.

Many thanks to Rodrigo Borda, of Friendly Maps and half of the first gay uple to register to marry  Uguay, for lettg me pick his bras for this article. We had many gay guts, fact our first ever were two wonrful gay upl om Canada. If you are lookg for wonrful gay-iendly acmodatn, do check out our remendatns of memorable plac to stay Uguay.

uguayans, how many tim have you heard the "u r gay" joke om grgos?

What’s the bt untry Lat Ameri for gay people?

What’s the bt untry Lat Ameri for gay people to live and why? For more than 5 years Uguay has been leadg the lists of gay iendly statns Lat Ameri and is one of the top 10 untri the world that supports diversy wh ncrete actns. Two emblematic exampl of the clive actns are equal marriage and the adoptn law for homoparental fai, which have had a posive impact on all sectors of Uguayan society, cludg tourism.

Uguay's mment to the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer (LGBT +) muny is strengthened every year, pecially September when Diversy Month is celebrated. Uguay has been labeled on more than one ocsn as one of the most gay iendly statns Lat Ameri and the world by var guis and leadg magaz the world of tourism.