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Contents:

• COLOMBIA'S GAY ADOPTN RULG
• COLOMBIA’S GAY ADOPTN RULG
• FOR COLOMBIA'S GAY COUPL, THE STGGLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ADOPTN RIGHTS CONTU
• THE SENATOR BEHD COLOMBIA’S GAY ADOPTN FIGHT
• COLOMBIA GAY ADOPTN LG ‘HISTORIC STEP’ TOWARD LGBTI EQUALY
• GAY ADOPTN IN COLOMBIA
• 2 LN COLOMBIANS REQUT REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY ADOPTN
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

COLOMBIA'S GAY ADOPTN RULG

Fernando Vergara/Associated PrsIn a landmark lg that elimated a glargly discrimatory policy, Colombia’s hight urt led on Wednday that gay dividuals and upl may adopt children.

In a 6-to-2 cisn, the Constutnal Court found that barrg gay people om adoptg had unreasonably prived children of the right to be raised by fai. The cisn was the latt victory for gay activists Colombia who have challenged discrimatory polici a strg of smartly ligated s.

The lg will make easier for gay dividuals and upl to adopt children state foster re. While some Colombian lawmakers have troduced bills seekg to expand the rights of gay people, those iativ have stalled. In dog so, has set a mendable example a regn where gay people ntue to face wispread discrimatn and srn.

COLOMBIA’S GAY ADOPTN RULG

Adoptn Colombia is open to married upl and sgle dividuals, cludg gay and lbian applints.

Gay or Lbian applints are wele. Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnViews on same-sex marriage or other legal regnnViews on same-sex upl' right to adoptAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors? 1%) Mentned homosexualsDid not mentn homosexuals (71.

FOR COLOMBIA'S GAY COUPL, THE STGGLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ADOPTN RIGHTS CONTU

9%)Jtifiabily of homosexualy? Acceptance of Gay People Public Office (North and South Ameri)? Perceived Acceptance of Gay People?

HistoryHomosexual activy Colombia? Homosexual activy Colombia is legal. Current statSce Nov 4, 2015Legal Prevly upl uld only adopt a child if was om one of the partners, but the same-sex adoptn law allows homosexual upl the same rights as heterosexual adoptn onlyOnly sgl n adoptServg openly ary Colombia?

THE SENATOR BEHD COLOMBIA’S GAY ADOPTN FIGHT

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Same-sex adoptn has been hotly bated ColombiaColombia's nstutnal urt has lifted rtrictns on same-sex upl adoptg now, same-sex upl uld only adopt a child if was the offsprg of one of the a historic lg on Wednday, the urt stcted adoptn agenci not to discrimate agast gay men and said gay upl uld adopt jt as heterosexual upl uld, as along as all legal requirements were urt reached s lg a 6-2 vote after hours of bate. It said that excludg gay upl as possible adoptive parents "lims children's right to a fay".

"A person's sexual orientatn or genr are not and of themselv ditive of a lack of moral, physil or mental suabily to adopt, " said the chief jtice of the Constutnal Court, Maria Victoria Calle upl Colombia are allowed to enter to legal unns but 2013 Congrs rejected a proposal to fully legalise gay marriage.

Opn|Colombia’s Gay Adoptn Rulg ADVERTISEMENTEdorialSept. 8, 2014Colombia’s nstutnal urt recently granted a lbian uple jot guardianship of the blogil dghter of one of the women a signifint lg that brought gays and lbians closer to full equaly unr the law. The urt’s print, Luis Ernto Vargas, told reporters that four of the six judg the majory favored a more sweepg lg that would have given gays and lbians that broar right.

COLOMBIA GAY ADOPTN LG ‘HISTORIC STEP’ TOWARD LGBTI EQUALY

The urt has played a urageo and trailblazg role sce 2007, when began lg favor of gay platiffs who mand equal rights on issu like health re verage, herance rights and immigratn benefs. Vargas, who also ss on the urt and is among the four liberals on gay rights. By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, April 8 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - When Colombia's Constutnal Court led that Veroni Botero uld adopt her lbian partner's two children, the uple were ecstatic bee their six-year legal battle seemed to be lg, hand down 2014, was the first of s kd the socially nservative Anan more than seven months later, universy profsor Botero, and her spoe, Ana Leirman, are still wag for their adoptn papers, blocked by a lol judge who has uple have bee a symbol of the stggle gays and lbians face wng equal rights to heterosexuals over adoptn and marriage the predomantly Catholic untry, where tradnal views of the fay un hold sway.

GAY ADOPTN IN COLOMBIA

Opponents of advancg gay rights, cludg Colombia's powerful spector general, the Catholic Church and nservative lawmakers, view homosexual acts as a s and say only a man and woman n form a fay and have the right to marryg Germany, Botero and Leirman cid to start a fay, agreeg that Leirman would be the one to unrgo artificial sematn.

"The urt said a gay uple is a fay and that beg gay isn't an impediment for adoptn. But a poll this month suggts they will face a survey by the Electoral Observatn Missn, a Colombian non-ernmental anizatn, 71 percent of Congrs members are agast grantg gay upl full adoptn rights, while 53 percent of those polled said they disapprove of gay marriage. However, Colombia Diversa, a lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) group, hop to have a law passed on equal adoptn rights for same-sex upl the next five years.

2 LN COLOMBIANS REQUT REFERENDUM TO BAN GAY ADOPTN

MIXED PICTUREAlbarrac said notable gas had been ma on gay rights parts of Lat Ameri wh Argenta and Uguay leadg the way.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin untry to legalize gay marriage 2010, followed by Uguay 2013.

Same-sex marriage has been legal Mexi Cy sce Colombia, urt lgs om the late 1990s have brought gay upl closer to the same legal rights as married heterosexuals, such as equal rights to pensns and healthre verage, but full adoptn and marriage rights rema 2011, the Constutnal Court led that same-sex unns were legal but Colombia's lawmakers have sce failed to pass a law to regulate gay means a marriage license is issued at the discretn of a lol notary and judge, and so far only 30 same-sex upl have been award one Colombia, Albarrac said.