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Contents:
- GAY LATOS FIGHTG BIAS, STEREOTYP ON MANY LEVELS
- ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
GAY LATOS FIGHTG BIAS, STEREOTYP ON MANY LEVELS
Lato gays say they face a double dose of discrimatn. To be openly gay.
Supreme Court, Hollywood and profsnal sports, gay Latos the natn's public arena rema largely visible. Hilton says ep-seated homophobia wh the Lato muny has forced many gay Latos to go unrground, but attus are shiftg. ' " Some gay Lato lears are startg to share Hilton's optimism.
The Lato muny has long had a reputatn for beg notorly homophobic. But some surprisg velopments wh the Lato world -- the Uned Stat and abroad -- suggt that may be changg, gay scholars and activists say. 'Walls are startg to cmble' "A lot of walls are startg to cmble, " says Charlie Vazquez, a New York-based thor whose fictn has appeared books such as "Bt Gay Love Stori: NYC.
‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN
" Gay Lato activists pot to several signs of this transformatn:. Wh the past three years, lawmakers untri as diverse as Uguay, Colombia and Mexi have passed laws grantg rights and protectns to gays and lbians.
Christian Chavez, lead sger of the popular pop Mexin band RBD, recently announced that he was gay. "That's a huge step for gay visibily the Lato media world. " And far away om the stage, even some of the most vulnerable gay Latos -- ordary stunts public high schools -- are fdg more support, one group says.
While many gay Lato stunts still face physil and verbal harassment om classmat and teachers, more are beg bolr about affirmg their sexual inty, a recent survey found. A 2007 survey nducted by the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network disvered that at schools where a Gay Stunt Alliance club existed, 59 percent of gay Lato stunts participated the club, says Elizabeth Diaz, a senr rearcher at the work. The survey fed gay youths as those who were lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.