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Health risks for gay and transgenr Latos n high part bee of multiple social prsur and several different typ of discrimatn. A recent legislative hearg brought this often hidn muny to the light, explorg what n be done to help them.

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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.

‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN

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.

" 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.

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