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