Gay immigrants fight to join movement

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Gay immigrants fight to join movement

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-gayimmig_25dec25,1,3149274.story
By Antonio Olivo | Tribune staff reporter
12/24/2007

That was March 10, 2006. Perez and her lesbian partner, Xiomara Santana, had joined more than 100,000 demonstrators in the Loop for a march that kicked off a nationwide struggle for immigrant rights. Holding hands, the U.S.-born women looked at the Latino faces around them and were reminded of their own families.