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Title: Argentina's big step towards true sexual equality
Post by: SandraJane on September 02, 2011, 06:11:00 PM
Post by: SandraJane on September 02, 2011, 06:11:00 PM
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Argentina's big step towards true sexual equality
Proposals to allow trans people to change their names and gender on legal documents could be another landmark measure
by Flavia Dzodan| guardian.co.uk, Friday 2 September 2011 11.15 BST
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Gay couple Argentina
A gay couple kisses outside Argentina's congress during a 2010 rally to support a proposal to legalise same-sex marriage. Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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The 15 July last year was a historic day for equality in Latin America. Argentina was the first country in the region to legalise same-sex marriage. People took to the streets in celebration after a long vigil in front of congress. The law, sponsored by the government of the president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was the result of a long and arduous campaign by LGBTQ organisations and allies against conservative sectors led by the Catholic church.
Argentina's big step towards true sexual equality
Proposals to allow trans people to change their names and gender on legal documents could be another landmark measure
by Flavia Dzodan| guardian.co.uk, Friday 2 September 2011 11.15 BST
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Gay couple Argentina
A gay couple kisses outside Argentina's congress during a 2010 rally to support a proposal to legalise same-sex marriage. Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/flavia-dzodan (http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/flavia-dzodan)
The 15 July last year was a historic day for equality in Latin America. Argentina was the first country in the region to legalise same-sex marriage. People took to the streets in celebration after a long vigil in front of congress. The law, sponsored by the government of the president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was the result of a long and arduous campaign by LGBTQ organisations and allies against conservative sectors led by the Catholic church.