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One Step Forward, One Step Back: The Fight for Transgender Rights in Latin Ameri

Started by kira21 ♡♡♡, July 03, 2014, 08:11:20 PM

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One Step Forward, One Step Back: The Fight for Transgender Rights in Latin America

Recently, the highest court in Italy allowed a couple to remain legally married after one had sex reassignment surgery. In a surreal twist, the Catholic Church recognizes the couple as still married also, because it does not recognize gender reassignment. While it is hard to call this confluence the best of all possible worlds, it might be for now. The rights and freedoms of transgendered persons in other parts of the world, such as Latin America, are decidedly less clear.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-sanger/one-step-forward-one-step_b_5553414.html