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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
     


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.