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Holloway suspect arrested for slaying lesbian in Peru
The Advocate, Posted: 6/8/2010, 11:09 AM
QUICK LOOK: The woman murdered in Peru, allegedly by the same man who is suspected of killing Natalee Holloway, was reportedly a lesbian. Stefany Flores Ramirez, a 21-year-old Peru... (MORE)
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Bolivia prez backtracks on eating chicken, gay men
Merco Press News Agency, Posted: 4/28/2010, 2:22 PM
QUICK LOOK: Bolivian president Evo Morales sent a letter to gay and lesbian organizations in Spain expressing respect for sexual diversity, according to the Executive’s press office... (MORE)
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Colombia emerges as a surprising gay travel choice
Miami Herald, Posted: 4/27/2010, 7:33 AM
QUICK LOOK: With the often dangerous internal struggles that for decades so gripped Colombia on the wane, Colombia's tourism drought has finally eased, revealing surprises and delights... (MORE)
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Plans for special Mass upended by sex abuse scandal
Washington Post, Posted: 4/21/2010, 4:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: It was planned as a solemn event -- a chance to experience the sacred liturgical roots of Catholic tradition at one of the country's most prominent churches. But after... (MORE)
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Bolivian prez says eating chicken can make men gay
Blabbeando, Posted: 4/21/2010, 3:32 PM
QUICK LOOK: Bolivian president Evo Morales is warning men to stay away from eating poultry raised in chicken farms. The reason? Morales claims that chicken raised in non-organic... (MORE)
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Trial begins in mistaken identity hate crime murder
Gay City News, Posted: 4/21/2010, 1:13 PM
QUICK LOOK: Testifying in the trial of two men charged in the 2008 killing of José Sucuzhanay (pictured), an Ecuadorian immigrant, a Brooklyn cab driver said the beating he witnessed... (MORE)

Colombia court awards rights to same-sex couples
IPS News, Posted: 3/3/2009, 11:33 AM
QUICK LOOK: Members of the gay civil rights advocacy group Colombia Diversa just celebrated their fifth anniversary with a big event, which the occasion clearly merited due to... (MORE)

Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 1/29/2009, 2:36 PM
QUICK LOOK: Gay and lesbian couples in Colombia are entitled to the same rights as straight couples in common-law marriages, the country's Constitutional Court ruled yesterday. In April 2008 gay rights group... (MORE)

A gay Muslim is tested by faith and also by family
Los Angeles Times, Posted: 12/18/2008, 3:14 PM
QUICK LOOK: All she has left of the person she used to be is contained in a 5-by-7 photo album with "Aliyah Bacchus" written in blue pen on its cover, each picture inside tucked... (MORE)
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Family keeps vigil for Brooklyn victim of gay bashing
New York Times, Posted: 12/12/2008, 2:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: An Ecuadorean immigrant who was brutally beaten in Brooklyn last weekend in what the police have described as a possible bias attack was declared brain-dead on Tuesday,... (MORE)

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Posted: 12/11/2008, 12:13 AM
QUICK LOOK: Authorities opened a homicide investigation Tuesday into a vicious attack on an Ecuadorean immigrant whose assailants shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs, then beat him with a baseball bat and... (MORE)

Constitution OK'd in Ecuador includes gay civil unions
Washington Post, Posted: 9/30/2008, 2:38 PM
QUICK LOOK: Ecuadorans approved by a wide margin Sunday a new constitution that would expand the powers of President Rafael Correa and allows civil unions for gay couples. "We expect... (MORE)
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Colombia mayor angers gays with ban on 'riding bitch'
Blabbeando, Posted: 9/8/2008, 1:41 AM
QUICK LOOK: Gay residents of Tuluá - Colombia's fourth largest city - are up in arms over a mayoral decree banning all men from riding in the back seat of a motorcycle. "This measure... (MORE)
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Gay soccer team draws crowds in Colombian village
Blabbeando, Posted: 8/6/2008, 5:45 AM
QUICK LOOK: Viterbo, Caldas, a small conservative town in central-western Colombia, has an estimated population of 15,000. As with many rural communities, it has not escaped some... (MORE)
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Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 4/18/2008, 1:11 PM
QUICK LOOK: Uruguay on Thursday became the first nation in Latin America to marry a gay couple, after a law allowing couples living together to formalize their union went into effect at the start of the year... (MORE)
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Push to remove gay rights from Ecuador constitution
Blabbeando, Posted: 3/27/2008, 11:06 AM
QUICK LOOK: In 1998 Ecuador became the first country in the Americas to adopt constitutional language granting protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation. But... (MORE)
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Venezuelan Supreme Court blocks same-sex marriage
Blabbeando, Posted: 3/6/2008, 3:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: In a ruling published yesterday by the Supreme Court of Justice in Venezuela, the top court's constitutional wing ruled that same-sex marriages cannot be constitutionally... (MORE)

New Bolivia constitution would ban gay bias, marriage
Posted: 12/29/2007, 10:35 AM
QUICK LOOK: A new constitution for Bolivia approved by the national assembly this month includes a ban on gay marriage that went virtually undiscussed during the legislative process. The ... (MORE)

Uruguay's president signs landmark civil union law
Agence France Presse (AFP), Posted: 12/27/2007, 5:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: Uruguay today became the first Latin American country to recognize gay civil unions, after President Tabare Vazquez signed a law granting certain legal rights to cohabiting... (MORE)
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Uruguay offers civil unions in Latin American first
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 12/18/2007, 9:40 PM
QUICK LOOK: Uruguay's Congress legalized civil unions for homosexual couples today in the first nationwide law of its kind in Latin America. Under the new law, gay and straight couples... (MORE)
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Chavez defeat included pro-gay constitutional change
365gay.com, Posted: 12/3/2007, 8:22 PM
QUICK LOOK: Voters narrowly rejected a new constitution for Venezuela, handing President Hugo Chavez his first ever electoral defeat. The main stumbling block was the removal of... (MORE)
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Youth treaty fight reveals Peru gay marriage support
Blabbeando, Posted: 12/2/2007, 4:22 PM
QUICK LOOK: What was a procedural congressional debate yesterday on whether the Peruvian government would adhere to the Iberian-American Convention on the Rights of Youth -- an ... (MORE)

Uruguay to offer civil unions for gay, straight couples
San Diego Union-Tribune, Posted: 11/30/2007, 3:45 PM
QUICK LOOK: Uruguay will legalize civil unions for homosexuals and heterosexuals next month, making it the first Latin American nation to treat gay and straight couples alike, a... (MORE)
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Chavez's Venezuela may add gay rights to constitution
Bloomberg News Service, Posted: 10/11/2007, 2:08 PM
QUICK LOOK: A Venezuelan legislative committee voted to protect gay rights in a expansion of President Hugo Chavez's plan to rewrite the country's constitution. Under the proposed... (MORE)
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Blabbeando, Posted: 10/5/2007, 9:07 PM
QUICK LOOK: Colombia's Constitutional Court decided yesterday 7-2 that a person with social security benefits could provide access to those benefits - including health insurance benefits - to their same-sex partner... (MORE)
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