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Landmark court case brings marriage equality to 20 countries with one ruling
Costa Rica has already said it will comply with the ruling.
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Dominicans see LGBT rights advancing thanks to gay US diplomat
A cultural shift is happening, helped by the presence of U.S. Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster, the first openly gay top diplomat the United States has posted to a Latin American country.
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Dominican Cardinal insults gay American ambassador
Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, told gay ambassador Wally Brewster to “stick to housework, since he is a man’s wife.”
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Dominican government won’t recognize same-sex marriage performed at Embassy
The statement comes two days after the British embassy tweeted that a Dominican man and his British partner had exchanged vows in its Santo Domingo offices.
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First same-sex marriage in Dominican Republic performed at British Embassy
Same-sex marriage is banned in the Dominican Republic, but a British national married his partner in the first ceremony of its kind performed at the British embassy in the conservative Caribbean country.
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Dominican Republic bans Miley Cyrus for promoting ‘lesbian sex’
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic government commission that oversees public performances is banning a Sept. 13 concert by Miley Cyrus on morality grounds and for allegedly inciting lesbian sex. The National Commission of Public Entertainment and Radio said in a statement Thursday that it took the action because Cyrus often…
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Senate confirms James ‘Wally’ Brewster as fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has confirmed James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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U.S. Senate conducts hearing for possible fifth openly LGBT ambassador
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday conducted a confirmation hearing on the appointment James “Wally” Brewster to serve as the country’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
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Catholic Cardinal refers to gay U.S. Ambassador nominee as ‘faggot’
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — President Barack Obama’s choice of openly gay nominee, James “Wally” Brewster as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, has touched off a firestorm of criticism including from Catholic Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, who referred to Brewster in Spanish as a “maricón” — a slur usually translated as “faggot.”
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Dominican religious groups reject gay U.S. ambassador nominee
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Religious groups in the Dominican Republic said Friday they are outraged by the nomination of a gay U.S. ambassador to the conservative Caribbean country.