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Sao Paulo celebrates LGBT pride as activists call for laws against discrimination
SAO PAULO — Gay rights advocates called for a Brazilian law against discrimination as they gathered by the hundreds of thousands in Sao Paulo on Sunday for one of the world’s largest gay pride parades.
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Pastor says God sparked massive fire in Chile over same-sex civil unions
A Chilean pastor said God sparked a massive forest fire in the coastal city of Valparaíso over the weekend in response to lawmakers’ consideration of a bill that would legalize civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Argentine president to be godmother to lesbian couple’s baby
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has agreed to be the godmother of a lesbian couple’s baby in a Roman Catholic cathedral.
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Russian gay couple marries in Buenos Aires, will seek asylum in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A same-sex couple from Russia’s Olympic city of Sochi has married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
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Brazil police arrest ‘skateboard Nazis’ in brutal murder of gay teen
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian police on Sunday arrested a gang of neo-Nazi skateboarders for the brutal murder of an 18 year-old gay teen last weekend in São Paulo.
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Brazil’s LGBT community holds vigil for murdered gay teen, hate crimes victims
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Members of Brazil’s LGBT community held vigil Friday in honor of a gay Brazilian teen who was tortured and brutally murdered, one of at least five reported murders targeting LGBT people in Brazil over the past week.
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Chile’s Senate votes in favor of same-sex civil unions bill
SANTIAGO, Chile — A same-sex civil union bill has been overwhelmingly approved in Chile’s Senate. On Tuesday, 28 Senators voted in favor the Life Partner Agreement (AVP) while only six opposed it and two absented, reported the Santiago Times.
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Brazil, where 44% of world’s anti-LGBT violence occurs, kills discrimination bill
BRASILIA — Brazil’s lawmakers on Wednesday killed a draft bill that would have prohibited discrimination or inciting violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Brazil lawmaker to defy government order, will call for vote on LGBT discrimination bill
BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian lawmaker plans to defy her government orders and call for a vote on a bill that would prohibit discrimination or inciting violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Brazil shelves anti-LGBT discrimination bill amid record number of murders
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian lawmakers on Friday shelved a draft law that would have prohibited discrimination or inciting violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.