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Couple of 14 years first to register under Uruguay’s new gay marriage law
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Two gay men who have been together 14 years become the first same-sex couple to register to marry in Uruguay on Monday, just hours after the country’s marriage equality law came into effect.
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Gays abused, raped in Ecuador clinics to cure them of homosexuality
QUITO, Ecuador — More than 80 unlicensed clinics throughout Ecuador are using rape, electric shock and beatings as “treatment” to convert gay people into heterosexuals, according to the country’s openly lesbian Health Minister, Carina Vance.
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First same-sex civil union legalized in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian judge has for the first time legalized the civil union of a same-sex couple.
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LGBT Brazilians greet Pope with ‘kiss-in’ to protest stance on gay marriage
RIO DE JANEIRO — LGBT Brazilians on Monday greeted Pope Francis with a “beijaco,” or kiss-in, upon the pontiff’s arrival in Rio de Janeiro as protest of the Catholic Church’s stance on same-sex marriage.
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Chilean teen loses foot, faces leg amputation following anti-gay attack
PENALOLEN, Chile — A gay teen in Chile is about to have his leg amputated following an attack last month by a gang of assailants wielding machetes, knives and iron-bars, and hurling anti-gay slurs.
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Brazil lawmakers OK bill to allow treatment of homosexuality as a disorder
BRASILIA, Brazil — A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology.
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Ruling: Brazilian states must register same-sex civil unions as marriages
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s National Council of Justice on Tuesday said that notary publics throughout the country must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it.
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Brazil to allow in-vitro fertilization for same-sex couples
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil is guaranteeing homosexual couples’ right to access assisted fertilization.
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Uruguay’s president signs marriage equality bill into law
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica’s has signed the country’s marriage equality bill into law, making the South American country the 12th nation in the world and third in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage.
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Three more Brazilian states rule in favor of allowing same-sex marriage
Justices in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Paraíba and Santa Catarina have ruled to authorize marriage equality for same-sex couples, bringing the total to 14 of the country’s 27 states to legalize same-sex marriage.