El Salvador

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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El Salvador approves measures banning same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption

A package of constitutional reforms approved Thursday night would ban same-sex marriage in El Salvador and also bar same-sex couples from adopting children.

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IDAHOT celebrated around the world: Images from El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Members of El Salvador's LGBT community on Saturday celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia And Transphobia, the largest anti-discrimination solidarity action in the world with activities taking place in 120 countries.

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El Salvador parliament rejects constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The Salvadoran Parliament has again failed in its attempt to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

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Senate confirms pro-gay U.S. ambassador to El Salvador

The U.S. Senate broke an impasse on Thursday to confirm a U.S. ambassador to El Salvador who had previously been denied the position in part of because of a pro-gay editorial she wrote in one of…

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Senate GOP blocks appointment of LGBT ally as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Monday blocked efforts to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, as the permanent ambassador to El Salvador, because, according to one source, Aponte is an LGBT advocate who has…

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