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LGBT History Month profile: Cuban author, poet Reinaldo Arenas
Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist and essayist whose work focused on political and social injustices. He was born into poverty in the Cuban countryside. He wrote his first poems by carving words into tree trunks.
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Costa Rica family court shuts down same-sex marriage loop hole
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A family court in Costa Rico has rejected a request by a same-sex couple to register their relationship as a marriage, effectively shutting down a loophole created when lawmakers voted to amend a law that mistakenly removed language defining marriage as a union only between a man and a woman.
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Mexico’s first openly gay mayor does not support gay marriage, ‘not yet, anyway’
FRESNILLO, Zacatecas, Mexico — The first openly gay mayor in Mexico’s history has been sworn in at a ceremony in city of Fresnillo, but LGBT residents should not look to him for support in legalizing same-sex marriage in Zacatecas, a state known for cowboy boots, embossed belts and drug gang shootouts.
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Settlement reached with bridal shop that denied service to transgender bride
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — The owner of a Canadian bridal shop has agreed to make donations to two local charities as part of a settlement mediated by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission to resolve a complaint that it refused service to a transgender woman.
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Same-sex couples win right to marry in Mexico state of Chihuahua
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — A same-sex couple in Mexico legally wed after successfully challenging the state of Chihuahua for refusing to register their marriage earlier this year.
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Mexico lawmaker asks to ban gay unions in public because it ‘confuses children’
MEXICO CITY – A state legislator in Mexico is causing a stir by asking authorities not to allow gay weddings in public spaces because it confuses children in a state that just approved same-sex civil unions.
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Diana Nyad becomes first to complete Cuba-Florida trip without shark cage
KEY WEST, Fla. — With her lips and tongue swollen, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad edged closer to Florida on Monday in her attempt to become the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Key West without a shark cage.
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Canada says it will favor refugee claims by gay Russians
SURREY, British Columbia — Canada’s Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Monday that the country’s refugee board will favorably review asylum claims by LGBT people fleeing persecution in Russia.
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Jamaica: Mob murder of gay teen shows depth of hostility toward LGBT community
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.
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Mexican state of Colima approves same-sex civil unions
MEXICO CITY — Lawmakers in Mexico’s western state of Colima have approved a change in the state’s constitution that legalizes same-sex civil unions.