Uruguay

2018 continued to be a banner year, even as the administration did their level best to undermine and erase transgender rights.

Uruguay’s congress has passed an historic law protecting the rights to transgender people in the country.

Costa Rica has already said it will comply with the ruling.

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.

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.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguayan lawmakers have voted in favor of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage.

Amid heavy political controversy, Uruguay’s Senate on Wednesday unexpectedly postponed a vote on a marriage equality bill until its next session in April.

Uruguay moved a step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage on Tuesday after lawmakers in its lower house of Congress approved a single law governing marriage for both heterosexuals and homosexuals.

The Miami Herald. Uruguay, long-regarded as one of the most progressive countries in Latin America, set a standard for the region by allowing same-sex couples to adopt children with a bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday. The bill was approved 17-6, with most of its support coming from legislators of the ruling leftist Frente […]