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California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
3:07 pm By Maegan La Mala · California| Justice| society · Comments Off
15 May 2008
It’s a historic day in California. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel for the state’s LGBT couples:
The court’s 4-to-3 decision striking down state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman makes California only the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages. The decision, which becomes effective in 30 days, is certain to play a role in the presidential campaign.“In view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship,” Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote of marriage for the majority, “the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples.”
I didn’t think this day would come so soon, but it’s an extremely pleasant surprise, especially after having lived through all the drama in San Francisco after the marriages were declared null. Congrats to all those couples!
Via / The New York Times
Image via LA Times Getty Images
Ecuadorian Modelo/Assemblymember Wants to Save the Environment but Not Rape Victims or GLBT People
11:52 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Ecuador| Environment| GLBT| Politics| Women · 1 Comment
27 Mar 2008
Trying to show she’s more than just a pretty face, Rosanna Queirolo, won a seat on the Ecuadorian National Assembly on a platform promising to protect the environment and to provide a bridge to the Ecuadorian immigrant community in the United States. Once comfy in her seat of power however, she showed her true colors in positions about rape, abortion and the GLTB community.
For those non-Spanish dominant peeps, translation after the jump.
Dominican Cardinal Calls Gays Maricones
11:12 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Dominican Republic| GLBT · 1 Comment
1 Nov 2007
Leave it to a Catholic leader in the Dominican Republic to turn waht was to be an interview about if political figures should disclose where they get their earnings to a diatribe about the GLBT community. Dominican Republic Cardinal Jesús López Rodríguez’s criticism of gays wasn’t the worse of it, it was the language he used that is surprising.
According to El Nacional, the Cardinal, arguing that fidelity should be at the core of education efforts to stem pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases “explained that for those reasons the Catholic church was opposed to promiscuity between ‘heterosexuals and maricones’ because sex had to be of the moment and between a man and a woman.”
Imagine a U.S. cardinal using the word faggot to to talk about the GLBT community here. Yes, a girl who went to Catholic school all of her life I am more than aware of the church’s position on gays but he took it to another level, a level of hate and hate speech that is hardly what Jesus would do.
Via / Blabbeando
NYPD Targets Queer POC
9:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| Justice| New York City · Comments Off
28 Sep 2007I, sadly, wasn’t surprised when I heard that Queer, mostly people of color activists, were attacked and arrested by the New York City Police Department
On the night of Wednesday, September 26, officers from the 9th Precinct of the New York Police Department attacked without provocation members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project and of its community. Two of our community members were violently arrested, and others were pepper sprayed in the face without warning or cause.The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (www.srlp.org) is an organization that works on behalf of low-income people of color who are transgender, gender non-conforming, or intersex, providing free legal services and advocacy among many other initiatives. On Wednesday night, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project was celebrating its fifth anniversary with a celebration and fundraising event at a bar in the East Village.
A group of our community members, consisting largely of queer and
transgender people of color, witnessed two officers attempting to
detain a young Black man outside of the bar. Several of our community
members asked the officers why they were making the arrest and using
excessive force. Despite the fact that our community was on the
sidewalk, gathered peacefully and not obstructing foot traffic, the
NYPD chose to forcefully grab two people and arrested them. Without
warning, an officer then sprayed pepper spray across the group in a
wide arc, temporarily blinding many and causing vomiting and intense
pain.
Mexico City to woo gay travelers
2:15 pm By Maegan La Mala · GLBT| Marketing| mexico| travel · Comments Off
20 Aug 2007
As we’ve pointed out time and time again, Mexico City seems to be trying to win some kind of award for being the most liberal city in Latin America. And in fact, Mexico the country has won an award: gay Destination of the Year by the PlanetOut Travel Awards, which recognize gay-friendly tourist destinations. Past winners have included Barcelona and Buenos Aires.
According to Mexico City blog DFinitivo, the world’s largest city is going to begin actively courting the gay travel dollar, and the Secretary of Tourism for DF has joined the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association to prove it. Gay travelers will be welcomed with specialized maps outlining areas of interest for nightlife, cultural events and more.
Via / DFinitivo
Mexico City approves first conjugal visit for a gay prisoner
1:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| Justice| mexico| society · Comments Off
31 Jul 2007
In yet another example of the steps towards a more progressive society in Mexico’s capital city, gay prisoners are now allowed to have conjugal visits like their heterosexual counterparts. Mexico’s La Jornada reports:
For the first time, a gay prisoner was allowed to exercise his right to intimate visits in a prison in Mexico City, after the Human Rights Commission of Federal District (CDHDF) gave the recommendation on February 8th of last year. [The recommendation] was derived from a complaint by Mr. Agustín N., who said he was denied intimate visits with his partner, a prisoner, at the Santa Marta Acatitla prison on multiple occasions. This was called out by the CDHDF as a violation of the rights of prisoners and of the right to not be discriminated against because of sexual orientation.
Colombia makes stride in gay rights
12:55 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Colombia| GLBT| Justice · Comments Off
18 Jun 2007
After Europe, Latin America is the region that appears to be making the biggest advances in the area of equal rights for gay people. This month gay pride is celebrated across the globe, and gay rights supporters in Colombia are celebrating the passage of a law that guarantees new rights to same sex couples in that country. Mexico’s La Jornada reports:
The Colombian congress approved a law which recognizes economic and inheritance rights of same sex partners, without making them subject to long legal and bureaucratic processes. The decision ratifies an earlier judgement in the Constitutional Court last February, when the court rejected an order that only recognized marital unions made up of male and female partners.
Mexico Has Its First Gay Civil Union
12:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| mexico · 1 Comment
1 Feb 2007
Karina Almaguer and Karla Lopez, both from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, traveled to Saltillo, Coahuila to become the first couple to take advantage of the newly passed civil solidarity union status.
Coahuila State Assemblywoman Julieta Lopez Fuentes, who served as an official witness at the civil ceremony, said the law passed earlier this month allows people from other states to register such unions in Coahuila. “Same-sex couples from other states have been asking for information about formalizing their unions,” said Lopez Fuentes. “Right now, we haven’t heard about any foreigners asking for information, but anyone who is interested would have to show they are [legally] staying in Mexico.” Lopez Fuentes said it was the first gay civil union in Mexico. In November, Mexico City, which as a semi-independent capital zone has some of the same powers as states, passed a similar measure, the first in the nation’s history, but that law will not go into effect until mid-March.
Via / The Advocate
Mexican gay leader murdered
4:51 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| mexico · Comments Off
24 Jan 2007
There have been a lot of small strides in gay activism in Mexico in the past several months. The largest was Mexico City’s passage of a law allowing for civil unions, and more recently Coahuila’s acceptance of a similar law. But the struggle is far from over for Mexico’s LGBT community, and gays and lesbians in one Mexican city have just lost their leader to violent crime:
The spokesperson for the gay-lesbian community in Matamoros, José Ernesto Leal Rodríguez, was found murdered, with 8 stab wounds, in his home, according to the state authorities.The discovery of the body of the 42 year-old hairstylist happened at 3:00 pm on Monday when a relative went to the home…and found him with his throat slit in the living room.
Mexican state approves gay civil unions
3:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT| mexico · Comments Off
12 Jan 2007
While Human Rights Watch is shining a light on human rights injustices in Mexico, gays in Mexico’s Coahuila state are celebrating a small triumph: the legalization of civil unions:
The northern Mexican state of Coahuila became the first in the country to approve gay unions yesterday. Mexico City passed similar legislation in November.The Insititutional Revolutionary Party were responsible for bringing the bill before the legislature, where it passed by 20 votes to 13.
Sounds fantastic, but according to Crónica, the senator sponsoring the bill was quick to point out:
“…que no permite la adopción y que no es equiparable al matrimonio”
Via / PinkNews.co.uk and JoeMyGod
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