Posts Tagged ‘GLBT’
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
Gloria Trevi is back
11:55 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|mexico|Music · Comments Off
22 Dec 2006
I must have missed this, but it seems that after touring the Latin stages of gay pride celebrations around the country this year, la Trevi is once again a star, according to AP:
When Mexico’s scandalous pop diva Gloria Trevi — once the country’s highest-paid performer and known as “Mexico’s Madonna” — left jail, she handed out fliers to promote herself.The hard work is paying off: two years later, Trevi has shot to worldwide superstardom.
Her comeback album, “Como nace el universo,” or “How the Universe Was born,” sold more than 200,000 copies in the United States, and received a Latin Billboard Award nomination for best album.
The single “Todos me miran,” or “Everyone is Looking at Me,” whose video depicts a gay man coming out, hit No. 1 in Mexico. These days, Trevi has become an icon for gay men on both sides of the border, dubbed the “Gay Queen.”
Latino blogger makes a sport of outing
11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chismes|GLBT|Internet · Comments Off
28 Nov 2006
Perez Hilton, one of the most widely-read blogs on the internet, is the pen name of a gay Latino blogger, one Mario Lavandeira. You probably knew that already. But did you know that Perez feels he’s paving the way for gays and lesbians who want to come out of the closet by talking up their sexuality on the blog? His mission is to “out” as many celebs as possible:
On that point, as he sees it, they have forfeited their right to privacy.“In American culture, a lot of people still think that being gay is bad and that being gay will hurt your career. I generally don’t think that.”
Gay telenovela in Spanish and online
12:52 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|Internet|language|Spain · 2 Comments
27 Nov 2006
In this age of pick and choose content, many are saying if what you want to see on TV doesn’t exist, create it yourself. And that’s just what a group of guys from Valencia, Spain have done; they’ve created a Spanish-language online gay soap opera based on Queer as Folk (video after the jump):
One month was enough for seven Valencian communications students to reach the height of popularity on the internet with their online miniseries Lo que surja (LQS), a replica of the popular series Queer as folk.With no budget with lots of enthusiasm, these seven young people illustrate the lives of a group of gay friends.
Gael Garcia Bernal is A-Ok with Gay Civil Unions
12:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|GLBT|mexico · Comments Off
22 Nov 2006
I don’t need too many reasons to love Gael Garcia Bernal. He’s hot. He’s talented and we’ve written about his good politics here before. But just in case you need another reason to love the Mexican actor. Here’s one: he’s GLBT friendly! That’s right, Gael publically put his weight behind Mexico City’s brand spanking new gay civil union law.
Garcia Bernal, actor Diego Luna and director Alfonso Cuaron were among 51 people who published a half-page open letter in local newspapers supporting the law passed this month by local lawmakers.“The vote for the civil-unions law was a vote in favor of liberty, social equality and the strength of civil society,” the artists wrote.
Via / Perez Hilton y International Herald Tribune
Mexico City backs Same-sex Civil Unions
8:41 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|mexico · 3 Comments
10 Nov 2006
The assembly of Mexico City passed a law clearing the way for recognizing civil unions between same-sex couples. While this is in no way a gay marriage law, it certainly is groundbreaking legislation in the morally conservative capital city of Mexico. Mexico City Mayor Alejandro Encinas is widely expected to ratify the law.
Under the law, Mexico City’s gay couples who register their union with civil authorities will gain access to inheritance and pension rights.
Unmarried heterosexual couples can also register under the same law.
A similar bill is being debated by lawmakers in Mexico’s northern state of Coahuila, bordering Texas.
As the law was being passed inside, outside many protested calling the law legalizing unnatural acts.
Via / BBC News
Spainish Parliament Could Make Trans Life Easier
6:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|Spain · 1 Comment
8 Nov 2006
Life for many transgender people in Spain could get a little bit easier thanks to a bill passed by the lower house of Spain’s parliament in Madrid. The bill would let transsexuals change their officially registered gender from male to female or vice versa without undergoing sex-change surgery. There are a few hurdles that need to be jumped though. First the Spanish
Senate needs to pass the bill. Additionally:
Transsexuals who want to change their gender listing in civil registries will need a doctor’s certificate stating they have been diagnosed as having a gender-identity disorder that they believe they were born the wrong sex. They must change their first name to one of the other sex at the same time.Another condition is that the person must prove they have undergone hormonal or other medical treatment for at least two years to encourage the change of identity. Transsexuals unable to receive treatment due to age or health problems will be exempted. Applicants must be aged 18 or older.
Chile to become more open to gays
6:08 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Chile|GLBT|Politics · 5 Comments
14 Jul 2006
According to Gay.com, AP reports that Chile is currently debating the standing legislation around discrimination against gays in the country, and the possibility of writing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation out of legislation all together:
Chile’s Congress is debating striking down regulations against “offenses to morals and good customs” that police have used to harass gays, even for behavior such as holding hands in public.Activists say such treatment remains common. It was only in 1998 that Chile repealed a prohibition on sex between consenting, same-sex adults.
Gloria Trevi: Gay icon?
4:27 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Events|GLBT|San Francisco · 4 Comments
26 Jun 2006
There really shouldn’t be a question mark after that headline. It’s just a fact: Gloria Trevi, along with countless other 80s divas, has gone from washed up to incarcerated to fabulous, as was evidenced at this year’s San Francisco Pride celebration yesterday.
I watched in awe as Gloria rolled by in a convertible as one of the parade’s Celebrity Grand Marshals. At first I thought it was an imitator, but no, it was Gloria herself, writhing about, twisting and shimmying to dance music and waving to hundreds of thousands of people who probably had no idea who she was.
But she was on her way to the Latin Stage at the huge event that is held every year at San Francisco’s City Hall, and there her fame was wasted on no one. It was clear who every gay Latino male in the crowd was there to see, and it wasn’t some hard-bodied hunk (though those were certainly welcomed) but La Trevi, Mexico’s own answer to any focus of an E! True Hollywood Story. Outrageous, then tragic, now adored once again.
Scarface: AI’s new Spanish campaign
5:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|GLBT|society|Spain · Comments Off
21 Feb 2006
Amnesty International wants to draw the attention of Spanish citizens to the consequences faced by gays and lesbians in less-tolerant parts of the world. The result is a campaign featuring Spain’s most prominent gay celebs with their faces mangled and bloodied as if from the violent blows of an anti-gay hate crime.
La campaña de publicidad, lanzada en Internet y prensa, utiliza la cara de estos artistas españoles para mostrar las “terribles consecuencias” de ser homosexual en algunos países del mundo. “Las imágenes son muy impactantes y llegan a la gente.
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