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Argentina: 500 Gay Weddings in Three Months

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Argentina Gay WeddingsThousands marched in Argentina’s Gay Pride parade on Saturday, celebrating the country’s status as the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage and vowing to campaign for new rights for transgender people.

More than 500 same-sex couples have been married since President Cristina Fernandez signed the law on July 21, said Esteban Paulo, President of the Argentine Lesbians, Gay, Bi, and Transgender Federation.

The gay marriage law has been a boon for tourism, said Pablo De Luca, founder of the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires. He estimates that 100,000 more gays and lesbians have visited Argentina as a result of the law.

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Argentina: Gay Weddings in Full Swing

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Sergio Donoso is gay and says he loves feathers. So on this day, in Andrea Pipkin’s party favors shop, he draped a white feather boa around his neck, donning plastic neon sunglasses and a goofy silver-topped hat. “I’m going with the feathers,” Donoso, 38, said. “I don’t care if it’s gay or not, I like it, and that’s it.”
His advisers cooed in approval.

“Precious, just precious,” Vanesa Marini said, checking off her to-do list.

And so it was all afternoon as Donoso, with Marini and her business associate, Miriam Perez, at his side, careered across the capital preparing for Donoso’s October wedding to Natalio Kusnir. The men have been partners for 17 years but now, after Argentine lawmakers in July made same-sex marriage legal, they will take the plunge.

Full Story from the Journal-Gazette

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Argentina: 100+ Gay/Lesbian Couples Married in 30 Days

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Over 100 gay and lesbian couples have married in the first 30 days since Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. Architect Juan Carlos Navarro, 54, and Miguel Angel Calefato, 65, inaugurated the law on Friday, July 30 in provincial Santiago del Estero.

The Navarro-Calefato wedding made history after it leapfrogged ahead of another couple, Alejandro Vanelli and Ernesto Larresse, who married two hours later in Buenos Aires.

Navarro said the couple was not driven by being first, but the desire to be legally married.
Seventy-two male couples and thirty-one female couples have also tied the knot during the law’s first 30 days.

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Argentina: Bishops Play the “What About the Children” Card

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The 20 bishops participating in the 156th meeting of the Permanent Committee of the Argentinean Bishops’ Conference recently discussed strategies for confronting the country’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage.

Speaking to reporters, the bishops’ spokesman, Father Jorge Oesterheld, said, “The bishops agreed that society is experiencing very profound cultural changes and that the Church must see how she can communicate better with society.”

He added that the bishops are very concerned about the impact of the law on gay “marriage” on the educational system, as the country has now recognized a new “understanding of the family.”

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Long-Term Gay Couple First to Marry in Argentina

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

A male couple together for 27 years were the first to marry in Argentina under a new law legalizing gay marriage. Architect Juan Carlos Navarro, 54, married his partner Miguel Angel Calefato, 65, in a ceremony that took place Friday at 7:30 AM in provincial Santiago del Estero.

“Respect has prevailed over prejudice,” Navarro told daily El Liberal.

He said the men shared an instant connection when they met nearly three decades ago while vacationing on a beach resort. The Navarro-Calefato wedding was poised to make history after it leapfrogged ahead of another couple set to marry in Mendoza on Saturday.

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Argentina: 57% Support New Gay Marriage Law

Monday, July 26th, 2010

An online survey has found that a majority of Argentinians approve of gay marriage. The survey was conducted by Argentina’s 110-year-old paper El Debate.

The paper asked: “A few hours ago and after prolonged discussion, Argentina became the first Latin American country that allows marriage between members of the same sex. Do you agree with this new law?” Fifty-seven percent of respondents to the poll said they agreed with the law, while 41 percent disagreed and the remainder said they had no opinion.

Argentina became the tenth country to legalize gay marriage last Wednesday when President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed the gay marriage law approved by lawmakers.

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Western Hemisphere Support for Marriage Equality Varies Widely

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Gay Marriage Support By CountryJoining South Africa, Canada and seven European countries, Argentina has now extended the full rights of marriage to gays and lesbians nationwide. The law, signed by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on July 21, 2010, means that civil registries can now process marriage licenses for gay couples with the first ceremony set for August 13 in Buenos Aires.

But gay marriage is also the subject of intense discussion across the Americas. Disputes are marked by sharply conflicting opinions among citizens, social organizations, religious groups, the highly influential Catholic Church, and policymakers. In Latin America, these debates have led to outcomes that vary sharply across countries.

Same-sex marriage is constitutionally banned in Honduras (2005), El Salvador (2009) and the Dominican Republic (2009). In Bolivia, the new Constitution (2009) limits legally recognized marriage to opposite-sex unions. In Costa Rica, the Supreme Court ruled against same-sex couples seeking the right to be legally married (2006), while a national referendum on the subject remains a possibility.

Full Story from the Americas Quarterly

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Argentina: First Gay Wedding to Be Held in City of Mendoza

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The City of Mendoza will host Argentina’s first gay wedding. Argentina became the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage on Wednesday when Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ratified the law approved by lawmakers.

Some reports stated that the first wedding was to be held in Buenos Aires on August 13.

But Argentina’s Los Andes is reporting that Medonza will beat the capital city with a wedding on July 31. Giorgio Nocentino, 44, and Jaime Zapata, 52, will tie the knot after 22 years together.

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Chile: Couple Asks to Be Married in Argentina

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

A Chilean couple is acting fast after hearing that the Argentinian government approved gay marriage this past Thursday. Already they have called the Civil Registry of Mendoza, Chile’s neighboring city, to inquire about marriage procedures.

Although the law was passed, it has not yet taken effect and there are minor issues to work out still. Tomorrow, for example, the law will be first published in the Official Bulletin. For this reason, the Chilean couple was asked to call back once things are ready.

To get married by law in the Civil Registry, couples will have to wait 20 days. If a couple wanted to get married by law at their ceremony, they would have to wait about a month in order to create a book of records among other procedures. Government minister of Mendoza Mario Adaro said that he personally instructed the Civil Registry offices to adapt the records for times when same-sex marriages are to occur.

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Argentina: President to Sign Gay Marriage Bill Wednesday

Monday, July 19th, 2010

On Wednesday, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is expected to ratify the marriage equality law approved by lawmakers late last week.

Maria Rachild, president of the Argentine federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans told members of the Argentine press “This morning, Chief of Staff Anibal Fernandez called us to say [President] Cristina Fernandez will promulgate the gay marriage law on Wednesday at an event to include gay rights groups”” Her group lobbied for the law.

Currently, President Fernandez is in China, and will not be able to ratify the bill until her return. The first marriages are expected to take place on 13 August in Buenos Aires.

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