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RIGHTS-MEXICO: "Yes, I Do" Want a Same-Sex Marriage Licence
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - Emma Villanueva and her partner lined up at the civil registry office in the Mexican capital to register for a marriage licence Thursday, the day that Latin America's first same-sex marriage law went into effect.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign against gay people.
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CUBA: Wendy - Reconciling the Inner and Outer Image
By Dalia Acosta
HAVANA - It was as if she had only closed her eyes for a moment. When Wendy Iriepa came round after surgery over a year ago, she tried to get up as if nothing had happened, but a nurse gently pushed her back into bed. "All done?" she asked, and the nurse replied, "Yes."
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MALAWI: Love That Dares To Speak Its Name
By Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE - The traditional engagement ceremony of two men on Dec. 26, 2009 has created controversy in conservative Malawi. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested two days after their engagement and remain in police custody, facing long jail terms.
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Q&A: Defining - and Defying - the 'Most Proper Way' to be Sexual
Christi van der Westhuizen interviews MELISSA STEYN, author and professor of diversity studies
CAPE TOWN - "The Prize and The Price - Shaping Sexualities in South Africa" is the first book of its kind in South Africa to unpack the ideology behind the enforcement of "acceptable" versions of sex, gender and sexuality.
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ARGENTINA: First Same-Sex Marriage in Latin America
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - After a months-long legal battle, two gay men in Argentina became the first homosexuals to marry in Latin America, in a wedding that took place in the southernmost province, Tierra del Fuego, the only one governed by a woman.
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MEXICO: Green Light for Gay Marriage, Adoption in Capital
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican capital's local parliament has authorised marriage between same-sex partners, a measure covering the eight million people in Mexico City proper. Adoption by gay couples will also be allowed.
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RIGHTS-NICARAGUA: An Ombudswoman for Sexual Diversity
By José Adán Silva
MANAGUA - At last, homosexuals in Nicaragua have someone to uphold their rights: an ombudswoman for sexual diversity has been appointed to defend the rights of the gay community, estimated to number half a million people.
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RIGHTS: U.N. Still to Accredit Its First U.S. LGBT Group
By Marguerite A. Suozzi
UNITED NATIONS - Sixty-one years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sexual orientation and gender identity still pose a threat to the dignity and sovereignty of individuals around the world.
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RIGHTS-AFRICA: Judges Address How Law Can Assist HIV Response
By Saaleha Bamjee-Mayet
JOHANNESBURG - In Ghana, because the stigmatisation against gay men is so great, many are forced to have sexual relationships with women to escape prejudice and homophobic violence.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality Bill Means 'Targeted Killings'
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA - Uganda will be going back to the days of the Idi Amin regime if it passes a Bill which will arrest or kill people for being gay or lesbian and for repeatedly engaging in homosexual sex, say rights activists.
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Q&A: Punitive Laws Problematic For HIV Response - UNAIDS
Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi interviews UNAIDS senior advisor for human rights and law, SUSAN TIMBERLAKE, on the criminalisation of HIV transmission.
ARUSHA - The East African Community is currently developing a law to guide the region’s response to HIV/AIDS. The move comes ahead of the commencement of the East Africa common market protocol.
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WORLD AIDS DAY: Groups Urge Repeal of "Antiquated Colonial Laws"
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - On the heels of a new report by UNAIDS that the HIV virus is now infecting Caribbean men and women at an equal rate, activist groups are urging regional leaders to eliminate laws that further the stigmatisation associated with the deadly virus.
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Although progress towards respect for sexual diversity has been made in a number of countries and in international law, in many parts of the world, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face serious threats to their life and liberty.

Even in countries where legislation recognising the rights of sexual minorities has been passed, discrimination and social stigma are widespread.