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Costa Rica high court blocks gay unions referendum
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 8/12/2010, 8:14 AM
QUICK LOOK: Costa Rica's top court has blocked the electoral tribunal from holding a referendum that would have let voters decide if same-sex civil unions should be allowed in the... (MORE)

Gays seeking asylum in U.S. feed growing caseload
Boston Globe, Posted: 10/20/2008, 12:37 PM
QUICK LOOK: In her sister's spacious home in Chelsea, Delmy Berganza sat at the kitchen table one recent day and talked openly about life as a lesbian. In her native El Salvador,... (MORE)
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Bishop attacks Equador's pro-gay draft constitution
Associated Press (AP), Posted: 7/31/2008, 5:31 PM
QUICK LOOK: A top Roman Catholic official said the country's draft constitution is incompatible with the faith because of its provisions on abortion and same-sex unions. A special... (MORE)
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Gay HIV-poz El Salvadoran denied asylum in Canada
Xtra (Canada), Posted: 5/13/2008, 9:08 AM
QUICK LOOK: Time is running out for an HIV-positive gay man who's been denied refugee status. Joaquín Ramirez is scheduled for deportation to El Salvador — where he says he'll... (MORE)
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Toronto Star, Posted: 4/14/2008, 10:58 AM
QUICK LOOK: Joaquin Ramirez is afraid to be sent home to his native El Salvador and face the three police officers that he claims raped him in a sugarcane field two years ago. The 39-year-old HIV-positive man... (MORE)
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Panama's top police officer says out gays can serve
Blabbeando, Posted: 4/5/2008, 12:10 PM
QUICK LOOK: The chief of Panama's National Police said on a radio show that gays could join the police department as long as they followed the Constitution, the law and the regulations... (MORE)
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Guatemala soccer coach not 'faggot' despite kiss
Blabbeando, Posted: 11/16/2007, 9:36 PM
QUICK LOOK: As a number of Latin American sports journalists were interviewing Hernán Darío Gómez in advance of Sunday's friendly match between Guatemala and Honduras at the Miami... (MORE)
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Blabbeando, Posted: 11/15/2007, 10:33 AM
QUICK LOOK: In a surprising and historic development when it comes to LGBT rights in the region, gay Nicaraguans woke up yesterday to the news that consensual sex with their partners will no longer be a crime... (MORE)
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Associated Press (AP), Posted: 9/20/2007, 11:39 AM
QUICK LOOK: Gays in Costa Rica will not be able to adopt children if a legislative commission succeeds in including a prohibition in the Family Code. The decision was disclosed yesterday by the president of... (MORE)
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Gay Nicaraguan hides to avoid Canadian deportation
CBC News, Posted: 8/15/2007, 6:26 PM
QUICK LOOK: A young Nicaraguan man who says he fears he will be killed in his home country because of his sexual orientation has gone into hiding in Toronto after his latest bid... (MORE)
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Board orders gay Nicaraguan deported from Canada
Canadian Press (CP), Posted: 8/10/2007, 10:57 AM
QUICK LOOK: A Nicaraguan national who fears persecution in his homeland because of his sexual orientation was ordered deported yesterday by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board... (MORE)
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Costa Rican president ends ban on gay blood donors
Inside Costa Rica, Posted: 7/31/2007, 9:31 AM
QUICK LOOK: The gay community in Costa Rica wants to express their appreciation to president Oscar Arias, for signing the executive decree that allows homosexuals and bisexuals to... (MORE)
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Across Latin America, Gay Pride events make history
Blabbeando, Posted: 7/4/2007, 12:21 AM
QUICK LOOK: Pride marches and related events took place all over Latin America over the weekend, marking a strengthening movement and sometimes up against skinhead threats. Events... (MORE)
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Gay Nicaraguan teen runaway wins reprieve in Canada
Globe & Mail (Canada), Posted: 2/12/2007, 6:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: Alvaro Orozco, a gay Nicaraguan teen runaway who faced imminent removal from Canada after his asylum bid was rejected, has won a last-minute reprieve. The Canadian Justice ... (MORE)
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Canada says Nicaraguan teen refugee 'not gay'
Toronto Star, Posted: 2/8/2007, 11:35 AM
QUICK LOOK: Toronto's gay community is rising to the defense of a gay runaway from Nicaragua who faces deportation after losing his asylum claim because "he did not have any same-sex ... (MORE)
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