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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)