Tag: Gay

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands' veteran discharged because of his sexuality suing MoD for the return of his medals

  

  A Falklands veteran forced out of the Royal Navy over his sexuality plans to sue for the return of military honours. Joe Ousalice, 68, served for nearly 18 years but was discharged in 1993 when there was a ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Left hand fingers' test and a propensity to be lesbian

  

  Women whose left index and ring fingers are different lengths are more likely to be lesbians, a study suggests. Scientists measured the fingers of 18 pairs of female identical twins, where one was straight and the other gay.

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 14:17 UTC

  March for Diversity illuminates Montevideo in favor of LGBT culture

  

  Since 2006, the March for Diversity illuminates every year the most important avenue in Montevideo with a 'comparsa' of thousands of people who dance, celebrate and shout slogans in favor of policies for the rights of the LGBT community. In this year's edition, held on Friday, many marched with yellow and red handkerchiefs, colors chosen by the movements of activists in favor of the so-called trans law, which is under discussion in the Uruguayan Parliament. Diplomatic figures such as the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada participated in this march with their own posters and slogans.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 16:07 UTC

  Argentina military approve first gay officers marriage; second couple waiting

  

  An Argentine Lieutenant colonel and an Army captain will become the first gay military couple to marry since Argentina legalized such unions last year.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 14:51 UTC

  Argentina’s first gay-lesbian cruise leaves Buenos Aires December 2011

  

  Argentina’s first official gay ‘Ego’ cruise will leave the port of Buenos Aires December 2011 and will be calling at Uruguay’s capital Montevideo and the international resort of Punta del Este, it was announced by organizers in the Argentine capital.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 04:30 UTC

  Argentine gay community campaigning for a “gender identity” law

  

  Under the motto “let’s go for more” Argentina’s gay and lesbian community is campaigning for a “gender identity” law to enable individuals to change their gender on birth certificates and identity cards.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  First Pink Point LGTB in South America opens in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has been dubbed the new “gay mecca” of South America, and the Argentine Ministry of Tourism is running with it, according to an article published by LGBT contributed by Roy Heale.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 01:49 UTC

  Fidel admits ‘full responsibility’ for the ‘unjust’ persecution of gays and lesbians

  

  Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro acknowledges the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Revolution, according to an interview published Tuesday in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 14:45 UTC

  Proposal in Chile to legalize same sex marriage “to install the debate in society”

  

  Socialist Sen. Fulvio Rossi announced Sunday that he will present a law to the Senate on Tuesday to legalize same sex marriage in Chile. The announcement was made at a press conference one day after Santiago Archbishop Francisco Javier Errázuriz publicly called the idea of marriage between two people of the same sex “an outrage,” referring to Argentina’s initiative.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:03 UTC

  The first two male couples marry in Argentina under recently approved law

  

  An actor and his agent sealed Friday in Buenos Aires their 34-year relationship and years of struggle to have their rights acknowledged as they became the first same-sex couple to be married under Argentine law.