Tag: gay civil union

• Monday, August 26th 2013 - 02:30 UTC

  First gay couple, Sergio and Rodolfo officially married in Uruguay

  

  The first gay couple to register to marry in Uruguay when a new equal marriage law took effect on 5 August, have married as gay rights activists celebrate in the country. Sergio Miranda and Rodrigo Borda married in Montevideo last Thursday accompanied by 30 friends and family, US Ambassador Julissa Reynoso and around a hundred members of the media.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 02:26 UTC

  Uruguay becomes second Latam country to legalize gay marriage

  

  The Uruguayan parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalise gay marriage, becoming the second country in Latin America to do so, after Argentina. The bill was approved by more than two-thirds of the lower chamber, despite opposition from the Catholic Church.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 09:24 UTC

  Sao Paulo: 46 same-sex couples register their civil union and receive religious blessing

  

  The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo organized a collective ‘gay partnership day’ in which 46 couples had their relationship registered as a civil union, followed by a religious blessing and an all night party.