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A colourful Gay Pride parade A transvestite blows a kiss before the Gay Pride parade Thousands of people marched in Argentina's Gay Pride parade on Saturday. They were celebrating the country's status as the first in Latin America to legalise same-sex marriage and vowing to campaign for new rights for transgender people. More than 500 same-sex couples have been married since President Cristina Fernandez signed the law on July 21, said Esteban Paulo - president of the Argentine Lesbians, Gay, Bi and Transgender Federation. The gay marriage law has been a boom for tourism, said Pablo De Luca - founder of the Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires. He estimated that 100,000 more gays and lesbians have visited Argentina as a result of the law. "It's the same kind of increase that happened in South Africa, Canada and Madrid after they legalised gay marriage. "We want to travel to a country where we don't feel like we have to hide our sexuality," said De Luca. A woman poses for a picture before the Gay Pride parade Gay and lesbian couples still face discrimination - some civil servants have been unwilling to sign their marriage licenses and the judicial system is slow to approve adoptions by them. Argentina's dominant Roman Catholic Church remains opposed. The theme of Saturday's parade, held in Buenos Aires, was "Let's go for more" - specifically, a "gender identity" law to enable individuals to change their gender on birth certificates and identity cards. Source and photos: AP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
