ARGENTINA: Thousands take to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires for the cosmopolitan city's colourful gay pride parade

Record ID: 278017

  • Title: ARGENTINA: Thousands take to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires for the cosmopolitan city's colourful gay pride parade
  • Date: 10th November 2013
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 9, 2013) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF THE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANSSEXUALS (LGBT) GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CASA ROSADA (PINK HOUSE) PLATFORM SHOES WORN BY A PARADE PARTICIPANT VARIOUS OF GAY PRIDE PARADE PARTICIPANTS POSING FOR PICTURES VARIOUS OF LESBIAN PAINTING HER PARTNERS BODY LESBIAN COUPLE KISSING VARIOUS OF PARADE PART
  • Embargoed: 25th November 2013 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Entertainment,Politics,People
  • Reuters ID: LVARMUNI3Y0ADK9JZWBVKP72BHV
  • Story Text: Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexuals (LGBT) marched through the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday (November 9) to celebrate the twenty first year of Gay Pride.
    Unfazed by even the highest heels or the most inventive costumes, gays and lesbians met in front of the seat of government the "Casa Rosada," the pink house as the government building is called before marching.
    Argentina is a leader on gay, lesbian and transsexual rights in Latin America becoming the first Latin American country to allow same-sex civil unions in 2002 and the first country in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages in 2010.
    Despite progressive laws involving LGBT, many in the community feel they still battle negative stigma and outdated laws.
    "I think there is still a lot to be done," said participant Cristian Valenzuela.
    "The way one dresses or the way someone is is also another way of saying, hey, you can see the diversity that there is and how things are changing you have to start adapting to the new changes as well."
    Others participate not only to show their pride but to have a good time.
    "It is more than a protest and more than a march or a movement and I come not only because I am proud of being gay, of being a homosexual but also to feel good," said Gonzalo Barroso.
    Only a small number of countries permit same-sex marriage, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Canada. In the United States, homosexual couples can marry in fourteen states and in the District of Colombia.
    Same-sex couples in Mexico City have won the same rights as heterosexuals to marry and adopt children, under a law passed by city legislators. Uruguay allows same-sex couples to adopt children but not to marry.
    Argentina's cosmopolitan capital, Buenos Aires, is known as a "gay friendly" tourist destination.
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