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The fifth edition of

The latest issue Sexualidades No. 5: A Working Paper Series on Latin American and Caribbean Sexualities is out: The fifth edition of the trilingual online journal, Trajectories of Male coupling in Mexico City: An exploration based on sexual biographies by Gabriel Gallego Montes is now available on the IRN website.

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State sponsored homophobia

ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association publishes the 4rth edition of its report and maps on State Sponsored Homophobia throughout the world based on research by Daniel Ottosson.

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Habemus equal marriage

This fundamental step in the legal recognition of LGBT rights in Argentina results from an intense work of activism: political, academic and social. Read article by researchers Carlos Figari and Mario Pecheny about the new argentine law that incorporates same-sex couples into civil marriage, with the same rights and obligations, including adoption.

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A queer calculation

SHORTLY after 4 a.m. on the frigid morning of July 15th, Argentina became the first country in Latin America to permit gay marriages nationwide, and to allow homosexual couples to adopt children. After over 14 hours of debate and fierce legislative arm-twisting, the Senate voted 33 to 27 to approve the bill. (Published on The Economist online)

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Abortion realities

While data released by the National Abortion Survey shows that 15 percent (nearly 5.3 million) of Brazilian women have had an induced abortion, a Federal Legislative Commission approves the “Statute of the Unborn” Bill. If approved, it would establish that human life begins at conception and, therefore, should be protected by law