The following parliamentarians signing below has adhered to the International Day Against the Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17. They are calling citizens to show at a concentration in the stairs of "Palacio Legislativo" (Uruguayan Parliament) at 7 PM to pay respect to the matter.

By Mark Potok

The infection is spreading. Like pus from a wound, hatred is seeping from the most virulent extremities of our society into the organs of American democracy. The body politic is at risk of falling ill.

For at least the sixth year in a row, the number of hate groups documented by the Intelligence Project has risen. There are now 844 of these groups operating in America. That's up 40% from 2000.

What's fueling the haters? Immigration mostly, as racist extremists organize in opposition to what foreigners are increasingly bringing to our shores — more human diversity and multiculturalism.

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I have the sensation that "El Partido Nacional" (Uruguayan second party in terms of voters) addressing matters such as abortion, cohabitation rights, rights for same-sex couples does not utterly welcome to new ideas (new thoughts) or social sensation.

If we get to talk about abortion, the value of life is still the value of life. Uruguay adhered to the San José Pact and life should always be considered as a legal entity since its very conception. This matter does not admit any sort of reinterpretation, according to "Partido Nacional".

What Irma from Buenos Aires, Nila from NYC, Miriam from México DF and Albert from Barcelona have in common?

Each of them found out by surprise that his/her son or daughter wasn't a heterosexual. By then they felt the world collapsing upon them, having all their dreams and expectancies for their child gone. They had no one to talk to, they felt ashamed, so much pain, sadness, fear and that something bad would happen to their children. But they did not stay there, after a time they got information and build a community for mutual support.

A social gathering took place last weekend at Molino de Perez to raise social consciousness towards making weed use legal in Uruguay. Currently there is a bill in the parliament being discussed about the benefit of legalization some sort of possession of certain amount of Marijuana for personal use. The political spectrum seems to have found it important to discuss a possible legal framework for use of the substance and the cultivation of the plant.

See Pictures of the event here .

28 April 2007

ANNOUNCEMENT OF BISHOPS

The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEP) voiced its opposition to the bill that will grant equality between unmarried straight and homosexual couples arguing that the bill "weakens or deforms …

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The question of whether grating rights to the unmarried was brought in a newspaper related to the Opus Dei.

In Punta del Este the gay beach is Chihuahua (registered officially as a Nude Beach, so you might even meet open minded European families with little kids there and straight people discovered it like 15 years ago), almost across the airport from Punta, if you want to see who is there from the gay community it's the place to go. There is lots of 'action' in the bushes/dunes in summertime but in June mid winter in Uruguay you may find people cruising in cars.