OutInUruguay.com is for all people, lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and straight. Everyone is welcome Out In Uruguay. http://www.outinuruguay.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:46:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.outinuruguay.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.outinuruguay.com OutInUruguay.com is for all people, lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and straight. Everyone is welcome Out In Uruguay. http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/world-articles/all-homosexuals-should-be-stoned-to-death-says-muslim-preacher-of.html All homosexuals should face stoning to death, a Muslim preacher of hate declared yesterday.Anjem Choudary, the firebrand cleric who wants to see Britain ruled by Sharia law, said such a regime was the only way to fix the country's ills.Under it, adulterers and homosexuals would be killed by stoning. Asked if that would include anybody - even a Cabinet minister such as Business Secretary Lord Mandelson - Choudary responded with an astonishing diatribe.Read entire article on dailymail.co.uk (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163510/All-homosexuals-stoned-death-says-Muslim-preacher-hate.html) Articles - World Articles Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:29:07 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/riding-the-atlantics-waves-2.html Gauchos take Kate Kellaway on a week-long trail ride along Uruguay's stunning coast, and teach her how to herd cattle on a working farmOur guide stood in front of a map of South America and pointed to Uruguay, squeezed next to Brazil and tiny in comparison. Look, it is heart-shaped, she said. Patting herself on the chest, she added: We have big hearts here. It was a line that from the wrong lips would have sounded contrived, but five days into one of the most wonderful riding experiences of my life, what Rosa said was incontrovertibly true. Uruguay, as well as being heart-shaped, is beautiful - a green and uncrowded land (with a population of only 3 million).Read the entire article on guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/mar/22/uruguay-travel) Articles - Uruguay Articles Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:34:44 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/latin-america-articles/argentine-campaign-urges-catholics-to-quit-c.html Wed Mar 4, 2009 2:48pm EST — BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In an effort to reduce the church's political influence, Argentine atheists and feminists are spearheading a drive to get people who were baptized Roman Catholic but disagree with the church's politics to formally renounce their faith.The Not in my Name Internet campaign, also called Collective Apostasy, encourages people who are Catholic in name only to write to the bishops where they were baptized to officially register that they have left the church.Read the entire article on reuters.com (http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5235X420090304) Articles - Latin America Articles Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:20:33 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/world-articles/kralev-gay-travel-endures-amid-recession-2.html Monday, March 16, 2009 — The travel industry seems to be engaged in a curious courtship. Its targets are gay travelers. During a recession, they apparently are the one group that doesn't change leisure habits too much, so airlines, hotels and tour operators are trying to win their business.Courting gay customers is nothing new, of course. A few years ago, the creators of the popular Showtime series Queer as Folk, Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, told me that, during their research for an episode, they had discovered that gay Americans had hundreds of billions of dollars of disposable income.Read the entire article on washingtontimes.com (http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/16/kralev-gay-travel-endures-amid-recession/) Articles - World Articles Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:17:18 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/world-articles/separation-anxiety-gay-couples-should-be-allowed-to-stay-together-in-the-united-s-2.html Monday, March 16, 2009; Page A16 — THE UNITING American Families Act would allow gay and lesbian Americans and permanent residents to sponsor their foreign-born partners for legal residency in the United States. The bill, introduced last month in the Senate by Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and in the House by Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), would add permanent partner and permanent partnership after the words spouse and marriage in relevant sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If passed, it would right a gross unfairness.Read the entire article on washingtonpost.com (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/15/AR2009031501669.html?referrer=emailarticle) Articles - World Articles Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:11:50 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/world-articles/obama-decriminalize-homosexuality-worldwide-2.html March 18, 2009 3:41 PM — ABC News' Kirit Radia reports: The Obama administration said today it will sign on to a United Nations declaration calling for the decriminalization of homosexuality around the world.The move is a reversal of the position taken by the Bush administration, which refused to sign onto the document when it was first circulated late last year. It has already been endorsed by 66 other countries, including the entire European Union, Japan, Australia, and Mexico.Read the entire article on abcnews.com (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2009/03/obama-decrimina.html) Articles - World Articles Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:53:38 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/human-rights-articles/army-discharged-11-in-january-for-being-gay-2.html The Army discharged 11 soldiers in January alone under its failed Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy: Democratic Rep. Jim Moran said he has requested monthly updates from the Pentagon on the impact of the policy until it is repealed. In a statement released on Thursday, Moran said the discharged soldiers included an intelligence collector, a military police officer, four infantry personnel, a health care specialist, a motor-transport operator and a water-treatment specialist. 'How many more good soldiers are we willing to lose due to a bad policy that makes us less safe and secure?' asked Moran, a member of the House panel that oversees military spending. Read the entire article on Towleroad.com (http://www.towleroad.com/2009/03/army-discharged-11-in-january-for-being-gay.html) Articles - Human Rights Articles Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:31:45 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/latin-america-articles/argentina-lifts-military-gay-ban-2.html Argentina’s military decriminalized homosexuality and lifted its gay ban Feb. 27. Part of an overhaul of the military justice system, the change was approved by Parliament last year and took effect six months after passage.U.S.-based Latino-issues blogger Andrés Duque called the move “one more LGBT rights development in a Latin American nation that leapfrogs over current U.S. policy.”Gays in the U.S. military are required to remain in the closet under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Prior to that time, gays were not allowed in the U.S. military at all.Read the complete article on SFBayTimes.com (http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article article_id=10268) Articles - Latin America Articles Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:48:04 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/latin-america-articles/colombia-equal-rights-for-same-sex-partners-2.html BOGOTA, Mar 2 (IPS) - Members of the gay civil rights advocacy group Colombia Diversa just celebrated their fifth anniversary with a big event, which the occasion clearly merited due to a recent landmark decision by the Constitutional Court recognising equal rights for heterosexual and same-sex partners in common-law unions.With the ruling, the Court took a historic leap with regard to the rights of gays and lesbians, granting same-sex partners all of the guarantees and benefits offered to unmarried heterosexual couples, except adoption, and placing Colombia at the forefront in Latin America in terms of legal recognition of the rights of gays and lesbians. Marcela Sánchez, a lesbian activist who heads Colombia Diversa, told IPS that the legal decision handed down by the Court in late January marked the end of a long battle for equal rights for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community. Read the complete article at IPSNews.com (http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45944) Articles - Latin America Articles Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:39:55 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/latin-america-articles/gays-in-latin-america-is-the-closet-half-e-2.html After years of lagging behind, gay rights movements in Latin America are coming out into the mainstream.Most analysts haven't noticed, but a major social revolution is taking place in Latin America. The region is becoming gayer. It's not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin America (we would never know). Rather, the region is becoming more gay-friendly. A generation ago, Latin America was the land of the closet and the home of the macho. Today, movements fighting for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are taking advantage of the region's more globalized, open regimes. They are promoting their cause through smart, mainstream political and economic alliances. So, though closets and machos are still ubiquitous, Latin America is now the site of some of the most pro-gay legislation in the developing world.Gay rights expanded in democratic Western Europe starting in the late 1960s, and in the United States more gradually since the 1970s. Despite being democratic and kind-of-Western, Latin America lagged behind. Then, in the late 1990s, legislation started to change. In 1998, Ecuador's new constitution introduced protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 1999, Chile decriminalized same-sex intercourse. Rio de Janeiro's state legislature banned sexual-orientation discrimination in public and private establishments in 2000. In 2002, Buenos Aires guaranteed all couples, regardless of gender, the right to register civil unions.Read the complete article at ForeignPolicy.com (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4713) Articles - Latin America Articles Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:32:20 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/positive-vibe-progressive-outlook-2.html Mellow Montevideo takes Latin American lead in honouring sexual diversity MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY–Tucked away down a lane in the Old City is a tiny parkette surrounded by murals.Sun-baked and blasted with bone-rattling construction sounds from the highrise next door, the Sexual Diversity plaza is not a comfortable hangout on this warm spring day, but it's a landmarkIn 2005, it became the first known monument honouring sexual minorities in Latin America – and it's located in the capital city of the first Latin American country to legislate same-sex civil unions nationwide. Read the complete article at TheStar.com (http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/600522) Articles - Uruguay Articles Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:26:56 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/gay-ghettos-in-uruguay-2.html Most urban places might have visually a gay ghetto. Nevertheless Montevideo being the biggest and most populated city of the country does not follow this trend. Articles - Uruguay Articles Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:45:02 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/secularity-of-state-2.html One important aspect of the Uruguayan Constitution is to establish that any religion can be practised in the country no matter which, and the State declares itself as non confessional. The freedom of cult and secularity of State came into force by the begining of last century being a huge step foward religious freedom in a Latin country. Still not even Brazil, Argentina or any other latinamerican country are deemed to be secular. Articles - Uruguay Articles Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:35:59 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/human-rights/uruguay-first-latin-american-country-to-legalize-civil-u-3.html (Montevideo) The lower house in Uruguay's Congress passed legislation Thursday allowing same and opposite-sex couples to form civil unions. A similar bill has already passed the Senate. The two measures need to be harmonized into a single bill and receive a final vote - something considered only a formality. The measure is expected to become law next month. The measure was a campaign promise of the ruling leftist coalition. Same-sex marriage will remain illegal in Uruguay, something LGBT rights groups say they will continue to fight. But, they say the civil union bill is a major step in the right direction in a region where the Catholic Church dominates much of everyday life. Under the legislation couples would have be together for at least five years and sign a registry. They would then receive pension, inheritance and parenting rights. In neighboring Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state which lies along the border, passed civil union legislation in 2004, two years after Buenos Aires passed a similar law. Civil unions also are legal in Mexico City and Coahuila state. But this would make Uruguay the first country in Latin America to have a national civil union law. 365Gay.com News - Human Rights Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:59:25 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/montevideo/abortion-anniversary-in-latam-and-the-caribbean-3.html 8.697 citizens have signed that we have had an abortion too   NOSOTRAS Y NOSOTROS TAMBIÉN ABORTAMOS   Place of Concentration: PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA, Montevideo. Date: Friday 28th September at 6:30 PM (Uruguayan Time) News - Montevideo Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:49:49 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/department-20-articles/faqs-about-dual-citizenship-nationality-pass.html 1- Is it possible for a person born in Uruguay to hold two or more nationalities (Passport/s)? 2- What happens with the ones born outside Uruguay, can these hold Uruguayan nationality in addition to other/s (Passport/s) ? 3- Am I intended to renounce my original or current citizenship when I naturalized as an Uruguayan national? 4- How could I know if I will be able to keep my original or current nationality despite the fact of formal renouncement? 5- Am I entitled to an Uruguayan Passport upon acquisition of Uruguayan nationality? 6- What passport am I to use when I travel from or to Uruguay? 7- Do I obtain any tax breaks in Uruguay because of Uruguayan nationality? Articles - Department 20 Articles Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:56:57 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay/civil-union-legislation-stalls-in-uruguay-parlament-3.html Any improvements in benefits for same-sex couples appear to be a long way off in Uruguay. Conservatives within President Tabaré Vazquez's Center-Left government have managed to delay the introduction of a bill to provide limited rights to gay and lesbian couples along with unmarried opposite-sex couples until the executive branch provides the possibility to grant some rights in the bill that must be authorized from the national government such as social security benefits. News - Uruguay Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:27:24 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/sexual-minority/montevideo-gathering-to-remember-stonewall-3.html Next Thursday 28th June a Public Gathering will take place to Remember Stonewell (http://uruguayescribe.com/2007/06/25/comunicado-recibido-de-intergrupal-gltb-del-uruguay/) Place: Plaza Libertad; also called Cagancha Square (18 de Julio Street) Montevideo Time: 7 PM (Uruguayan Time) Beware of the climate conditions as it is an outdoors activity. News - Sexual Minority Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:31:28 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/sexual-minority/letter-from-uruguayan-lawmakers-in-regards-to-the-international-day-against-homop-3.html 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. News - Sexual Minority Wed, 16 May 2007 22:29:39 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay/marriage-is-pure-3.html 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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Convention_on_Human_Rights) 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 . News - Uruguay Sun, 13 May 2007 22:26:48 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/world-articles/bilingualism-promotes-a-better-understanding.html I have always seen bilingualism as a very useful tool for life. It's good for better employment opportunities, traveling, and business. Now, I believe it goes beyond being just a tool, but bilingualism is a methodology unto itself to help build an understanding, integration and unity amongst human-beings, cultures, experiences and life itself. It is a methodology that enables us to understand, share or condemn (having factual reasons about) values of different cultures. Articles - World Articles Fri, 11 May 2007 22:22:00 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/sexual-minority/families-for-sexual-diversity-convention-in-monte.html 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. Articles - Sexual Minority Wed, 09 May 2007 21:52:48 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/montevideo/movement-towards-legalizing-marijuana-4.html 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 (http://galeria.universia.edu.uy/thumbnails.php?album=146) here (http://galeria.universia.edu.uy/thumbnails.php?album=146) (http://galeria.universia.edu.uy/thumbnails.php?album=146) . News - Montevideo Wed, 09 May 2007 01:29:37 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay/rights-for-unmarried-couples-3.html The question of whether grating rights to the unmarried was brought in a newspaper related to the Opus Dei. News - Uruguay Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:29:48 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/gay-beaches.html 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. Articles - Uruguay Articles Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:33:12 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay/index-of-economic-freedom-2.html When doing research about corruption indexes for Uruguay I stumble across with the Index of Economic Freedom (http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Uruguay) in Uruguay that I believe vital to read. News - Uruguay Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:47:46 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/montevideo/libraries-and-bookstores.html (http://www.alianza.edu.uy) Where to go if you need books in English? What are the possibilities to find a book store? Can I get a place to read a newspaper from the United States and certain publications? Is there anywhere to go to find specific reading material? Articles - Montevideo Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:42:23 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/healthcare-system.html If you are moving to Uruguay it is advisable that you do not purchase international health insurance valid for a long period of time before you move out here because you will spend a lot money and effort by doing so. we recommend that you buy local insurance once in Uruguay as it is significantly less expensive and of good quality. Articles - Uruguay Articles Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:06:03 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/uruguay-articles/taking-time-off-in-uruguay.html If you are considering taking some time off in another country remember this:  1. Uruguay is a Latin Aamerican country but not of a hot temperature place like Mexico or Costa Rica. Many similarities with some Argentine regions, featuring cheap prices -housing, restaurants, food in general, leisure, Higher Education (private)- with the exception that no kidnapings or serious security problems take place at all across Uruguay.       Articles - Uruguay Articles Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:10:59 +0100 http://www.outinuruguay.com/en/montevideo/dog-friendly-city.html What's the best place to hang out with our pets? The park, the promenade, the seashore?All of these options are available here (among others we may be forgetting to mention) for you to make.The city dwellers do actually love animals and create a feeling of love and respect towards them. Articles - Montevideo Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:42:24 +0100