Lesbians register Mexico's 1st gay union
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A lesbian couple registered what officials called Mexico's first gay civil union on Wednesday in the northern city of Saltillo.
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Uruguay's Congress approves a bill which could make it the first Latin American country to allow civil unions.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Emma de RamÃÂ³n recently bought a condo here. But even before she moved in, she said, everyone in the building knew one fact about her: She's gay.
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Two men celebrate South Africa's first gay wedding on the day the law allowing same-sex unions takes effect.
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Homosexual couples in Colombia have the right to share communal property, the Constitutional Court rules.
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France's first gay and lesbian television station was to go to air, beaming a steady diet of homosexual porn, daily repeats of &quot;Wonder Woman&quot; and English language comedies into subscribers' homes.
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Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay...
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China, where homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder until 2001, has opened its first hotline for lesbians following the success of a service for gay men, state media reported on Wednesday.
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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples when the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.
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US actress Tori Spelling conducts her first same-sex union after applying for permission over the internet.
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A controversial law that would give gay  and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt  children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist  government Friday.
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Gay couples in New Hampshire can start applying for many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage as early as January under a law Gov. John Lynch signed Thursday establishing civil unions.
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A lesbian couple who wed in Canada were to learn yesterday whether an Irish court would hear their case to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.
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Mexico's defeated candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is inaugurated as president of a "parallel government".
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A divorce law comes into effect in Chile on Thursday, despite strong opposition from the Church.
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Gays across France are celebrating the launch of the country's first television channel for homosexuals, anticipating a pink mixture of fashion, travel, talk, cult movies, music and soap operas.