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MEXICO
Supreme Court Upholds Non-Discrimination Against Gays
By Daniela Pastrana
MEXICO CITY - In the last two weeks, Mexico's Supreme Court has taken two fundamental steps in recognising the rights of gays and lesbians. On Monday, it voted to uphold a Mexico City law that allows same-sex couples to adopt.
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ARGENTINA
Transvestite Magazine Fights Media Stereotypes
By Sebastián Lacunza
BUENOS AIRES - The magazine El Teje, which is published in the Argentine capital and presents itself as "the first transvestite publication in Latin America," has been fighting the stigmatisation of the trans community for nearly three years.
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COSTA RICA
Gays Unite Against Referendum on Civil Unions
By Daniel Zueras
SAN JOSÉ - Human rights organisations and the gay community in Costa Rica have joined forces to try to block a referendum on a law for civil unions between partners of the same sex.
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LGBT Groups Slow to Gain Formal Recognition at UN
By Genevieve Marie Ilg
UNITED NATIONS - Gay rights organisations are heartened by the official United Nations accreditation granted to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHR) last week, after a prolonged three-year struggle.
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KENYA
HIV Strain Among Gays Same as Strain in Heterosexuals
By Isaiah Esipisu
NAIROBI - Because of societal pressure and the criminality associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kenya, Omondi Maina* married a woman. This is despite being involved in a homosexual relationship for the last 10 years.
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ARGENTINA
Being Gay No Longer a Bar to Marriage
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina is officially the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to marry, with the passage of a law Thursday that also permits gay couples to adopt children and to use assisted fertilisation to conceive a baby, rights that were hitherto restricted to heterosexual couples.
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FILM
Daring to Be Gay in Small Town USA
By Amanda Bransford
NEW YORK - Washington, D.C. residents Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer weren't expecting to become filmmakers when they placed an announcement of their wedding in Wilson's hometown newspaper.
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CHINA
Wives of Gays Struggle Alone
By Kit Gillet
BEIJING - Wang Yibing had been married three years before she found out her husband was gay. He had known all along, yet, like many homosexual men in China, had chosen to enter into a traditional marriage to reduce the pressure he was feeling from his family and society.
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BURMA
HIV Infection on the Rise Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
By Mon Mon Myat
RANGOON - The only son in his family, Maung Maung Oo was forced to marry when he was 24 years old. By then he had been carrying on a sexual relationship with a man for four years – which he continued even after his marriage.
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MALAWI
Gay Couple Released After Presidential Pardon
By Laure Pichegru
JOHANNESBURG - Five months and a day after their arrest, the gay Malawian couple who dared to publicly declare their union with a traditional engagement party were pardoned by the president and released without conditions.
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URUGUAY
Job Training Moves "Trans" Off Streets to Better Future
By Marta Moss
MONTEVIDEO - Ruler in hand, Fabiana draws lines with a pencil on orange cardboard, occasionally pushing her curly hair away from her eyes. Next to her, Fernanda fashions a colourful cardboard box, a prototype for what their cooperative will ultimately produce in large quantities.
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Malawi Gays Had No Chance 
By Claire Ngozo 
LILONGWE - Rejecting the argument that the arrest and trial of Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga amounted to a violation of their rights to freedom of conscience and expression as protected by Malawi's constitution, Blantyre chief resident magistrate Nyakwawa Usiwa Usiwa sentenced the two men to 14 years hard labour for "unnatural acts" and "gross indecency".
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Malawi Gay Couple Found Guilty of Love
By IPS Correspondents*
CAPE TOWN - On May 18, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga, the two men arrested in December after their traditional engagement party, were convicted of "unnatural acts" and "gross indecency" under colonial-era laws that remain in Malawi's penal code.
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Although progress towards respect for sexual diversity has been made in a number of countries and in international law, in many parts of the world, lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face serious threats to their life and liberty.

Even in countries where legislation recognising the rights of sexual minorities has been passed, discrimination and social stigma are widespread.