Gay rights in Argentina
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In Argentina, gay couples can enter into civil unions in the province of Buenos Aires , the federal district of Buenos Aires city, and the Río Negro province. These unions provide many of the same rights and privileges as that of married couples, however adoption of children is not among them.
There are no national anti-discrimination laws, but the city of Buenos Aires and the city of Rosario have laws which protect homosexuals from some discrimination. The age of consent for homosexuals is equal to that for heterosexuals.[1]
Until 1980, there were remnents of a repressive police force, which targeted homosexual persons who acted too gay and transvesdites in the streets. This was made worse by the last authoritative regime. Today, this has been made flexibilized.
There is no clear public policy about health issues like AIDS-prevention programs. There are many taxy boys (rent boys) in certain streets at night that do not have AIDS exam certification card. There is a large number of public baths and gay cinemas without sanitary restrictions.
Legislation will be presented in Argentina's Parliament this fall that would give same-sex couples all of the rights of marriage. A poll released this week shows that three-quarters of those surveyed in the capital believe gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. Only 25 percent disagreed [1].
Sodomy was decriminalized in Argentina in 1886.[2]
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