Buenos Aires Argentina

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Two Argentine men who will soon wed in Latin America's first legal same-sex marriage hope it will pave the way for other homosexual couples in Argentina to marry. Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello were granted a marriage license last week by a judge who overruled a ban on gay marriages in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, arguing it was unconstitutional. The couple are HIV positive and plan to marry on December 1 on World Aids Day. "We're very happy, but also very nervous because we feel an enormous responsibility," Freyre told Reuters on Tuesday night. "It's a historic ... Read Full Story

Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that ban on gay marriage violates Argentina's constitution. "On December 1st we will become man and man," said Di Bello, welling up in tears as a city clerk gave him the paperwork. Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said the city will not appeal — in effect inviting other same-sex couples to pursue their rights in court as well. "We ... Read Full Story

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Latin America's first gay marriage will be held on World AIDS Day on December 1, the Argentine couple, who are both HIV positive, said Monday. "We will become husband and husband," said Alejandro Freyre, 39, and Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, after they were given the date by the Buenos Aires registry office. An Argentine judge on Friday paved the way for the couple to marry in a first for Latin America, the world's biggest Catholic region. The wedding will take place in the same registry office where the couple were turned away in April because they are both men. Now they will have ... Read Full Story

An Argentine judge paved the way for gay marriage when she granted a homosexual couple permission to marry in a first for Latin America, the world's biggest Catholic region. Buenos Aires, known for its active if low-key gay movement, became the region's first city to approve civil unions for gay couples in 2002. It was followed by Villa Carlos Paz in the north and the southern province of Rio Negro. Those civil unions grant gay couples some, but not all, the rights enjoyed by heterosexual married couples. Friday's ruling by Judge Gabriela Seijas ordered the civil registry to make official the marriage of Alejandro ... Read Full Story