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Bill Clinton Renews Focus on Global HIV/AIDS Crisis
By Jonas Oliver
Former President Bill Clinton flew from Africa to Mexico City overnight to deliver what has been described as a rousing address at the largest ever world AIDS conference to be held in a developing country. In the speech Clinton warned of the the impending global HIV crisis and ddressed the effect that rising oil and food prices along with the current mortgage crisis further complicated the lives of people with HIV.
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Mexico Registers Its First Same-Sex Union
By Troy Espera
Mexico registered its first same-sex civil union Wednesday by joining a lesbian couple in the northern city of Saltillo. The couple, Karina Almaguer and Karla Lopez, traveled to Saltillo from their home state of Tamaulipas to register as a 'civil solidarity union' under a newly passed law that made Coahuila the first of Mexico's 31 states to grant recognition to such unions.
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Mexico: Congressman Brings Transexual Rights to the Table
By Anthony Cuesta
Transexuals in Mexico may win equal rights if a congressmen’s bill to amend the predominately Catholic nation’s constitution is approved. David Sanchez Camacho said this week he will submit a bill in March that would amend the country's constitution to guarantee the rights of transsexuals and change civil laws to ensure they can legally change their name and gender.
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Northern State of Coahuila, Mexico Approves Same-Sex Partnerships
By Troy Espera
The northern Mexican state of Coahuila voted 20–13 in favor of extending legal status to same-sex partnerships, becoming the second area in Mexico to adopt such a progressive policy. Legislators in the mining and ranching region south of Texas approved the bill that gives same-sex partners greater rights than a similar law backed by Mexico City last November.
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Actor Gael Garcia Bernal Backs Mexico City's Gay Civil Unions Law
By Troy Espera
Actor Gael Garcia Bernal joined other Mexican celebrities Tuesday to voice support for Mexico City's new law legalizing gay civil unions. The Associated Press reports that Garcia Bernal, actor Diego Luna and director Alfonso Cuaron were among 51 people who published a half-page open letter in local newspapers supporting the law passed this month by local lawmakers.
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Logo to Launch as Pay Per View in Latin America
By Ross von Metzke
As part of MTV Networks Latin America's ongoing expansion strategy, the company has announced the launch of Logo TV in Mexico and Brazil, according to Managing Director Pierluigi Gazzolo. Logo TV is the first general entertainment service in Latin America to target the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender) community.
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Atlantis Announces New All-Gay Club Atlantis Week in Puerto Vallarta
Atlantis Events, Inc., the world's largest tour operator specializing in all-gay vacations, announced this week that it will offer a new all-gay, all-inclusive resort vacation this fall at the newly opened Vallarta Palace resort in Nuevo Vallarta, just north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Mexican Gay Activist Stabbed to Death
By Ross von Metzke
International human rights groups are issuing warnings to the partner and fellow protesters of Mexican gay rights activist Octavio Acuña, who was found bleeding from multiple stab wounds on June, 21 in Mexico and later died. According to Amnesty International, Acuña had been subjected to violence before. At both times, the local human rights group made no attempt to offer more protection to him, his partner or their health work, AI says.
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