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NEWS & LETTERS, September-October 2010
Queer Notes
by Elise
It is still illegal to be Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual in more than 70 nations. Depending on the country, the punishment can be prison or death. Even though only 53 nations have anti-discrimination laws, and in 26 same-sex unions are legal, this does not mean LGB people are not subjected to acts of violence in those countries.
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Hakim Scott and Keith Phoenix attacked with baseball bats Romel and Jose Sucuzhanay for appearing Gay when the two brothers from Ecuador walked arm in arm in Brooklyn. While Romel survived, Jose died. Scott and Phoenix were convicted of assault, Scott of murder as a hate crime and Phoenix of manslaughter. State Supreme Court Judge Patricia M. DiMango threw the book at the defendants by sentencing them, respectively, to 37 years to life imprisonment and 37 years imprisonment.
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Argentina became the most progressive Latin American country for LGBT rights by legalizing gay marriage and adoptions. In Mexico the Supreme Court ruled in favor of adoptions by Gay and Lesbian couples in the capital, Mexico City.
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After a three-year absence, Tokyo saw the return of a Gay Pride parade in August. Until this year, the gay community was unable to organize a Pride parade because of pressure from conservatives, holding to their notions of the Japanese traditional family.
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