lgbtq+ rights

3 points for and against gay rights

for:

LAW: International Declaration of Human Rights declares we are all equal

MORALS: its wrong to discriminate based on sexual preferences

SAFETY: more heterosexual men are rapists or paedofiles than homosexual men

against:

RELIGION: most religions are against lgbtq+

VALUES: goes against traditional gender role ideas in the household

SURVIVAL: we need to have children to keep the human race surviving (birth rates are alr low)

when did spain approve same-sex marraige

2005 - was the 3rd country in the world to do so

is homosexuality illegal in the hispanic world

no not in latin america or spain

costa rica first country to legalise it in latin america

ongoing problems in latin america

over 600 people die every 3 months in latin america due to anti-LGBT violence

ongoing problems in argentina specifically

gay football players face abuse and often leave football

argentina lgbt history

MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (under Videla) 1976-83: LGBT = illegal, prosecuted

DEMOCRACY 1984: la Comunidad Homosexual Argentina was founded - try to achieve equal rights

2010: first latam country to legalise gay marriage + adoption

2012: Ley de Identidad de Genero - rights of trans ppl to be recognised as their chosen gender