Mexico: first same-sex civil union legally recognized

Karina Almaguer and Karla Lopez became the first couple to form a legally-compromised homosexual civil union in Mexico on Wednesday. Almaguer and Lopez traveled to Coahuila which earlier this month became the first Mexican state to grant recognition to same-sex unions. Coahuila becomes the second Mexican area to allow gay civil unions after Mexico City’s legislature approved a similar measure last November.

In a similar note, Global Voices Online links to a blog post on the fight to recognize same-sex civil unions in Colombia.

Links- Monsters & Critics, gay.com, The Latin Americanist, Global Voices Online

Image- esmas.com (2003 Mexico City protest in favor of gay civil unions)

Tags- homosexuality, Mexico