First Gay Couple Ever in Latin America Granted Legal Same Sex Wedding

Posted on November 20, 2009

“We have to live with and accept this reality: the world is moving in this direction,” the mayor of Buenos Aires Mauricio Macri said as a marriage license was granted to a couple who may very well be the first same-sex couple to receive one in machista Latin America.

Reinforcing the premise that LGBT issues are best addressed as a civil rights issue rather than through the ballot box, is this quote from Judge Gabriela Seihas, who granted the license: “Limiting marriage to a man and woman violates the constitutional rights of equality.” Read the full story on gay in Latin America.

About Andrés

Andrés Tapia is President of Diversity Best Practices, the preemininet diversity and inclusion thinktank and consultancy. Andrés also served as Hewitt’s Chief Diversity Officer and Emerging Workforce Solutions Leader for seven years, where he was responsible for leading the company’s diversity vision and strategies and for consulting with Hewitt's FORTUNE 500 clients. He is the author of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity. Find his bio here.