| ID | 126695 |
| Title Proper | International influence, domestic activism, and gay rights in Argentina |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Encarnacion, Omar G |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | IN JULY 2010, ARGENTINA BECAME THE FIRST NATION in Latin America, and only the second one in the developing world after South Africa, to pass a law legalizing same-sex marriage; shortly thereafter, the country enacted what is arguably the most progressive transgender law of any country in the world. It allows for a change of gender without undergoing surgery or receiving authorization from a doctor or a judge. Both laws have put Argentina in a select group of nations regarded as being on the cutting edge of gay rights and atop international rankings of countries most open to issues of concern to the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) community, such as the recently developed "Gay Friendliness Index."1 Neither societal factors nor political conditions could have predicted this cascade of gay rights advances. |
| `In' analytical Note | Political Science Quarterly Vol.128, No.4; Winter 2013-14: p.687-716 |
| Journal Source | Political Science Quarterly Vol.128, No.4; Winter 2013-14: p.687-716 |
| Key Words | Latin America ; South America ; Argentina ; Gay Rights ; Human Rights ; Civil Conflicts ; Social Reforms ; Political Rights ; International Influence ; Domestics Politics ; Society ; Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender - LGBT ; South Africa ; Law Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage - LLSSM |