Tag: gay
Caribbean island of San Andres wins Miss Gay Colombia 2015
The representative of the Caribbean island of San Andres has won Miss Gay Colombia 2015, a...
Colombian priest illegally marries gay couple
A renegade Colombian priest has won the ire of the Catholic Church by officiating over a gay wedding in the southwest, reported local media Thursday. Clergyman Alberto Piedrahita, who was ordained in Canada, had apparently been...
Colombia congress restarts gay marriage debate
Debates continued Wednesday with less than a year for Colombian Congress to legislate on gay marriage. A new initiative concerning marriage between two people of the same sex was radicated in Congress by representative Alba Luz...
Colombia celebrates Gay Pride (photos)
Thousands celebrated Gay Pride in Colombia’s major cities Sunday. The biggest march was held in Bogota where an estimated 3,000 members and friends of the capital’s LGBT community walked from the National Park to the...
Colombia considers whether to let gay couples adopt
Colombia’s Constitutional Court began discussions Wednesday on whether to grant same-sex couples adoption rights, reported local media. The legal debate was inaugurated nine months after a Colombian court ruled homosexual...
Colombia grants same-sex couples inheritance rights
Colombia’s Constitutional Court granted same-sex couples the right to inherit their partner’s pension fund and compensation packages, reported local media Thursday. The ruling stated that same-sex couples legally constitute a...
Medellin’s Parque Bolivar
Located in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in central Medellin, Parque Bolivar is a well-known historical and cultural meeting point that features a statue of the famous general Simon Bolivar. {japopup...
New details emerge in priests’ murder/suicide case
New details emerged in Colombian priests’ murder/suicide case, which has gripped the nation, reported local media Monday. Colombians were shocked last week when investigators revealed that two priests found shot dead...
Cartagena’s LGBT community celebrates sexual diversity
Cartagena’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual (LGBT) community celebrated sexual diversity Tuesday with a colorful parade through the downtown area of the Colombian coastal city. The city’s third annual March...
Liberals oppose referendum on abortion and gay marriage
Colombia’s Liberal Party voices opposition to the Conservative Party’s plan to include a referendum on criminalizing of abortion and the banning of gay marriage in October’s local elections. Liberal...
Judge orders gay cop to be reinstated
A court ordered the reinstatement of Colombian Police Lieutenant William Viasus Thursday after he was removed from office five years ago for being gay. The judge ruled that the police and Ministry of Defense will have to pay the...
Colombia’s inspector general objects to new legislation on gay rights
Colombia’s inspector general announced Tuesday that he will ask the country’s Constitutional Court to nullify a ruling that orders Congress to come up with legislation regarding gay civil unions within two years....
