Uruguay The organization Ovejas Negras (Black Sheep) led actions for IDAHOT this year, once again, by calling for recognition of May 17 as an international day of struggle against homo-transphobic discrimination. The grass roots group called on people not to support legislators who were against, or who did not support, progressive sexual rights laws: specifically, on same sex marriage and …

In a press conference given Monday (July 29), on his return flight from his first foreign visit to Brazil, Pope Francis made a surprise intervention on the topic of homosexuality, asking “who am I to judge?”. “They say they exist. If someone is gay, who searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?” “The Catechism of …