Katie Soltis, May 25, 2011; Latin America Progresses Forward- A Victory for Gay Rights

[1] Marilia Brocchetto and Luciani Gomes. “Same-sex unions recognized by Brazil’s high court.” 5 May 2011. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-05/world/brazil.same.sex.unions_1_civil-unions-gay-couples-homosexual-couples?_s=PM:WORLD

[2] Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988. Capítulo 7, Art. 226, §3. (translated from Portuguese)

[3]Yana Marull. “Brazil top court recognizes same-sex civil unions.” American Free Press. 5 May 2011. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gG8v1msdEA7Vz2CE99tzld3Ks5_g?docId=CNG.c45499ee0d03c8e22445e40824338bea.301

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Omar Encarnación. “A Gay Rights Revolution in Latin America.” Americas Quarterly. 17 May 2011. http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2534

[8] Javier Corrales. “Latin American Gays: The Post-Left Leftists.” Americas Quarterly. 19 March 2010. http://www.americasquarterly.org/gay-rights-Latin-America

[9] Mitchell A. Seligson and Daniel E. Moreno Morales, “Gay in the Americas,” Americas Quarterly, Winter 2010. Available at http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/1301.