LGBT rights in South America

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Chapters: LGBT rights in Argentina, LGBT rights in Brazil, LGBT rights in Chile, LGBT rights in Colombia, LGBT rights in Ecuador, LGBT rights in Guyana, LGBT rights in Peru, LGBT rights in Suriname, LGBT rights in Uruguay, LGBT rights in Venezuela, Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil, Same-sex marriage in Argentina, Same-sex adoption in Brazil, Same-sex immigration policy in Brazil, Recognition of same-sex unions in Colombia, Civil unions in Uruguay, Recognition of same-sex unions in Ecuador, Changing legal gender assignment in Brazil, Legal status of homosexuality in Brazil, Recognition of same-sex unions in Venezuela, Maria Berenice Dias, LGBT rights in Paraguay, Criminalization of homophobia in Brazil, LGBT rights in Bolivia, Conselho Nacional de Combate à Discriminação, Brazilian Congressional Bill No. 1151. Excerpt: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Brazil enjoy most of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people. In 2004, a statement from Brazilian judges said homosexual relationships existed and as such, deserved to be regulated by law. "Technically, this is not going to be called 'same-sex marriage' by the justice of the peace, but it is the equivalent," Tânia Bampi, a spokeswoman for the court administration, said. The ruling applies legal analogy giving same-sex couples broad rights in areas like inheritance, adoption, immigration benefits, in vitro fertilization, insurance benefits, pensions, and others. The list of various LGBT rights in Brazil has expanded since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985, and the creation of the new Constitution of Brazil of 1988. In 2009, the Brazilian gay population was at 7.8% of males with bisexual population another 2.6% (for a total of 10.4%). The Brazilian lesbian population was 4.9% of females with bisexual women reaching 1.4% (for a total of 6.3%). According to the Guinness World Records, the São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the world's largest LGBT Pride celebration, with 4 million people in 2009. Brazil had 60,002 same-sex couples in the same home, according to the Brazilian Census of 2010 (IBGE). Brazil has 300 active LGBT organizations. The Brazilian Programa Nacional de Direitos Humanos (National Program of Human Rights) (PNDH-3) enacted in 2009 is a legally binding national presidential decree of President Lula, that supports recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil, same-sex adoption in Brazil, and the criminalization of homophobia. The protests of the Brazilian church and the other groups were not considered, because of insistence on prevailing of the constitutional principle of human dignity. Protest in front of the National Congress of Brazil in Brasília. LGBT part of Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. South America In 2010, a survey conducted by Rio de Janeiro State University and Univ