jueves, julio 17, 2014

On the way to recognize the legal marriages of same-sex couples in Puerto Rico



Take action and meet our plaintiffs (including Yolanda and Zulma, pictured above) at our Love Unites US: Puerto Rico campaign hub.
http://www.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/conde-v-rius-armendariz

Lambda Legal has joined a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Puerto Rico and to compel Puerto Rico to recognize... the legal marriages of same-sex couples entered into in other jurisdictions. A commonwealth of the United States, Puerto Rico is an island with a richly diverse population of LGBT couples who need the freedom to marry where they live, and it is also the home of many legally married LGBT people who seek to have their marriages recognized. The amended lawsuit has been filed on behalf of five plaintiff couples, as well as Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, the island’s leading LGBT advocacy organization, and challenges the Commonwealth’s marriage ban as a violation of equal protection and due process guarantees of the U.S. Constitution. 

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Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Guaynabo, 1970). Es novelista, cuentista y ensayista puertorriqueña. Fue elegida una de las escritoras latinoamericanas más importantes menores de 39 años del Bogotá39 convocado por la UNESCO, el Hay Festival y la Secretaría de Cultura de Bogotá por motivo de celebrar a Bogotá como Capital Mundial del libro 2007. Acaba de recibir Residency Grant Award 2011 del National Hispanic Cultural Center en Nuevo México. Es autora de los libros de cuentos, ‘Avalancha’ (2011), ‘Historias para morderte los labios’ (Finalista PEN Club 2010), y ‘Ojos de Luna’ (Segundo Premio Nacional 2008, Instituto de Literatura Puertorriqueña; Libro del Año 2007 Periódico El Nuevo Día), además de los libros de poesía ‘Medialengua’ (2010) y Perseidas (2011). Ha publicado las novelas ‘Los documentados’ (Finalista Premio PEN Club 2006) y Caparazones (2010, publicada en Puerto Rico y España).

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