In this July 14, 2010 file photo, demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires. Argentina was the first country in Latin America to approve gay unions and in 2019 has some of the most progressive LGBT policies in the world. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Despite a dark past, today many LGBT citizens in Latin America are enjoying the right to marry, choose their gender identity and adopt children. But while laws in several of the region’s biggest countries are changing that doesn’t necessarily translate into…
