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An official in Argentina's southern Tierra del Fuego province performed the country's, and Latin America's first same-sex marriage earlier today, the AP reports:

"Provincial spokesman Eduardo Porter says the wedding between Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre took place at the civil registry in Ushuaia.

Their marriage plans in Buenos Aires earlier this month were thwarted when city officials refused to marry them because of conflicting rulings.

An official representing the federal government's antidiscrimination agency attended the wedding. Claudio Morgado called Monday's marriage 'historic.'

Argentina's Constitution is silent on whether marriage must be between a man and a woman, effectively leaving the matter to state and city officials."

Previously…
Gay Buenos Aires Couple Refused Marriage Want Mayor Fined [tr]
Argentine Judge Blocks Country's First Same-Sex Marriage [tr]
Judge in Argentina Rules Gay Couple Can Marry [tr]

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Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre, the gay Argentine couple whose would-be historic marriage was blocked by a judge last week, want the mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, fined for failing to marry them:

"The couple requested that the court set a fine on Macri for each of the days until they are allowed to wed. On Monday, Freyre and Di Bello went to a Civil Registry in the City neighbourhood of Barrio Norte, after Judge Seijas' court ruled that the law barring same-sex marriages was unconstitutional.

Another court ordered the suspension of the wedding only days ahead of the wedding, claiming the issue fell under Federal Jurisdiction. However, Seijas' dismissed such claims and asked the Mayor to confirm her ruling and request the Civil Registry to marry the couple.

Macri refrained to do so, forcing the couple to wait for a decision of the Supreme Court in the matter."

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UPDATED: No sooner had I posted about the upcoming wedding, that this bad, yet not surprising news rounded the bend.

An Argentine judge has overturned the ruling that would have allowed the nation's first same-sex marriage: "The official court Web site says national judge Marta Gomez Alsina ordered the wedding blocked until the issue can be resolved by the Supreme Court.

Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre have been planning to wed on Tuesday, based on another judge's ruling. Their attorney says they'll still try to go ahead with the ceremony because they weren't told of Monday's ruling.

Attorney Maria Rachid argues that the new ruling should not overturn the original decision to let them wed.

Earlier…First Same-Sex Marriage to Take Place in Argentina Tomorrow…

Alex Freyre (left) told the UK Observer:

"This marriage is bigger than José María and I. It is a victory for all who face prejudice and discrimination across
Latin America and the Caribbean. It is proof that at last the grip of
the Catholic church is slipping across Latin America, the system that
has kept gay communities silent and fearful is crumbling. What is
happening on Tuesday is a strike against those attitudes that have
repressed sexual rights across this continent for too long."

Previously…
Judge in Argentina Rules Gay Couple Can Marry [tr]

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Following judge's ruling, paperwork issued for Argentina's first same-sex marriage.

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ENDA mark-up postponed.

Philippines elections board (COMELEC) says gays "overly represented" in Congress: "Comelec second division chairman Nicodemus Ferrer was defending the poll body’s rejection of the application of gay-rights group Ang Ladlad for party-list representation. 'I have been telling them, you are not under-represented… actually you are over-represented in the Lower House and Upper House,' Ferrer told reporters in an interview. But Ferrer declined to name names."

While Levi does Playgirl, Neil Patrick Harris does Playboy.

Ken Keechl takes over as first openly gay mayor of Broward County, Florida.

Petition Obama to support federal court challenge to Prop 8.

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Center of Central Florida in Orlando and nearby gay-owned business hit by anti-gay graffiti: "…a swastika and the words 'Gay Pawer,' 'Die Fags,' 'Go To Hell' and other homophobic slurs. Damage to the two buildings is estimated to be over $1,000.The Center is currently working to cover the messages on the building to deter additional damage."

Horrific undercover investigation of treatment of pigs on factory farms.

Anti-gay Jamaican singer Beenie Man's appearance at Australia's Big Day Out has been canceled: "A statement from the Big Day Out's producers today says that while the concert organisers believe the controversial musician has now renounced homophobia, the storm of protest this week after the announcement that he was in the line-up means his continued involvement would prove too divisive."

Anderson Cooper helms Elton John AIDS Foundation event in NYC.

Chris Pine suits up for GQ's 'Man of the Year'.

Oprah interior designer Nate Berkus to get his own syndicated daytime show.

Max Blumenthal on Palin's ghostwriter Lynn Vincent: "Vincent may have been an effective literary collaborator, but like Palin herself, she entered the project with considerable political baggage. Vincent’s commentaries for World are punctuated by inflammatory characterizations of gays, minorities and liberals that have already provided fodder for Palin’s critics. Among Vincent’s most strident statements were her description of homosexuality as a 'deviant' mental disorder and labeling of President Barack Obama as the 'face of the minority survivor' of abortion, which she dubbed the 'Black Genocide.'"

Tim Gunn on the one item of clothing he can't stand: "I cannot wrap my brain around the ubiquity of Crocs. Kelly Ripa [on "Live with Regis and Kelly"] said, 'I insist that you put them on because they're so comfortable.' And I put them on. I am looking down at my feet, and I feel like I have hooves! They're horrible. If we all succumbed to the comfort trap, to dress as if we never got out of bed — then we should never get out of bed."

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A judge in Argentina has reportedly ruled that Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre can marry, Reuters reports:

"An Argentine judge has granted a homosexual couple permission to get married, setting a precedent that could pave the way for the Catholic country to become the first in Latin America to allow same-sex marriage.

This week's ruling by Judge Gabriela Seijas in Buenos Aires, which became the region's first city to approve civil unions between same sex couples in 2002, may increase pressure on lawmakers to debate a gay marriage bill currently deadlocked in Congress. 'The law should treat everyone with the same respect according to their singularities, without the need to understand or regulate them,' Seijas said in her ruling, which could still be overturned by city authorities.

The couple, Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello, said in a statement posted on a gay rights Internet site that the decision would allow them to become 'the first gay couple in Latin America to get the right to marry.'"

Watch a video (in Spanish) of Di Bello and Freyre shot in April, after the couple's application to marry was rejected, AFTER THE JUMP…

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Damn: Elton John is spry.

Gay City News interviews Kirsten Gillibrand: "a new advocate emerges…"

32 LGBT organizations issue joint statement on hate crimes passage: "This week, we call upon lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, families and allies to take this opportunity of increased media and public attention on hate crimes to educate co-workers, classmates, neighbors, family members and friends about our lives, and about why we need not only their friendship and love, but their vocal support for a more just and equal America for LGBT people."

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GLAAD board member dies on Atlantis vacation: "According to sources on board, Spencer Yu, a Los Angeles attorney,
suffered cardiac arrest October 21 while on the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas, which
was chartered by Atlantis for a seven-day trip along the Mexican
Riviera. A medical team attempted to resuscitate Yu for 45 minutes
before he was taken to a Puerto Vallarta hospital, where he showed no
brain activity. Yu was later taken off of life support. "

How often do you hear of anyone being hunted down and killed by coyotes? This is terribly sad.

Inside Candis Cayne's closet.

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Introducing, the Barbie Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll.

Argentina considers same-sex marriage: "'We can't expect social equality if the state is legitimizing
inequality,' said Maria Rachid, president of Argentina's Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Federation. 'We now have the social and
political context necessary to change the law.' … Rachid said more than 20 lawmakers have signed on as supporters of
same-sex marriage, and they believe they have enough votes in committee
for a full vote in the lower house. It would then go to the Senate."

Arjan chats with Blake Lewis.

Boston gay bashing case to go to trial: "Darren Morgan, 46, and Howard Rice, 50, are charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct and civil rights violations, said Conley. Both men will appear in Boston Municipal Court on Dec. 10.

The charges are the result of an incident on June 15, according to Boston police. Morgan and Rice were on Washington Street when the victims walked towards them from a bus stop, police said. The pair allegedly began to verbally abuse the two men, targeting them on the assumption they were gay, said police."

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