Argentina
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Updated 98-05-19
However, to the law, homosexuality is at least not illegal in Argentina. But this hasn't spread to all police districts, so harassment and holding without trial still does occur. In fact, these acts may be supported by police edicts created by the Peron regime and re-instated during Arturo Frondizi's precidency around 1960. And they are still in effect. So be careful not to be "morally offensive".
Recently, The Argentine Supreme Court overwhelmingly voted to deny homosexuals the right to form a legally-registered association, writing in the decision that homosexuality was against nature. This came just one week after President Carlos Menem had spoken in favour of granting legal status for gays during a visit to the United States. That homosexuality is against nature, or even that homosexuals are "a third-rate degenerate hybrid that goes against the morals of the Catholic Church and the principles of the national being", as an official said, seems to be the general opinion among politicians and the judiciary of this latino country.
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| Age of consent | Male-Female | Male-Male | Female-Female |
| Argentina | 21 | 21(?) | 21(?) |
Further information on the situation in Argentina can be found at:
Gay Pages Argentina
MGC - Mundo Gay Comunicandose
Grupo de Madres Lesbianas de Argentina
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Republic, S. America
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