The Legislative Assembly, the unicameral legislative body for
Mexico City, just passed a marriage equality bill 39-20. The
mayor is expected to sign it. Mexico City has been a regional
leader in LGBT rights, passing a civil unions law and other
LGBT-positive legislation in recent years. The Los Angeles Times
says: The bill calls for changing the definition of marriage in
the city’s civil code. Marriage is currently defined as the
union of a man and a woman. The new definition will be “the free
uniting of two people.” The change would allow same-sex couples
to adopt children, apply for bank loans together, inherit wealth
and be included in the insurance policies of their spouse,
rights they were denied under civil unions allowed in the city.
… Argentina’s capital became the first Latin American city to
legalize same-sex civil unions in 2002 for gay and lesbian
couples. Four other Argentine cities later did the same, and as
did Mexico City in 2007 and some Mexican and Brazilian states.
Uruguay alone has legaliz