Cenk Uygur
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Killed For Being Gay In Latin America - It's Worse Than You Think
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January 4, 2014
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5:30Now Playing"The human rights arm of the Washington-based Organization of American States recently launched a database about the trend, with killings in the region often running at several a day.
Yet like most other sources, it may only include a fraction of the real toll. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists warn that most homophobic murders in Latin America are never officially registered by local police or courts as such.
One example is Brazil. Rio de Janeiro might be famous for its drag queens and "travestis," gender-bending sex workers, but growing up gay in much of the South American giant is no picnic, says Maria Guilhermina Cunha Salasario, the vice president of the Brazilian Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transvestites and Transsexuals."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Simeon Tegel / The Global Post:
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