The Buenos Aires City legislature approved a measure to name the Sante Fe station of the newly inaugurated “H” subway line after Argentine LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui. The words Jáuregui wrote in his autobiography maintain a relevance today as much as they did in 1990s Argentina. “If being gay were to affect those who are, it is because of the lack of rights, discrimination and marginalization to which we are exposed to unfairly. He helped found an LGBT rights organization CHA (Homosexual Community of Argentina) that fought for legal recognition and dignity after “seeing what was possible” while living in France. He fought for the legal rights he was refused, for the treatment those in his life (and later he) would need has HIV decimated his community.

Source: The Bubble September 03, 2016 01:07 UTC