Mexico City yenze umthetho wokuqala Latin America ukuqaphela umtshato gay ngoLwesibini kwaye uthe unethemba ukutsala izibini zesini esifanayo ehlabathini lonke ukuba atshate.
Umthetho, ovunyiweyo ngabaqulunqi bomthetho wesixeko ngo-Dec. 21, wapapashwa kwirejista esemthethweni yeSixeko saseMexico kwaye uya kuqala ukusebenza ngoMatshi. Iza kuvumela abantu abathandana besini esinye ukuba bathathe abantwana kwaye amagosa kamasipala athi izakwenza ikomkhulu laseMexico “sisixeko esilivangu”-kwaye itsale ingeniso eyongezelelekileyo yokhenketho.
“IsiXeko saseMexico siya kuba liziko, apho abantu (amafanasini) abavela kwihlabathi liphela baya kukwazi ukuza kumsitho womtshato wabo, emva koko bachithe iholide yabo yasemva komtshato apha,” utshilo u-Alejandro Rojas, unobhala wezokhenketho wesixeko.
Umthetho, ovunyiweyo ngabaqulunqi bomthetho wedolophu ngo-Dec. 21, wapapashwa kwirejista esemthethweni yeSixeko saseMexico ngoLwesibini kwaye iya kusebenza ngoMatshi. Iza kuvumela abantu abathandana besini esifanayo ukuba bathathe abantwana kwaye amagosa kamasipala athi izakwenza ikomkhulu laseMexico "isixeko esisivanguard" - kwaye itsale ingeniso eyongezelelweyo yokhenketho.
“IsiXeko saseMexico siya kuba liziko, apho abantu (amafanasini) abavela kwihlabathi liphela baya kukwazi ukuza kumsitho womtshato wabo, emva koko bachithe iholide yabo yasemva komtshato apha,” utshilo u-Alejandro Rojas, unobhala wezokhenketho wesixeko.
“Sele sithetha nee-arhente zokuhamba eziceba ukubonelela ngeepakethi zokhenketho ezibandakanya iinqwelomoya, iihotele, izikhokelo, kunye nayo yonke into abayidingayo emtshatweni, njengemibhiyozo,” utshilo uRojas. "Siza kuba sisixeko ngokuhambelana neVenice okanye iSan Francisco" - inkokeli yangoku kwicandelo lemarike yohambo lwama-gay.
Impembelelo yezoqoqosho yonyaka yabahambi abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandana nabasetyhini kunye nabahambi be-transgender malunga ne-70 yeebhiliyoni zeedola e-United States kuphela, ngokutsho kwe-Community Marketing Inc., inkampani yophando lwezokhenketho ejongene nabathengi abathandana nabasetyhini kunye nabasetyhini.
Imitshato yamaGay yabantu basemzini eMexico City iya kuqatshelwa kuphela ngamazwe kwaye ithi nayo isemthethweni umtshato wesini esifanayo. Imeko eyahlukileyo sisiZwe saseNew York, esingavumeli imitshato yabantu besini esinye kodwa eqaphela ezo zenziwe ngokusemthethweni kwezinye iindawo.
Isibini sase-Argentina sithathe inxaxheba kumtshato wokuqala we-gay waseLatin America ngoMvulo, kodwa ukutolika kuyahluka malunga nokuba umthetho uvumela umanyano olunjalo eArgentina, kwaye umbuzo ngoku uphambi kwenkundla yayo ephezulu.
Umgaqo-siseko wase-Argentina awuthethi ukuba umtshato kufuneka ube phakathi kwendoda nomfazi, ngokufanelekileyo ushiye umcimbi kumagosa ephondo, avume umtshato wangoMvulo. Kodwa umthetho osemthethweni ngokukodwa umtshato we-gay uye wamiswa kwiCongress yayo ukususela ngo-Okthobha.
Kodwa nanjengoko amagosa esiXeko saseMexico ebebhiyoza uwiso lomthetho, abanye bafunga ukuba baza kuyimisa imitshato ukuba iqhubeke.
KwiMisa yangeCawa, uKhadinali wamaRoma Katolika uNorberto Rivera wathi “undoqo wentsapho uhlaselwa ngokwenza umtshato wamafanasini ulingane nomtshato wendoda nomfazi.”
U-Armando Martinez, umongameli weqela lamagqwetha amaKatolika asekuhlaleni, uthe uceba uqhanqalazo oluchasene nemitshato yabantu besini esifanayo, kwaye uza kuxhasa iinzame zomthetho zokubhukuqa umthetho weSixeko saseMexico.
“Sizakwenza amaphulo apheleleyo kwii-ofisi zabagwebi boxolo esixekweni, sisebenzisa izenzo zokuchasana ngoxolo ukuthintela abantu abathandana besini esifanayo ukuba batshate,” utshilo uMartinez.
Umthetho weSixeko saseMexico uvumela izibini zesini esifanayo ukuba zithathe abantwana, isicelo semali-mboleko yebhanki kunye, ilifa lobutyebi kwaye lifakwe kwiipolisi ze-inshorensi zamaqabane abo, amalungelo abawalelwa phantsi kwemibutho yoluntu evunyelwe kwisixeko.
Iqela lesizwe elinobunono likaMongameli Felipe Calderon lifunge ukuba lizakucela umngeni kwiinkundla zamatyala. Nangona kunjalo, ubufanasini buyanda ukwamkelwa eMexico, izibini ezithandana nabantu abathandanayo zibambene ngezandla esidlangalaleni kwiindawo zedolophu enkulu kunye nomboniso wonyaka wokuzingca kwamafanasini utsala amashumi amawaka abathathi-nxaxheba.
Ngamazwe asixhenxe kuphela emhlabeni avumela imitshato yamafanasini: eKhanada, eSpain, eMzantsi Afrika, eSweden, eNorway, eNetherlands naseBelgium. I-US ithi imvume yomtshato wesini esifanayo yi-Iowa, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut kunye neNew Hampshire.
I-Latin America nayo iye yaba yindawo yokunyamezela amafanasini.
Imitshato yabantu besini esifanayo iye yavunyelwa ngokusemthethweni eUruguay, eBuenos Aires, nakwamanye amazwe aseMexico naseBrazil, kodwa umtshato ngokubanzi unamalungelo abanzi.
E-Argentina, abantu bokuqala abatshatileyo baseLatin America - u-Alex Freyre noJose Maria Di Bello - babenomdla wokuphumla kunye ne-honeymoon.
“Sifuna ukuphumla ngoku. Yayilixesha apho sasihlazeke kakhulu, ”utshilo uFreyre kwi-Associated Press emva kokubuyela eBuenos Aires esuka e-Ushuaia, esona sixeko sisemazantsi ehlabathi, apho esi sibini sasitshatile.
Amadoda azamile ukutshata kwikomkhulu laseArgentina kodwa amagosa esixeko, awayethe umsitho womtshato ungaqhubeka, ala ukubatshata ngomhla woku-1 kuDis., ecaphula izigwebo zenkundla eziphikisanayo.
