A dozen gay couples celebrated today in Lima to demand symbolic
weddings in Peru legalization of civil unions for same-sex, a legal
instrument for sharing heritage assets between cohabiting without being
married.
EFE
Symbolic marriages were performed in the Parque del Amor, located in the Lima district of Miraflores, as part of the fourteenth annual edition of the "Love does not discriminate," held every February 14 by the Peruvian Network Trans, Lesbian, gay and Bisexual (LGBT Red Peruana).
Secretary advocacy of the Peruvian Red LGBT Edward Juarez, told Efe that the purpose of the activity is to encourage the state to legalize civil unions between same sex and to recognize the diversity of all forms of families regardless sexual orientation or gender identity.
Juarez said that couples who participate in this symbolic wedding are real because they maintain a relationship and form families for years.
"Unfortunately, the state does not recognize and therefore seek to give visibility to this reality, for institutions to take them into account. Hopefully the next government and equal civil legalize same-sex marriage, "said Juarez.
The representative of the Peruvian LGBT Network said his organization brings together more than 30 national associations and "rejects any religious interference which violates the guarantee of human rights of the group LGBT public policy."
Organizers of symbolic weddings released a manifesto urging candidates in the upcoming national elections on April 10 to take on the demands of the group of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual Peru.
The activity was held in parallel to the last session sharing condoms American Foundation for AIDS Treatment (AHF, for its acronym in English), from Friday until today he handed out 50,000 condoms in different parts of Lima on the occasion of international day of condoms.
The bill to legalize civil unions was closed definitively in April 2015 by the Justice Commission of the Congress to not obtain enough votes for it to be debated by the full Parliament, which prevents file a similar initiative for a year.
The proposed legislative initiative to be considered as relatives to same-sex couples, with economic rights, but did not include the adoption of children.