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Fuente: http://www.periodicomundonews.com/2014/09/homosexuales-en-ecuador-inscriben.html
Homosexuales en Ecuador inscriben uniones de hecho.
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Source: http://www.periodicomundonews.com/2014/09/homosexuales-en-ecuador-inscriben.html
Homosexuals in Ecuador enroll unions.
For the first time in Ecuador, gay couples and transsexuals managed on Monday to enroll and register their unions made their identity after years of struggle for the recognition, although this does not imply recognition of marriage between same-sex couples in this country.
The rule authorizes Ecuador gay people to register their unions in identity cards does not imply recognition of marriage between same-sex couples, but has been described as a «big step» by activists GLBTI (gay, lesbian, bisexual , transgender and intersex).
They dressed as a bride and a wreath, transsexual and her partner Diane Rodriguez Nicolas Guamanquispe, suit and tie, approached the Civil Registry port of Guayaquil (southwest) to register their union.
«We are the first couple to register the union, we dedicate ourselves to that effect. Besides that we are the first transsexual couple» that exercises this right, Rodriguez said.
The authority of the Civil Registry in this country not so far allowed homosexuals to register their marriages in the identification because not considered a civil state, even though the 2008 constitution grants equal rights to cohabitation than the civil and religious marriages.
However, in late August, the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, ordered to extend the registration of domestic partnerships to gay identity documents, as with heterosexual couples.
Rodriguez and Guamanquispe were accompanied by other couples in the GLBTI community, who also met with procedure. «Right now we are very happy because, I insist, human rights are to prevail,» said Rodriguez, who chairs the Silueta X advocacy organization for sexual minorities.

