Photo Essay by Beatrice Murch: Gay Marriage Legalized in Argentina
1. A large crowd faces the concert stage set up at Plaza Congreso to listen to Kevin Johansen.
2.Kevin Johansen plays “Daisy” (a song about a transvestite) while Liniers’ real-time drawing is projected on the screen in the background.
3.The crowd enthusiastically enjoys the concert in front of Congreso.
4.The Sign-Language interpreter takes a break and warms her hands in her coat pockets.
5.The crowd goes wild as Kevin Johansen cracks a joke.
6. One member of the crowd calls out the Church for un-Christian behavior because of their lack of support for Gay Marriage: “Satan, Satan, take off your vestments”.
7. The sound technicians monitor the concert in front of Congreso as the crown surrounds them and enjoys their hard work.
8.A single stick figure drawing of a same-sex couple in love conveys the message of the night.
9.A sign decorated with balloons reads: “The Same Love – The Same Rights with the Same Name”.
10.The “Partido Socialista” shows its support of Gay Marriage. An American Republican’s worst nightmare – Gay Socialists!
11.Kevin Johansen and Liniers perform on stage.
12.A sign plastered on the streets of Buenos Aires declares “Love is not a heterosexual privilege” using a cute play on words.
If you didn’t get enough of Beatrice’s photos of this event, you can see more (along with hundreds of other fabulous images) on her Flickr page where she’s blmurch.
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Wonderful! It must have been a fantastic night. I loved this, and I love caption on Number 10 haha!
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Thanks Karen! It was a wonderful night – I’m glad I was able to document this historic event and that the vote turned out as it did. Some of the debate was insane. ::shakes head::
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Outstanding pictures. I was there last night until the end and it was amazing. This country is so cool!
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Qué bueno Franco!! Bravo, estoy súper feliz!!
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Thanks Franco! You are a brave man – I was so bitterly cold!
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Gracias David! It was an all-nighter! We went home around 11 or so, but stayed up and the cars started honking down Rivadavia little after 4 am.
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Beatrice- Thanks for sharing these photos with us.
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Thanks Julie! It was a wonderful event.
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Great pics, Beatrice. What a wonderful event!
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Thank you Jennifer! It was a spectacular joyful night.
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Love these photos, looks like quite a celebration.
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Thanks Alouise. It was quite the party.
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Beatrice, Fantastic photos. You did a wonderful job documenting this historical moment. I feel the same joy that I see in the faces of the people in your photos. Congratulations B and congratulations Argentina. I hope that Uruguay will follow soon. besote, Tom
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Thanks Tom! It was awesome to cover such a moment in history. I am so glad the senate voted the way they did, just wish it hadn’t been such a close vote. I too hope that Uruguay and more countries will follow suit.
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Awesome photos, Beatrice! Gracias. So glad you captured and shared these shots with us. I especially love the facial expressions in #5 and #8.
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What brilliant photos and news! Ditto on caption for number 10 ; )
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Thanks Nick! I thought the caption would go over well with certain Norte-Americanos.
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I can´t wait for Chile to one day follow suit. Maybe ten years? Congratulations Argentina and congratulations to you for these awesome photos. Thanks for sharing them with us!
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Thanks Eileen. Like I told Tom, I hope more countries follow suit. Hopefully, this will set off a positive chain reaction of human rights in Latin America.
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Great news! Great photos! 1 translation correction! Nº6- Sotana refers to a PRIEST’S robes, not Santanic robes.
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Thanks Margaret! You’re very correct on the caption correction. I’ll see if they can update it – no promises though.
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Thanks, Margaret. Going to fix this now.
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eileen,
lau and i talked about this and she mentioned that she thought divorce was still technically illegal in chile. can you confirm?
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Great photos! Thank you so much for working on this! Your pics are so much better than the ones published in the Argentinean newspapers! (specially the conservative ones, haha, they didn’t want to show the colorful party!). I stayed awake almost all night, listening to the Senators, and can’t tell you how moving it was to hear, at 4.06 am: “El matrimonio gay is ley”. “Leeeeeey”, I yelled! Then I cried for 10 minutes and couldn’t go to be until 5 am. I’m so proud of my country! This is such a big step in terms of human rights! Go Argentina!!! Same love, same rights! To start a family all you need is LOVE
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Thanks Laura! I am so glad you liked the photos. It was an emotional night for many many people. Vamos Argentina!!
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I’m moved. Thanks for capturing this!
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Thank you Christine! I was glad to be able to capture some of the spirit of the night.
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What a remarkable moment in history captured here, thank you for this inspiring view of a world changing night!
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Thanks Joshua! It was quite a wonderful and joyous night.
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Beatrice – Great photos! Great light, great energy, great perspectives! Thanks for being there at this amazing event and sharing it with the rest of the world!
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Thanks Melissa & my pleasure. Photos are meant to be seen, shared, experienced and felt.
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Thanks Nancy. I am glad that some of the photos resonated well with you.
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Bravo Bea.
Great that you caught the mood, the people and the occasion.
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Thanks for sharing these amazing shots! One country at a time, right?
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Beatrice, great photos!
In an effort to make everyone better, including myself: The caption on number 10, you could probably do without. Yes, most people are going to find it entertaining, and I’m not saying you should try to please everyone, but rather attempt to please no one and leave it out. For me it was too much of an over-generalization. Being someone who would more often than not vote Republican on many fiscal and social matters, but votes for independent candidates and many Democratic candidates to assume that every American Republican would not welcome a gay socialist is a little near sighted. I’m not trying to attack you or start some argument about politics, because frankly I could care less. I don’t think the government should have any place in my or your life. I’m just trying to highlight something I see.
Perhaps in the future you would just not mention that tid-bit. I hope was more constructive than critical in this.
On a side note, my brother was just telling me about this, because he was just recently in Argentina.
Glad you could cover it and be there for a piece of history!
Cheers,
Jared↵
