Huarmey, Peru Mayor José Benítez has attempted to cause panic among the people of his coastal beach town by warning them that drinking tap water from a new source will turn them gay. Details follow.

The American gay blogosphere is applauding two ads out of Argentina that have hit the country's airwaves. The spots, which ask Argentineans to support pending legislation that seeks to expand healthcare rights to transgender citizens, are about as progressive as a nationally-broadcasted TV commercial can get. Watch the ads that you likely couldn't imagine running in the U.S., after the jump.

The implications of the murky ruling are still being considered, but Brazil's highest court has ruled 4 - 1 that at least one same-sex couple in the country has access to full federal marriage rights.

A tit for a tat? Chile's President Sebastian Pinera pushed for civil union legislation this week while continuing to sound-off against full marriage equality for LGBT Chileans. Details follow. 

Though every day that a heterosexual isn't murdered, bullied, harassed or discriminated against based on their sexual orientation should amount to enough of a celebration of pride, the city of Sao Paulo still felt the need to give the greenlight to petitioners asking for an official Straight Pride Day. Oh, and in case you thought otherwise, Straight Pride organizers say their proposed holiday is in no way meant to disrespect the gay community. 

Everything that's made in Brazil must be beautiful (note this totally gratuitous picture). This is why we always head to Made In Brazil when we're feeling a little under the A+ gorgeous factor we've become accustomed to. These men make us step up our game again and stop the whining. Our inspiration, for this week, is after the jump.

Chile might have its heart in the right place in a new anti-violence campaign, but its certainly going about it in the worst, most offensive way possible. 

Case In Point, a government PSA created to stop violence against women, has come up with a tagline that might (in all stretched-sense of the word) thwart violence against women but likely promotes it against the LGBT population. "Faggot is a man who beats a woman," reads the new campaign. 

Worsening matters is the fact that the country's Minister of the National Women's Service has given t-shirts emblazoned with the horrifically offensive tagline to the 33 Chilean miners so that they may blindly promote it during international media tours and interviews. 

Says the pro-LGBT...

Updated, Thursday, 10 p.m. EST

Via Joe, heartrenching videos of Viva Argentina (apologies for the excessive Vs) have been added to this post.

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The Roman-Catholic country of Argentina has become the first Latin American nation to approve marriage equality. In a vote that lasted until 4 a.m., the country’s Senate approved legislation allowing equal access to marriage rights for all Argentines. At word of the historic news, crowds in the street began to dance and sing in a celebration that certainly left the American Mormon Church with a bad taste in its mouth. President Cristina Fernandez vows to sign the legislation into law when she returns from a trip to China, meaning the early morning...