Sodomy In Latin America

In 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American county to legalize same-sex marriage. Allowing for the first time thousands of Argentinian people to be legally allowed to be with those they love. This law became passed in spite of venomous opposition from the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church opposing the LGBTQ community is not a 2000’s phenomenon, however. With the recent rise in acknowledgment for these once marginalizes groups, historians of colonial Latin America have taken an interest in these communities. Beginning in the 1980’s historians have begun to unmask the court cases involving sodomy, same-sex relations, and sexual acts that were deemed “unnatural” by the judicial system or the ecclesiastical courts in colonial Latin America.