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Peru overcomes bathroom dispute; will host top OAS meeting
From the Associated Press yesterday:
Bathroom dispute threatens top OAS meeting in Peru
Peru’s congress, dominated by social conservatives, voted Thursday night to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 General Assembly of foreign ministers from across the hemisphere. Its theme is supposed to be: “Together against inequality and discrimination.”
https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-lima-cfed206f87b1d45d686e472b0ba44cc2
Peru’s congress, dominated by social conservatives, voted Thursday night to deny authorization for the scheduled Oct. 5-7 General Assembly of foreign ministers from across the hemisphere. Its theme is supposed to be: “Together against inequality and discrimination.”
https://apnews.com/article/peru-caribbean-lima-cfed206f87b1d45d686e472b0ba44cc2
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Source: Associated Press
Peru overcomes bathroom dispute; will host top OAS meeting
July 16, 2022
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s congress has backed away from a threat to bar the Organization of American States’ top decision-making body over its request for a gender-neutral bathroom.
Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly late Friday to authorize the the scheduled Oct. 5-7 General Assembly of foreign ministers from across the hemisphere, whose theme is supposed to be: “Together against inequality and discrimination.”
A day earlier, the congress dominated by social conservatives had voted to withhold approval of the yearly meeting because the OAS had requested at least one gender-neutral bathroom be available.
Some lawmakers had suggested it could set a precedent for opening such bathrooms elsewhere in Peru or was a violation of the country’s sovereignty. But Peru’s Foreign Minister César Landa issued an appeal on Twitter Friday urging lawmakers to reconsider.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/peru-bathroom-dispute-oas-e8b6a44042471588094b44e4ef92b862