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from "el diario/La Prensa," a Spanish language newspaper published
in New York City. Translated and edited by Toby Mailman.


Peruvian Government Discusses Recognition of Gay Couples

The Peruvian Constitutional Congress will soon study a proposal to
include in that country's constitution the free union of couples
without any bias regarding their gender, said legislator Julio
Castro G"mez on March 11.

G"mez, leader of the Democratic Left Movement in Peru, said that
homosexuals living together is a fact of reality which much be
legislated, and added that, as a result of his proposal, the
subject is under discussion by the Health, Population and Family
Commission of the legislature. He said the subject had first been
discussed in pubic and private institutions to gather different
opinions.

"Given the need to legally recognize the exercise of responsible
and voluntary sexual relationships between people, with a basis of
information and education, we have come to deal with the
controversial subject," he said, adding, "Looking at reality, we


have seen that it is necessary to recognize the right of people to
freely elect their sexual option and also in some way to
eventually acknowledge their right to constitute stable couples."

G"mez recalled that the current constitution speaks of the stable
union of couples of diverse sexes, but we, he explained, do not
want to determine the sex, but rather, to talk about couples. He
commented that homosexual unions are a fact of reality in
contemporary society, that it always has been in the past, but
that it is becoming more frequent.

"We have to have legislation, as it were, for the Peruvian reality
of today and for the future," concluded Castro G"mez. (edlp
3/12/93 from Notimex) 


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