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Alejandro Freyre, 39, and
Jose Maria Di Bello, 41, will get married December 1 in the same
Buenos Aires registry office where the couple was refused a marriage license in April,
AFP reports. They will become the first same-sex couple to be married in South America and will have the same rights as a heterosexual couple, and—significantly—the same license granting those rights. “We will become husband and husband,” said the couple. On Friday,
a judge ruled in a case they had brought that
Argentina's law barring same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. Buenos Aires Mayor
Mauricio Macri said the city would not appeal—a decision that now allows other same-sex couples to pursue their rights in court,
AP reports. “We have to live with and accept this reality: the world is moving in this direction,” Macri said. The couple requested the Dec. 1 date for their wedding, they said, because it’s
World AIDS Day and both men are HIV positive.
Source: AFP: First Latin America gay marriage on December 1