Welcome to February! I know a lot of folks aren’t particularly fond of Valentine’s Day, but this year I think it’s worth some extra celebration – because it’s the month of love in what some people in Costa Rica have dubbed the Year of Love. As I’ve posted before, this is the year that marriage equality will finally be the law of the land (on May 26, to be exact. That’s the day that the 18-month deadline set by Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court for legislators to make marriage equality legal, will elapse; if they haven’t taken action by that date, the legislation prohibiting gay marriage will automatically be voided).
Of course, this also means we need to buckle our seatbelts, because the news of marriage equality and photos of happy couples will undoubtedly spur yet another backlash. So for this month’s deep dive, I’ll be looking at some of the individuals and organizations who are serving and protecting Costa Rica’s LGBTQ community, and otherwise promoting the right to love.
In other news, I’ve started taking the day number off of my daily posts to avoid distraction, and thereby failed to note that Friday was Day 100 of my yearlong self-challenge to write something every weekday! To all those who’ve been along for the ride since Day 1, thank you!
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