Yeah, a lot of people stereotype Latin America and a lot of (non white and/or poorer...) countries as inherently homophobic, it's relieving to see someone talk about Latin America's queerness without talking about our homophobia. I do think it's an issue worth speaking on but it overshadows all the good work Latino activists do
I'm from Argentina 🇦🇷, but I have to say Uruguay is the most socially advanced country in Latin America. My country is also quite LGBT friendly (you can get married, adopt and even change your gender in the ID), but in the smallest towns queer people still face discrimination.
How's it going with the "anarchist" who sends the police to beat up protesters, though? I mean, seriously, isn't Milei's government a threat to queer rights going foward?
stop lying hermano, people are SUPER HOMOPHOBIC even in Buenos Aires and other "big" cities. plus Argentina is probably the most racist country in SA... yall ain't progressive at all.
@@maitesoto1953 Argentina, like most of Latin America, has gone through far worse than Milei. The Argentinian people are suffering, but I know they will pull through.
Hi Jessica! I'm from Uruguay and it's really amazing that you mention us! We are such a small country that a lot of people from other countries don't even know we exist. So thank you for bringing light to our existence! ❤ In regards of the discrimination you mentioned, I'm 39 and I experienced some discrimination for being lesbian back when I was in highschool. But that was 23 years ago. Nowadays teenagers are very open and inclusive. Of course that there can be discrimination in some places, specially in the small towns, but for the most places people are accepting. I haven't experienced any discrimination at work. Happy to welcome you if you want to visit anytime! ❤ Ps: Muy lindo ver en los comentarios que hay otros uruguayos que la siguen! (Really nice to see in the comments that there are more uruguayans that follow you)
Do you have trans rights activists popping LGBTQ flags on street crossings, posts and walls, on clothes, in classrooms and nurseries, and promote LGBTQ ideology in classrooms of children as young as 4? If so, has it helped?
@@emmanewton39 Maybe not in classrooms, but there are a lot of LGBT activists fighting for LGBT rights and lots of houses with the flag, and the "Diversity parade" (Marcha de la diversidad), wich is our Pride, is one of the most massive in the country. We are 1.5 million in the capital and more than 150K go to the parade. People go as a family, with their kids, and there's lot of teenagers, and people all march and it's really a celebration.
as someone from uruguay i will say thank u for this video 🙏 this country is consantly making so many breakthroughs that Never get acknowledged in a global scale, to the point that even the title calling it "unexpected" rubbed me the wrong way until i saw it and realized the content in it is respectful and the title just a clickbait. as someone living here and witnessing the work people are putting in the work to achieve these changes, and seeing them happen in real time. it's disappointing when i go online and people will hardly acknowledge it since we're not a "first world" country, and having to witness people's surprised reactions when i tell them that Yeah, we are a pretty alright country if i may say so myself. i'm not saying it's flawless but, hey, at least i can have access to free universities and healthcare and even that concept already sounds way too foreign for people in usa 😬
Edit: Maybe the first thing to learn is how to spell and pronounce it correctly lol. Uruguay! Original post: I will try to learn more about Uraguay and talk it up more. I was pretty unaware, like it was just a name on a list to me, now I am so curious. Quiero ir a Uraguay.!
@@rosericmercedes2460 jaja si, definitivamente en los ultimos años hemos recibido muchos inmigrantes de por ahí!! solíamos ser un país con muy poca inmigración pero es muy lindo empezar a ver mas variedad cultural 🙏
I'm from there! Yes, there's still discrimination, just like everywhere else. But at the same time, being lgbtq+ is widely accepted, and it's very common for teens to be open about their identity with their peers, and aside from religious schools or similar circles or families, most people are supportive or at least not outwardly queer phobic. Trans people always face more discrimination, but it's still better than in most places, plus related procedures and legal recognition is easier to achieve (sadly, the latter doesn't usually apply to nb folks). 🇺🇾🇺🇾
I’d imagine that part about the difficulty of non-binary recognition is due to the structure of Spanish itself. It’s a very gendered structure as Romantic languages tend to be. I’d imagine it’s difficult for even some Spanish LGBTQIA+ people to wrap their heads around purely because of how their language works. There are very few non-gendered words in Spanish in my experience studying the language, and even those words have a masculine connotation attached. The capability of English to be non-gendered is one of the few things I like about it, but it and other languages that have this ability (like Japanese) do suffer from over complication, over-reliance on conversational context, or lack of clarity. Language is a funky thing sometimes and is always changing. Maybe someday these languages can develop into something everyone can be included in.
@@charbird20 i personally like the use of elle and e as an adjective ending specifically for a single gender neutral person, it is clunky but fits in relatively well and could become more recognized like singular they in english. i'm curious about other ways people have found to do it
@@charbird20 Gender inclusive and non-binary Spanish already exists. If you run in queer Spanish speaking circles, I would even call it common, and it's starting to be normalized outside of queer spaces as well.
Non binary people are not legally recognized but luckily our IDs don't show gender. The only places where legal gender is shown is on passports, medical systems (which they haven't updated regarding IT programming since the computers sometimes don't allow you to have a date with a gynecologist if ur a man) and birth certificates that basically say that a "creature of feminine/masculine sex was born". I think they should invent a new adjective but they still leave nb people change their names and choose a binary sex.
🇺🇾 From Uruguay here. I can testify that we're very open-minded and progressive. It's a secular country (which extends further than religion, for example imparting political ideology in education is prohibited), civil marriage was recognised in 1837, secularisation of cemeteries was declared in 1861, separation of church and state was declared in 1909, divorce was legalised in 1907, we have a strong public health system since 1933. We've been woke since the 19th century. When it comes to modern days, abortion was legalised in 2012, and in 2013 cannabis was "legalised" (in quotes because the use of recreational drugs was never illegal, only trafficking and selling are illegal, basically the responsibility of the crime only falls on the providing part). And when it comes to trans population, the state has you covered, - Employers and the state are obligated to employ a determined % (which I don't remember exactly) of trans people (there are similar laws for black people, native people and people with disabilities) - You are granted free access to mental health professionals. - If you need any kind of surgery or hormonal therapy all you have to do is ask, it will also be free, and they will also provide psychological support while you "transition" (to ease the process from a social point of view for example, including others) - There's much more I don't remember anything. Btw I'm a medical doctor, and we're in the process of forming an integral clinic for LGBTQ population where I live, it's gonna be awesome. Like you said not everything is fantastic, but I'd say it's more at work, it doesn't happen in school anymore, kids these days are incredible (I also do teen check ups and medical counselling) Oh and also, I'm trans non-binary 😊
There's also the card that the MIDES (ministry of social development) gives to economically aid trans people. Which is not a lot of money but it helps. That also gives you an 80-90% discount on electricity and a 50% discount on gas. And before anyone says "yeah now everyone's gonna say they're trans to pay less" for some reason it doesn't happen. People are usually ashamed of needing that help or think someone else might need it more. So even a lot of trans people don't get the card.
Wow Emilio! No sabía todo eso!! Suena maravilloso. ¿Sabes si hay alguna página en la que me pueda informar al respecto? ¡Soy mexicana y aquí no hay tanto progreso aún! ¡¡¡Así que gracias por difundir, definitivamente aprendí algo nuevo hoy!!!
I'm curious about legal barriers to trans healthcare and medical transition. I'm currently in a country that has a lot of the things mentioned in the video but it's not so easy for me to get hrt (I am also ftm). Just curious I guess.
@@alex_blue5802hi, here the details regarding the process depend on your Healthcare provider (what they will ask you and all that) and they're legally obliged (although I know about a hospital that doesn't do it) to give you free gender affirming surgery. Important piece of context, we have public free healthcare, and paid "private" healthcare (it's actually a system called mutualism). If you are a worker, you don't pay the private healthcare fee because you are a taxpayer, but you do pay for the medicines. If you are unemployed, you pay a fee, in my case it's like 48usd per month rn, and I pay 7usd for T. Long story short, in my experience, I called the doctor and told them "hi, I want a gender transition". They checked my hormone levels, sent me once to a psychologist that only asked me about my safety at home, and then got prescribed testosterone. Then I got the approval of surgeons for top surgery but I happened to be on the hospital that's been breaking the law and not allowing the surgeries at all, and they tried to gaslight me. So I changed to another healthcare provider. In the next one they continued my treatment with testosterone and told me that I ideally should wait a year from the beginning of the treatment to get top surgery (because of fat redistribution). I got the surgery (free ofc), had only a month of wait (free healthcare puts you in a waiting list for years), and got very nice results. A few months later I requested to take out my phallopian tubes and ovaries, and they did it with no issues at all. And that's all, I have a pretty normal life, I just have to get injected once a month.
@@alex_blue5802you need to investigate, ask around if you know any tr4ns folk, ask them about good doctors. Typically you need medical assessment and a diagnosis for dysphoria. It's all on informed consent
We were just in Texas for the eclipse, the politics may suck, but the wildflowers were spectacular. I live in Virginia, where it's a bit better, but not fantastic, especially outside of NoVA. At least the right to adopt is finally being opened up!
Hated the fact this is not always true, especially for more southern european countries Italy is HELL for lgbt people. Yes there is activism and public healthcare to help us, but the people... I have never seen a population as judgemental and hateful as italians...
That‘s a good question, and not an easy one to answer. My easiest guess (off of a few) being that the US are just huge, and not very easy to govern. Every very large country (like russia and china too) seems to struggle with being able to account for people, so I‘m more surprised (and am glad) a country this large still has some sort of democracy. So in my experience at least, the larger the country, the slower change happenes
I'd like to put forth that the people who founded the US government and made these laws in the first place were Puritans. They were essentially of a religion that was against LGBT+ (and a number of other things). These things affect societal expectations even today. Meanwhile, Uruguay's past and cultural values might lend itself more readily to more progressive laws. The more you know! 🌠
Someone else here pointed out that Uruguay has a really strong democracy.. that makes a lot of sense, because when you actually listen to the citizens, common sense and respect go hand in hand. Education standards also tend to be higher and more universal. This is something USA really needs to work on.
It's always baffled me that any minority have to suffer discrimination when they're not asking for anything special or disturbing anybody, they just want the same rights as everyone else. Why are people literally getting out of their way to deny them this when it has nothing to do with them. I know religion is one answer but some people are just obtuse. It's a scandal that not every country is like this. But it's definitely a good example to follow ❤ I love this content creator btw 😊
Because it’s considered a “hot issue” a lot of politicians fear monger to further their political careers. Using that hate to get brownie points with the people who hate them.
@@Noxthesergal Yeah but the fact that this prejudice is there to start with amongst the general population for these politicians to exploit is already a bad situation.
@@terryf6696 With my experience as my sister being the first/only trans person at my school, I often got a lot of the questions and comments people were too scared to give her directly and most people are just incredibly ignorant. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I got asked. I'm a very firm believer in education being the basis of ending discrimination and with 2 trans siblings, both of who showed signs very young and before finding out that being trans was an option, I find the idea that teaching about it will 'make' people trans ridiculous - teaching about gay people didn't make people gay. We need more visibility about why people are trans, why they require treatment and what that treatment entails.
Definitely, visibility and education are key but now these things get denied (like in Florida) so people don't even get that chance and it's giving the message that it's 'bad' or 'wrong' and it makes me so sad and angry. Hope your siblings are striving though 😊
Their former president, Jose Mujica, is also amazing. While governing, he lived in a small simple house, used an old car to drive around, and just lived a very humble life. Most if not all of his paycheck was donated to charity. He's known as the "Presidente Pobre" (President who lives in poverty)
Yes, the law is very advanced here, but it does goes faster than the minds of the people. The "ley integral trans" almost got repealed in 2019. I still think we took massive steps regarding acceptance, the youth is so much conscious and open nowadays. If You look around you can find the help. I'm a trans man changing my name legally was very simple, for medical support on hormonization that depends on where you get it. The only discrimination I receive now it's only from myself haha. I'm very grateful for my country in this and many aspects
Hi Jessica! I thought I would share this: today at my school we did a day of silence for the morning to stand up against bullying in lgbtqia+ youth and the queer club (im in it Im queer) met with our queer teachers and it was so cool sharing out experiences! Do you mind responding or hearting if you see this? THANK YOU SO MUCH and thank you for being apart of my long journey! ❤️ Lots of love to you and your family! 🏳️🌈❤️
In France, our prime minister is literally gay and since he’s in the government, there was a poster in our school that was for LGBT+ rights. It got teared down by some students. For anyone that might be wanting to move in a French speaking country, if you have they/them pronouns, sorry but life will be hard. We have a French equivalent (iel or ielle) but it is almost never used, almost nobody knows it exists, you struggle to make the rest of your sentences because most of the time, you have to link the pronouns and the adjective (if that makes sense to you) and how do you do when there’s no gender neutral option ? Stay safe wherever you live ❤️🏳️🌈
Im non-binary in France (albeit as a refugee) and it really depends! It's not easy to be NB, but generally people are more accepting than in many places. I have friends who respect my identity and even use iel So guess it really can be different for everyone!
As a nurse you might need to learn spanish to work with the public, but yeah there might be some job offers for special data analysts that are more bilingual
@tiredcatman7381 Oh I'd absolutely learn Spanish if I was even just visiting anywhere in the America's, it boggles my mind that it isn't taught alongside English in the USA and even more so that so few adults choose to voluntarily learn it.
This channel gives me hope. This morning my shorts feed sent me a thing about a man upset his transgender daughter, which was demonizing her and calling her satanic for being herself. As a trans woman, things like that really help me limit my internet time.
🗿 parece que no solamente está haciendo recortes sino que también está comenzando a sacar ciertos derechos como el de cambiar el género de la identificación...... Llevenme con ustedes no quiero vivir acá
I feel like social discrimination will always be there, but the fact that LGBTQ+ is supported legally by the law means that no matter how petty some close-minded people might be, they won't be able to actually harm LGBTQ+ people without facing consequences and that's amazing
Awwww, I can’t tell you how happy I was to open TH-cam fist thing in the morning and see a big, rainbow Uruguay thumbnail staring back at me. My dad was born in Uruguay, but I had no idea it was so accepting of LGBT+. Good job Uruguay! 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾
I'm so excited to see my country represented in your chanel, Jessica! I have been watching for a long time and it's very cool to see our little country talked about in a big platform such as this 🇺🇾🫶🏻✨
That’s amazing! Thankfully Illinois (USA) is one of the more LGBTQIA+ friendly states so we are able to live relatively comfortably here…. Though I know all too well it only takes a few bad apples here in the states to ruin an entire state/region/country and tbh I’m worried about that as a gender fluid person who has 2 gender fluid kiddos…
I'm in indiana and stayed at a retreat in Southern Illinois last year. I found it wonderful that even in a very small town, the gas station had gender neutral bathrooms! And then I saw a police truck with a decal that read "in God we trust." I could tell how very delicate lgbtq rights are in the state of Illinois. FAR better than indiana, though!! My son's gender specialist retired & many others left the state because of our restricted laws for trans people 😢
Calling it Urugay has been an inside joke amongst my family for awhile but I had no idea how accepting they actually were about gay people that makes me really happy
i had to do a presentation on uruguay for spanish once! unfortunately, i didn’t know any of this at the time, so it wasn’t included. might have been a better presentation if i did, lol.
I'm so happy that you talk about my country! 🎉❤🏳🌈🇺🇾 We try to be the most open mind we can for everything. A person is a person, doesn't matter what and we always have place for one more ❤
Well, that's it, when i can, i'll move to Uruguay when i get enough budget, cause as Latin american LGBTQIA+ myself, it kinda sucks when your country is highly religious
Brazilian here, most of us don't support it. That bill hasn't even gone to a vote because if it did there'd be protest from the left, the right, the center, probably even God XD
I’m from Argentina so the description of this video (“UNEXPECTEDLY queer country”) made no sense to me because it is very well-know that Uruguay is very good for LGBTQIA rights. The only thing that was surprising to me was that they don’t recognise non-binary identities (in Argentina we have the X marker for gender neutral IDs and passports).
Wow that's so gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰 I love knowing this! I sometimes feel so down about all the regressive hysteria going on in some places lately, and then, there are all these common sense, decent, reasonable, and chill places. How ordinary and lovely ❤ relief!
My grandparents got married in Montevideo because, living in Argentina at the time, "mixed marriages", between a Methodist and a Catholic, weren't allowed!
as a brazilian, i thought this was common knowledge hahah 😅 uruguay is quite progressive despite being heavily liberal (at least as far as i'm concerned)
Hi, I know this is offtopic and kinda dark for such a positive and cute video, but if you see this can you please make a video about the new anti-LGBTQ law in Belarus? ☹It became active a couple days ago. I remember you made one about Russia's new law so I thought you may or may not do it for Belarus too- You can now get fines, be forced to do public works or get up to 4 yrs in prison for showing any acts of homosexuality/polyamory/transgenderism, as it's now considered "pornography", and the goverment officially puts us in the same group with kids lovers, animal lovers and corpses lovers. Ofc it's only your choice of what to and what not to do on ur channel, but I would LOVE if you spreaded a word about it in a video :( (I'm Belarusian & geniunely scared for my future) Edited: fuск I just did some research and there aren't any articles about it in english yet 😭 There are some in Russian tho, so i'll tell y'all a bit more about this: From now on any books or any other media containing "non-traditional sexual relationships" elemens will be getting an extra expertal approval procces in order to make sure there is no "propaganda" in it, or else it'll be considered violent and erotic (or whatever tf.) and for storing/printing out books w/ this "violent" content you can get a fine, be forced to do a public job or get from 2 to 4 years in prison!.... They also called all the transgender ppl "fetishizers" or sum like that. The said "non-traditional sexual relationships" may present as: bisexuality, homosexulism, poliamory, transsexualism, transgenderism, pеdорhiliа, zоорhiliа, nесrорhilliа, and some other stuff... We are being put in the same group with all these people. Also the goverment has called us weirdos before and doens't rlly treat us like people in general. I think I'm gonna go scream in the middle of my room for now, goodnight.
The nation's economy isn't doing well, so you'll be unlikely to find a sustainable job, your best bet is to try out Canada, but the choice is entirely yours.
Yeah, I’m starting to study Finnish so that at can make an exit when I turn 18. Thankfully I live in a state where hrt has been grandfathered for people who already have access to it, but I have no idea if that’ll last very long.
in terms of migration and job market, it is relatively easy to gain residency and there are lots of multinationals eager to hire people, especially in tech/stem areas and especially if you're fluent in english. it's considered a high income country (highest gdp in latam). the economy continues to grow steadily, albeit at a smaller rate as we're recovering from a drought-impacted agricultural output. still, it is a very expensive country. the small economy (3 and a half million people) means high cost of living, particularly in cities. however, i will say it evens out with quality public healthcare and education. definitely worth it, though. it's generally safe, extremely stable politically, has progressive social policies and is welcoming to foreigners.
As a queer Uruguayan born in the 80’s I can say we have come far thanks to constant activism among other things. The ultra-right wing conservatives have been trying to undo certain accomplishments but the general public is turning more and more tolerant. ❤🏳️🌈🇺🇾
Yes the most important first step is to have the legal rights. Good job Uruguay! It's like the hierarchy of needs, safety to be yourself is of prime importance. With out the laws on your side there is no safety net.
Once again, Jessica out here doing to Lord's work by giving me crap to link to when someone on the internet says something stupid. In this case, "so why is it only in the U.S. that you see all this LGBTQ stuff getting so popular? Huh? HUH?????"
Most of them do speak Spanish :) some towns close to the Brazilian border speak some Portuguese (I think I heard some places there adopted Portuguese as a second-language, at least in school). Portunhol/portuñol, a mix of Portuguese and Spanish, thrives in the border too, though that's not yet a language. Minorities might speak some other, indigenous languages as well, but I'm not sure (unlike Paraguay - I know they speak Guaraní there as well as Spanish), so that's where I'll stop.
@@florbalsamo4727 thanks for the confirmation ❤️ Latin America is so huge that I'm always unsure who among us still have minority-spoken indigenous languages
There's also some places (far from the city) where people speak occitan, german, etc. And a lot of people know English. But yeah, the majoritarian language is Spanish.
Yup they speak Spanish! Make sure to study the accent cause if you learn SPAIN or MEXICO Spanish then you might be in for trouble. There's a lot of meanings that just aren't the same
I lived in Uruguay as a kid, tragically too young to appreciate it being queer friendly when I was there. (Although also it might not have been as that was the 90s. I don’t know if anyone was really queer friendly then.)
It’s easy to miss it, bc of course socially we’re far from where we need to be. But when talking with other people from the region and even Spain it always shock me how much further along we are in some things.
For some reason I was thinking of Uganda instead of Uruguay. I was genuinely impressed that an oft ignored African country was this progressive. Then the mention of Americas came and I realised my mistake. I have a way stronger connection to Uruguay than Uganda. I shouldn't make this mistake. Next I'll confuse USA too, since it also starts with a U.
A country known for wine, being LGBTQIA+ friendly, and has amazing food. Little Uruguay is putting larger countries to shame. I'd love to visit there someday.
@@Javiera_Random Chile is mostly known for Cabernet Sauvignon, while Uruguay's flagship is certainly Tannat. Both have excellent Merlot, too! The southern cone of South America has stellar wines!
I'm a genderfluid lesbian who moved to Uruguay about two years ago, I'm currently in high school and yeah, we may have a very low population but I feel like it's doing really well with our protection and rights :)) one thing to note though is that (at least in my grade) people, especially cis guys, are kind of ableist in the way they speak. Which I know sounds unrelated but there's a huge overlapping of disability/queerness in a Venn diagram. I'm autistic and ADHD, and I have a variety of disorders related to these caused by how I was treated before I was aware of my neurodivergency. There are really good people here though, and if you teach them how to stop using ableist language that's been embedded in their speaking pattern , most will listen (especially women/girls). Love your videos!!❤❤❤
🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾 That's my little country! We also have one of the strongest democracies in the world!
Wow that's so cool! ❤ And actually makes a lot of sense 🎉
What does it take to move there?
@@darkrockman2389 Real
If I wanted to visit Uruguay as a tourist, what would I want to do and see while there?
What's the most common language there? And how difficult is it for English-speaking tourists to pick up?
Love that you are speaking about countries that typically aren’t in mainstream headlines.
Omggggg i love that emoji sm!!!
@@ur_fav_swiftie_11 ❤️When you join as a club member of Jessica’s, you get some extra emojis to use for comments on her videos.
Yeah, a lot of people stereotype Latin America and a lot of (non white and/or poorer...) countries as inherently homophobic, it's relieving to see someone talk about Latin America's queerness without talking about our homophobia. I do think it's an issue worth speaking on but it overshadows all the good work Latino activists do
@@jennifers5560 oh, I was gonna ask
@@jennifers5560 PRIDE ITS A SIN SUCH A IRELIGIOUS !
WAKE UP EVERYONE WE'RE GOING TO URUGUAY
You men uruGAY🏳️🌈
@@sushikissa7777 absolutely 💅
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TAKE ME WITH YOU 😭
Here comes the gringos to gentrify
I'm from Argentina 🇦🇷, but I have to say Uruguay is the most socially advanced country in Latin America. My country is also quite LGBT friendly (you can get married, adopt and even change your gender in the ID), but in the smallest towns queer people still face discrimination.
How's it going with the "anarchist" who sends the police to beat up protesters, though?
I mean, seriously, isn't Milei's government a threat to queer rights going foward?
Oh, Argentina, such a beautiful country. Saludos de La Plata
@BostonElton he's sure trying his hardest
stop lying hermano, people are SUPER HOMOPHOBIC even in Buenos Aires and other "big" cities. plus Argentina is probably the most racist country in SA... yall ain't progressive at all.
@@maitesoto1953 Argentina, like most of Latin America, has gone through far worse than Milei. The Argentinian people are suffering, but I know they will pull through.
Hi Jessica! I'm from Uruguay and it's really amazing that you mention us! We are such a small country that a lot of people from other countries don't even know we exist. So thank you for bringing light to our existence! ❤
In regards of the discrimination you mentioned, I'm 39 and I experienced some discrimination for being lesbian back when I was in highschool. But that was 23 years ago. Nowadays teenagers are very open and inclusive. Of course that there can be discrimination in some places, specially in the small towns, but for the most places people are accepting.
I haven't experienced any discrimination at work.
Happy to welcome you if you want to visit anytime! ❤
Ps: Muy lindo ver en los comentarios que hay otros uruguayos que la siguen! (Really nice to see in the comments that there are more uruguayans that follow you)
Do you have trans rights activists popping LGBTQ flags on street crossings, posts and walls, on clothes, in classrooms and nurseries, and promote LGBTQ ideology in classrooms of children as young as 4?
If so, has it helped?
@@emmanewton39 Maybe not in classrooms, but there are a lot of LGBT activists fighting for LGBT rights and lots of houses with the flag, and the "Diversity parade" (Marcha de la diversidad), wich is our Pride, is one of the most massive in the country. We are 1.5 million in the capital and more than 150K go to the parade. People go as a family, with their kids, and there's lot of teenagers, and people all march and it's really a celebration.
Vamos Uruguay 😊🎊
as someone from uruguay i will say thank u for this video 🙏 this country is consantly making so many breakthroughs that Never get acknowledged in a global scale, to the point that even the title calling it "unexpected" rubbed me the wrong way until i saw it and realized the content in it is respectful and the title just a clickbait. as someone living here and witnessing the work people are putting in the work to achieve these changes, and seeing them happen in real time. it's disappointing when i go online and people will hardly acknowledge it since we're not a "first world" country, and having to witness people's surprised reactions when i tell them that Yeah, we are a pretty alright country if i may say so myself. i'm not saying it's flawless but, hey, at least i can have access to free universities and healthcare and even that concept already sounds way too foreign for people in usa 😬
Oh snap ! from Australia must agree that Uruguay puts USA to absolute shame. Respect from one of the founders of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Waaayyy! Soy de República Dominicana, y Uruguay nos pone en vergüenza, en definitiva 😅😅😅😅 cualquiera empieza buscar trabajo pa' lla 🤭😶🌫️😶🌫️
Edit: Maybe the first thing to learn is how to spell and pronounce it correctly lol. Uruguay! Original post: I will try to learn more about Uraguay and talk it up more. I was pretty unaware, like it was just a name on a list to me, now I am so curious. Quiero ir a Uraguay.!
@@rosericmercedes2460 jaja si, definitivamente en los ultimos años hemos recibido muchos inmigrantes de por ahí!! solíamos ser un país con muy poca inmigración pero es muy lindo empezar a ver mas variedad cultural 🙏
@@titichartay7216 omg thank you!! 🥹
I'm from there! Yes, there's still discrimination, just like everywhere else. But at the same time, being lgbtq+ is widely accepted, and it's very common for teens to be open about their identity with their peers, and aside from religious schools or similar circles or families, most people are supportive or at least not outwardly queer phobic. Trans people always face more discrimination, but it's still better than in most places, plus related procedures and legal recognition is easier to achieve (sadly, the latter doesn't usually apply to nb folks).
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Sí, tal cual, coincido con lo que decís. Para los NB aún falta, pero estimo que llegará
I’d imagine that part about the difficulty of non-binary recognition is due to the structure of Spanish itself. It’s a very gendered structure as Romantic languages tend to be. I’d imagine it’s difficult for even some Spanish LGBTQIA+ people to wrap their heads around purely because of how their language works. There are very few non-gendered words in Spanish in my experience studying the language, and even those words have a masculine connotation attached. The capability of English to be non-gendered is one of the few things I like about it, but it and other languages that have this ability (like Japanese) do suffer from over complication, over-reliance on conversational context, or lack of clarity.
Language is a funky thing sometimes and is always changing. Maybe someday these languages can develop into something everyone can be included in.
@@charbird20 i personally like the use of elle and e as an adjective ending specifically for a single gender neutral person, it is clunky but fits in relatively well and could become more recognized like singular they in english. i'm curious about other ways people have found to do it
@@charbird20 Gender inclusive and non-binary Spanish already exists. If you run in queer Spanish speaking circles, I would even call it common, and it's starting to be normalized outside of queer spaces as well.
Non binary people are not legally recognized but luckily our IDs don't show gender. The only places where legal gender is shown is on passports, medical systems (which they haven't updated regarding IT programming since the computers sometimes don't allow you to have a date with a gynecologist if ur a man) and birth certificates that basically say that a "creature of feminine/masculine sex was born". I think they should invent a new adjective but they still leave nb people change their names and choose a binary sex.
I love seeing my country get mentioned 🇺🇾🇺🇾
oh wow, of all the countries out there Uruguay was quite a surprise to see, happy to hear how well supported even the activists are 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
Every Uruguayan watching this: mom I'm on tv!
But for real it's always nice to see our country doing well ❤
Jajajaja tal cual
Time to start packing...i'm moving to Uruguay 🏳️🌈
Same here.
Lmao sameee 🥲
Please leave. America needs more normal people
@@rhyscruz you a homophobe or smth?
@@rhyscruzisn't no one in America normal??? Homophobic much?
🇺🇾 From Uruguay here. I can testify that we're very open-minded and progressive.
It's a secular country (which extends further than religion, for example imparting political ideology in education is prohibited), civil marriage was recognised in 1837, secularisation of cemeteries was declared in 1861, separation of church and state was declared in 1909, divorce was legalised in 1907, we have a strong public health system since 1933. We've been woke since the 19th century.
When it comes to modern days, abortion was legalised in 2012, and in 2013 cannabis was "legalised" (in quotes because the use of recreational drugs was never illegal, only trafficking and selling are illegal, basically the responsibility of the crime only falls on the providing part).
And when it comes to trans population, the state has you covered,
- Employers and the state are obligated to employ a determined % (which I don't remember exactly) of trans people (there are similar laws for black people, native people and people with disabilities)
- You are granted free access to mental health professionals.
- If you need any kind of surgery or hormonal therapy all you have to do is ask, it will also be free, and they will also provide psychological support while you "transition" (to ease the process from a social point of view for example, including others)
- There's much more I don't remember anything.
Btw I'm a medical doctor, and we're in the process of forming an integral clinic for LGBTQ population where I live, it's gonna be awesome.
Like you said not everything is fantastic, but I'd say it's more at work, it doesn't happen in school anymore, kids these days are incredible (I also do teen check ups and medical counselling)
Oh and also, I'm trans non-binary 😊
Wow, thanks for the info!
There's also the card that the MIDES (ministry of social development) gives to economically aid trans people. Which is not a lot of money but it helps. That also gives you an 80-90% discount on electricity and a 50% discount on gas.
And before anyone says "yeah now everyone's gonna say they're trans to pay less" for some reason it doesn't happen. People are usually ashamed of needing that help or think someone else might need it more. So even a lot of trans people don't get the card.
Wow Emilio! No sabía todo eso!! Suena maravilloso. ¿Sabes si hay alguna página en la que me pueda informar al respecto? ¡Soy mexicana y aquí no hay tanto progreso aún! ¡¡¡Así que gracias por difundir, definitivamente aprendí algo nuevo hoy!!!
Wow that's amazing! Thanks for sharing all that information
As a South American it makes me so so happy to hear about LGBT-friendly Latin countries, we're getting there!!
Ftm trans here and from Uruguay! So glad to have you know about our country
How is it there with getting HRT? Especially if you're ftm? Im guessing enbies cant get HRT unless they lie they are binary?
I'm curious about legal barriers to trans healthcare and medical transition. I'm currently in a country that has a lot of the things mentioned in the video but it's not so easy for me to get hrt (I am also ftm). Just curious I guess.
@@alex_blue5802 pretty sure it's just by informed consent
@@alex_blue5802hi, here the details regarding the process depend on your Healthcare provider (what they will ask you and all that) and they're legally obliged (although I know about a hospital that doesn't do it) to give you free gender affirming surgery.
Important piece of context, we have public free healthcare, and paid "private" healthcare (it's actually a system called mutualism). If you are a worker, you don't pay the private healthcare fee because you are a taxpayer, but you do pay for the medicines. If you are unemployed, you pay a fee, in my case it's like 48usd per month rn, and I pay 7usd for T.
Long story short, in my experience, I called the doctor and told them "hi, I want a gender transition". They checked my hormone levels, sent me once to a psychologist that only asked me about my safety at home, and then got prescribed testosterone. Then I got the approval of surgeons for top surgery but I happened to be on the hospital that's been breaking the law and not allowing the surgeries at all, and they tried to gaslight me. So I changed to another healthcare provider. In the next one they continued my treatment with testosterone and told me that I ideally should wait a year from the beginning of the treatment to get top surgery (because of fat redistribution). I got the surgery (free ofc), had only a month of wait (free healthcare puts you in a waiting list for years), and got very nice results. A few months later I requested to take out my phallopian tubes and ovaries, and they did it with no issues at all. And that's all, I have a pretty normal life, I just have to get injected once a month.
@@alex_blue5802you need to investigate, ask around if you know any tr4ns folk, ask them about good doctors. Typically you need medical assessment and a diagnosis for dysphoria. It's all on informed consent
hmmm… this is good to know as someone living in the -hell- texas….. ✍️✍️✍️
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Same 😂 although New Mexico has some amazing laws. I'm thinking of going there.
Same
We were just in Texas for the eclipse, the politics may suck, but the wildflowers were spectacular. I live in Virginia, where it's a bit better, but not fantastic, especially outside of NoVA. At least the right to adopt is finally being opened up!
@@victoriaeads6126 Wait y'all couldn't even adopt to same sex households? Dang that's pretty bad.
Loved the "Greenland is playing by European Rules"
Hated the fact this is not always true, especially for more southern european countries
Italy is HELL for lgbt people. Yes there is activism and public healthcare to help us, but the people... I have never seen a population as judgemental and hateful as italians...
As an queer american, this scares me a lot. Im very happy for the people of Uruguay, but why does america have such shitty laws???
That‘s a good question, and not an easy one to answer.
My easiest guess (off of a few) being that the US are just huge, and not very easy to govern. Every very large country (like russia and china too) seems to struggle with being able to account for people, so I‘m more surprised (and am glad) a country this large still has some sort of democracy. So in my experience at least, the larger the country, the slower change happenes
It depends so much on State laws right now. There is such a disparity between liberal and conservative states.
I'd like to put forth that the people who founded the US government and made these laws in the first place were Puritans. They were essentially of a religion that was against LGBT+ (and a number of other things). These things affect societal expectations even today. Meanwhile, Uruguay's past and cultural values might lend itself more readily to more progressive laws. The more you know! 🌠
Someone else here pointed out that Uruguay has a really strong democracy.. that makes a lot of sense, because when you actually listen to the citizens, common sense and respect go hand in hand. Education standards also tend to be higher and more universal. This is something USA really needs to work on.
Like what, what law is negatively affecting you?
The urgay joke was a good one hahaha well im not from there but we are neibhoors so i feeling proud for my hermanos
It's so nice to see that joke done in a positive, rather than pejorative way!
I am not from Uruguay, but I am from South America. Uruguay is the example of democracy, civil rights and secularism for all Latin America.
I have to admit, I don't know much about Uruguay, but it always makes me happy to hear that a country is safe(r) for queer people
It's always baffled me that any minority have to suffer discrimination when they're not asking for anything special or disturbing anybody, they just want the same rights as everyone else. Why are people literally getting out of their way to deny them this when it has nothing to do with them. I know religion is one answer but some people are just obtuse. It's a scandal that not every country is like this. But it's definitely a good example to follow ❤ I love this content creator btw 😊
Because it’s considered a “hot issue” a lot of politicians fear monger to further their political careers. Using that hate to get brownie points with the people who hate them.
@@Noxthesergal Yeah but the fact that this prejudice is there to start with amongst the general population for these politicians to exploit is already a bad situation.
@@terryf6696 With my experience as my sister being the first/only trans person at my school, I often got a lot of the questions and comments people were too scared to give her directly and most people are just incredibly ignorant. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I got asked. I'm a very firm believer in education being the basis of ending discrimination and with 2 trans siblings, both of who showed signs very young and before finding out that being trans was an option, I find the idea that teaching about it will 'make' people trans ridiculous - teaching about gay people didn't make people gay. We need more visibility about why people are trans, why they require treatment and what that treatment entails.
Definitely, visibility and education are key but now these things get denied (like in Florida) so people don't even get that chance and it's giving the message that it's 'bad' or 'wrong' and it makes me so sad and angry. Hope your siblings are striving though 😊
Their former president, Jose Mujica, is also amazing. While governing, he lived in a small simple house, used an old car to drive around, and just lived a very humble life.
Most if not all of his paycheck was donated to charity.
He's known as the "Presidente Pobre" (President who lives in poverty)
Yes, the law is very advanced here, but it does goes faster than the minds of the people. The "ley integral trans" almost got repealed in 2019. I still think we took massive steps regarding acceptance, the youth is so much conscious and open nowadays. If You look around you can find the help.
I'm a trans man changing my name legally was very simple, for medical support on hormonization that depends on where you get it. The only discrimination I receive now it's only from myself haha.
I'm very grateful for my country in this and many aspects
Hi Jessica! I thought I would share this: today at my school we did a day of silence for the morning to stand up against bullying in lgbtqia+ youth and the queer club (im in it Im queer) met with our queer teachers and it was so cool sharing out experiences! Do you mind responding or hearting if you see this?
THANK YOU SO MUCH and thank you for being apart of my long journey! ❤️
Lots of love to you and your family! 🏳️🌈❤️
In France, our prime minister is literally gay and since he’s in the government, there was a poster in our school that was for LGBT+ rights. It got teared down by some students.
For anyone that might be wanting to move in a French speaking country, if you have they/them pronouns, sorry but life will be hard. We have a French equivalent (iel or ielle) but it is almost never used, almost nobody knows it exists, you struggle to make the rest of your sentences because most of the time, you have to link the pronouns and the adjective (if that makes sense to you) and how do you do when there’s no gender neutral option ?
Stay safe wherever you live ❤️🏳️🌈
Im non-binary in France (albeit as a refugee) and it really depends! It's not easy to be NB, but generally people are more accepting than in many places. I have friends who respect my identity and even use iel
So guess it really can be different for everyone!
@BostonElton WHAT-
(((((It's called noun-adjective and noun-verb agreement)))))
Ca devait certainement être des hooligans anglais ou suédois qui ont arraché le poster lgbt dans ton école
@@Jean10_30certainement, parce que les Français sont parfaits et ne peuvent pas se tromper
Does Uruguay need Spatial Data Analysts and Nurses? Asking for a room-mate...
Nurses are always needed, and we're very welcoming towards foreigners
As a nurse you might need to learn spanish to work with the public, but yeah there might be some job offers for special data analysts that are more bilingual
@tiredcatman7381 Oh I'd absolutely learn Spanish if I was even just visiting anywhere in the America's, it boggles my mind that it isn't taught alongside English in the USA and even more so that so few adults choose to voluntarily learn it.
YES IM A URUGUAYAN LOVE THE SHOUTOUT
This channel gives me hope.
This morning my shorts feed sent me a thing about a man upset his transgender daughter, which was demonizing her and calling her satanic for being herself. As a trans woman, things like that really help me limit my internet time.
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that's awful, i'm so sorry you have to deal with that. sending love and solidarity 💗🤍💙
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Im sure there was more to the story than "man gets upset at his satanic 'daughter'"
@@014editsolg wahh wahh trans people!!!!
Damn, Uruguay really did it, good for them
Literalmente con mi grupo de amigos (todos lgbt+) estamos como "tenemos que mudarnos a Montevideo" luego de que ganara Milei
Same 🥲
🗿 parece que no solamente está haciendo recortes sino que también está comenzando a sacar ciertos derechos como el de cambiar el género de la identificación...... Llevenme con ustedes no quiero vivir acá
I feel like social discrimination will always be there, but the fact that LGBTQ+ is supported legally by the law means that no matter how petty some close-minded people might be, they won't be able to actually harm LGBTQ+ people without facing consequences and that's amazing
We will always be discriminated against simply because we are different. Thankfully it could become rarer
Now all I can think of is Homer Simpson reading “Uruguay” as “U R Gay”.
Awwww, I can’t tell you how happy I was to open TH-cam fist thing in the morning and see a big, rainbow Uruguay thumbnail staring back at me. My dad was born in Uruguay, but I had no idea it was so accepting of LGBT+. Good job Uruguay! 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾
I'm so excited to see my country represented in your chanel, Jessica! I have been watching for a long time and it's very cool to see our little country talked about in a big platform such as this 🇺🇾🫶🏻✨
Honesty its ironic that there name is that and is rather fitting 😌👍🏽 🏳️🌈
That’s amazing! Thankfully Illinois (USA) is one of the more LGBTQIA+ friendly states so we are able to live relatively comfortably here…. Though I know all too well it only takes a few bad apples here in the states to ruin an entire state/region/country and tbh I’m worried about that as a gender fluid person who has 2 gender fluid kiddos…
Fellow Illinoisan here, I agree. It is good now, but if a Republican Governor would get in, I think lots of things would change.
Yeah, I’m really happy I live here, but I’m studying a couple languages just in case something bad happens and I have to leave.
I'm in indiana and stayed at a retreat in Southern Illinois last year. I found it wonderful that even in a very small town, the gas station had gender neutral bathrooms! And then I saw a police truck with a decal that read "in God we trust." I could tell how very delicate lgbtq rights are in the state of Illinois. FAR better than indiana, though!!
My son's gender specialist retired & many others left the state because of our restricted laws for trans people 😢
Calling it Urugay has been an inside joke amongst my family for awhile but I had no idea how accepting they actually were about gay people that makes me really happy
That's how my sister insists on pronouncing Uruguay, no matter how much she's corrected
As an Uruguayan. Let her be, she has my permission
i had to do a presentation on uruguay for spanish once! unfortunately, i didn’t know any of this at the time, so it wasn’t included. might have been a better presentation if i did, lol.
I'm so happy that you talk about my country! 🎉❤🏳🌈🇺🇾
We try to be the most open mind we can for everything. A person is a person, doesn't matter what and we always have place for one more ❤
Uruguay is based?? 😮
Based Uruguay 🔥🔥
Based Uruguay 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I have wanted to visit Uruguay for awhile. Now I want to visit even more!
NO WAY ITS ACTUALLY GAY THATS LITERALLY HOW I REMEMBERED THE NAME FOR MY SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM 💀
One way ticket to Uruguay please 😁
...more like Urugay- wait that's taken
Well, that's it, when i can, i'll move to Uruguay when i get enough budget, cause as Latin american LGBTQIA+ myself, it kinda sucks when your country is highly religious
*heavy sigh*
Best thing Uruguay did was get rid of Brazil.
Meanwhile in Brazil they were Tring to re criminalize same gender marriage.
I'm not really surprised, seeing how evangelical that country can be.
Brazilian here, most of us don't support it. That bill hasn't even gone to a vote because if it did there'd be protest from the left, the right, the center, probably even God XD
Uruguay!🇺🇾 that’s my country!
Que lindo ver más uruguayos en este canal!
Nice, but I just wanna say…
Her voice is so gentle it scares me lol
Yay! That’s so cool for the Rainbow People!
I’m from Argentina so the description of this video (“UNEXPECTEDLY queer country”) made no sense to me because it is very well-know that Uruguay is very good for LGBTQIA rights. The only thing that was surprising to me was that they don’t recognise non-binary identities (in Argentina we have the X marker for gender neutral IDs and passports).
Our ID doesn't have gender tho, so at least non binary people don't have to see the wrong gender on it
Pack your bags guys! We're moving to Uruguay!
I see my country, I comment
Same!
Wow that's so gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰 I love knowing this! I sometimes feel so down about all the regressive hysteria going on in some places lately, and then, there are all these common sense, decent, reasonable, and chill places. How ordinary and lovely ❤ relief!
I love that cheesy joke from the beginning of the video.
Uruguay keeps surprising me! Little gem 🇺🇾
Love how so many English-speakers are talking about moving to Uruguay rather than Canada... lol.
Te amamos Uruguay 🇺🇾 💛
I have nothing to add except that the outfit is incredible. The pattern with beige hat and skirt makes the pattern stand out.
I snorted so loud at the intro joke and i am ashamed of myself
Lgbtq friendly AND away from my family. Welp... time to move
first 5 seconds was me my entire 7th grade history class
US QUEERS ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN!
My grandparents got married in Montevideo because, living in Argentina at the time, "mixed marriages", between a Methodist and a Catholic, weren't allowed!
as a brazilian, i thought this was common knowledge hahah 😅 uruguay is quite progressive despite being heavily liberal (at least as far as i'm concerned)
quite progressive despite being heavily liberal? wdym? that's like saying something is very dark of being black.
Hi, I know this is offtopic and kinda dark for such a positive and cute video, but
if you see this can you please make a video about the new anti-LGBTQ law in Belarus? ☹It became active a couple days ago. I remember you made one about Russia's new law so I thought you may or may not do it for Belarus too- You can now get fines, be forced to do public works or get up to 4 yrs in prison for showing any acts of homosexuality/polyamory/transgenderism, as it's now considered "pornography", and the goverment officially puts us in the same group with kids lovers, animal lovers and corpses lovers. Ofc it's only your choice of what to and what not to do on ur channel, but I would LOVE if you spreaded a word about it in a video :( (I'm Belarusian & geniunely scared for my future)
Edited: fuск I just did some research and there aren't any articles about it in english yet 😭 There are some in Russian tho, so i'll tell y'all a bit more about this:
From now on any books or any other media containing "non-traditional sexual relationships" elemens will be getting an extra expertal approval procces in order to make sure there is no "propaganda" in it, or else it'll be considered violent and erotic (or whatever tf.) and for storing/printing out books w/ this "violent" content you can get a fine, be forced to do a public job or get from 2 to 4 years in prison!.... They also called all the transgender ppl "fetishizers" or sum like that. The said "non-traditional sexual relationships" may present as: bisexuality, homosexulism, poliamory, transsexualism, transgenderism, pеdорhiliа, zоорhiliа, nесrорhilliа, and some other stuff... We are being put in the same group with all these people. Also the goverment has called us weirdos before and doens't rlly treat us like people in general. I think I'm gonna go scream in the middle of my room for now, goodnight.
that's absolutely terrible, i'm so sorry. my heart is with you, sending so much love ❤❤❤
well done Uruguay! i might have to look in to visiting some time!
How are their immigration laws?
Because if Trump somehow gets elected again I'm going to have to flee the US because I'm transgender.
The nation's economy isn't doing well, so you'll be unlikely to find a sustainable job, your best bet is to try out Canada, but the choice is entirely yours.
Yeah, I’m starting to study Finnish so that at can make an exit when I turn 18. Thankfully I live in a state where hrt has been grandfathered for people who already have access to it, but I have no idea if that’ll last very long.
in terms of migration and job market, it is relatively easy to gain residency and there are lots of multinationals eager to hire people, especially in tech/stem areas and especially if you're fluent in english.
it's considered a high income country (highest gdp in latam). the economy continues to grow steadily, albeit at a smaller rate as we're recovering from a drought-impacted agricultural output.
still, it is a very expensive country. the small economy (3 and a half million people) means high cost of living, particularly in cities. however, i will say it evens out with quality public healthcare and education.
definitely worth it, though. it's generally safe, extremely stable politically, has progressive social policies and is welcoming to foreigners.
@@penguin112yt4 no. I don’t think I will do that.
Whatever you do don't come to Argentina unless you're really desperate, the current president is NUTS and anti queer. Your best bet is prolly Canada
Thanks!
Thank you so much xxx
@@jessicaoutoftheclosetYou're welcome Jessica! Thanks very much for the content you create!
GO Uruguay!
guess who's gonna consider moving to Uruguay 🇺🇾 now that i know that there my existence is acknowledged and protected as a human being... ME
It is an expensive country to live, but we do have free healthcare and education (even university).
Sad nonbinary noises... But maybe, hopefully they will fix that, too.
What a pleasant surprise!😁
My country (India) has abysmal LGBT rights
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i'm so sorry, sending love 🫶🫶
As a queer Uruguayan born in the 80’s I can say we have come far thanks to constant activism among other things. The ultra-right wing conservatives have been trying to undo certain accomplishments but the general public is turning more and more tolerant. ❤🏳️🌈🇺🇾
Yes the most important first step is to have the legal rights. Good job Uruguay! It's like the hierarchy of needs, safety to be yourself is of prime importance. With out the laws on your side there is no safety net.
And this is why they are my top place to move to if things are looking like crap as november get's closer.
Once again, Jessica out here doing to Lord's work by giving me crap to link to when someone on the internet says something stupid.
In this case, "so why is it only in the U.S. that you see all this LGBTQ stuff getting so popular? Huh? HUH?????"
My go-to line is "same sex marriage is a legal reality in 36 countries. Crying about it on the internet is cringe behaviour."
When I was younger I genuinely used to think that's how you said Uruguay.
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Its literally 2 letters from ur gay are we really surprised?
Also hell yea Uruguay taking Ws
love love LOVE the term “gender self-determination”
Same here!
@@penguin112yt4 bruh wdym
@@penguin112yt4 girl who asked you
@@penguin112yt4 why not though?
Time to learn Spanish (I think that's what they speak) and move to Uruguay.
Most of them do speak Spanish :) some towns close to the Brazilian border speak some Portuguese (I think I heard some places there adopted Portuguese as a second-language, at least in school). Portunhol/portuñol, a mix of Portuguese and Spanish, thrives in the border too, though that's not yet a language. Minorities might speak some other, indigenous languages as well, but I'm not sure (unlike Paraguay - I know they speak Guaraní there as well as Spanish), so that's where I'll stop.
Yes, we speak Spanish.
We don't speak indigenous languages.
And yes it's true that in the border with Brasil people speak portuñol and portuguese also
@@florbalsamo4727 thanks for the confirmation ❤️ Latin America is so huge that I'm always unsure who among us still have minority-spoken indigenous languages
There's also some places (far from the city) where people speak occitan, german, etc. And a lot of people know English. But yeah, the majoritarian language is Spanish.
Yup they speak Spanish! Make sure to study the accent cause if you learn SPAIN or MEXICO Spanish then you might be in for trouble. There's a lot of meanings that just aren't the same
I lived in Uruguay as a kid, tragically too young to appreciate it being queer friendly when I was there. (Although also it might not have been as that was the 90s. I don’t know if anyone was really queer friendly then.)
As an Uruguayan I have to say I never realized myself how good we have it; but it’s true.
It’s easy to miss it, bc of course socially we’re far from where we need to be. But when talking with other people from the region and even Spain it always shock me how much further along we are in some things.
Bien hecho Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾
I love how America *loves* to feel progressive and its whole thing is "FREEDOM FOR ALL CACAW" but is literally so behind 💀
“More like UrAGay” TOOK ME OUT-
As an Uruguayan whom is also trans, this is beautiful to see
Do you think that you could do one of these about Nonbinary people?
I want to know where to move!
For some reason I was thinking of Uganda instead of Uruguay. I was genuinely impressed that an oft ignored African country was this progressive. Then the mention of Americas came and I realised my mistake.
I have a way stronger connection to Uruguay than Uganda. I shouldn't make this mistake. Next I'll confuse USA too, since it also starts with a U.
Wishing more queer content creators had your panache and style.
Truly sophisticated and pleasant 😮 I am left impressed with each of your videos.
uruguay is so advanced! if you wanna live in latin america pick that or costa rica
A country known for wine, being LGBTQIA+ friendly, and has amazing food. Little Uruguay is putting larger countries to shame. I'd love to visit there someday.
Wine? No no no, wine = Chile my dear !
@@Javiera_Random Chile is mostly known for Cabernet Sauvignon, while Uruguay's flagship is certainly Tannat. Both have excellent Merlot, too! The southern cone of South America has stellar wines!
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"HAHAHA U R GAY" - homer simpson
"Uruguay KINDLY requests that somalia stop pronouncing it you're-a-gay"
I'm a genderfluid lesbian who moved to Uruguay about two years ago, I'm currently in high school and yeah, we may have a very low population but I feel like it's doing really well with our protection and rights :)) one thing to note though is that (at least in my grade) people, especially cis guys, are kind of ableist in the way they speak. Which I know sounds unrelated but there's a huge overlapping of disability/queerness in a Venn diagram. I'm autistic and ADHD, and I have a variety of disorders related to these caused by how I was treated before I was aware of my neurodivergency. There are really good people here though, and if you teach them how to stop using ableist language that's been embedded in their speaking pattern , most will listen (especially women/girls). Love your videos!!❤❤❤
I'm from Uruguay! It was a pleasant surprise to see you talk about us ❤
We tried to alow trans 16 to transition but someone (the uk government boo boo) illegal of power parliament to stop the bill
I can’t believe I’m this early :O