巴西一市長與同性伴侶喜結連理

It was a 13-year courtship. But over the weekend, the mayor of the small Brazilian city of Lins finally tied the knot in front of 300 friends and family.

這是一段長達13年的戀情。就在週末，巴西小城林斯的市長終於在300位家人和朋友的見證下結婚了。

"It wasn't supposed to be a political act," Edgar de Souza said. "It was a ceremony for us. We waited long enough! But of course, it was also political." That is because Souza was marrying his longtime male partner, Alexsandro Luciano Trindade.

“這不是一種政治行爲，”埃德加·索薩說道，“這就是爲我們舉行的婚禮儀式。我們已經等待了太長時間！當然，這也算是屬於政治的。”因爲索薩和他的長期男性伴侶---亞歷山德羅·盧西亞諾·特林達德結婚了。

"It's the first time in Brazil that a mayor has starred in his own same-sex marriage!" Souza said with a laugh. "We want to give visibility to gay marriage and encourage others to take advantage of their rights."

“市長舉行自己的同性婚禮，這在巴西是首例！”索薩大笑着說道。“我們想讓同性戀婚姻透明化，鼓勵其他人行使自己的權利。”

He said he has received some hate mail, but mostly messages of support on social media.

他表示，雖然收到了一些恐嚇信，但是社交媒體上大部分還是支持他的。

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Brazil since 2013 after a decision by the National Council of Justice recognized marriage as a right for same-sex couples across the country. In the first three years, more than 14,000 same-sex couples were married.

巴西國家司法委員會於2013年認可了全國同性情侶結婚的權利，之後同性婚姻在巴西合法化。合法後近三年來有14000多對同性情侶登記結婚。

Once a bastion of conservative Catholic values, Latin America has become something of a trailblazer for gay rights, with Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico City leading the charge along with Brazil.

過去拉丁美洲國家是保守的天主教國家，而在阿根廷、烏拉圭、墨西哥城的帶領下，協同巴西，拉丁美洲國家現在已經成爲了同性戀權利的開拓者。

Souza became the first openly gay mayoral candidate in Brazil during his first campaign, in 2012. He threw his hat in the ring after three successful terms in the local legislature.

在2012年市長競選時，索薩成爲了第一個公開的同性戀市長候選人。在當地立法機構三次成功任期的基礎上，索薩競選市長成功。