tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9666312.post-1107532692634691782005-02-04T07:58:00.000-08:002005-02-04T08:12:01.126-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/54/2969/200/Gay.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/54/2969/200/Gay.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />Uruguay has unveiled what gay activists say is the first monument in Latin America honoring sexual diversity. <br />The rose-colored block of granite shaped in the form of a triangle went up this week in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. <br />Set atop a concrete column, the monument is inscribed with the words: "Honoring Diversity is Honoring Life." <br />Uruguayan gay activists celebrated the unveiling as an important recognition of the homosexual community in this traditionally conservative Roman Catholic country of 3 million, located between Argentina and Brazil. <br />"From our little country we are telling the world that sexual diversity is something very positive," said Fernando Fontan, the head of a local gay rights group. <br />Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07753699774051530279noreply@blogger.com