UNEXPECTEDLY queer country?!?!? 🌈👀

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Jessica Kellgren-Fozard

Ай бұрын

One of the best countries for LGBTQ+ rights!
#lgbtqnews #lgbtqrights #gayrights #transrights #uruguay

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@ReadingwithMani Ай бұрын

🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾 That's my little country! We also have one of the strongest democracies in the world!

@elspethfougere9683 Ай бұрын

Wow that's so cool! ❤ And actually makes a lot of sense 🎉

@darkrockman2389 Ай бұрын

What does it take to move there?

@VENICE510 Ай бұрын

@@darkrockman2389 Real

@mcherm Ай бұрын

If I wanted to visit Uruguay as a tourist, what would I want to do and see while there?

@InvisiblerApple Ай бұрын

What's the most common language there? And how difficult is it for English-speaking tourists to pick up?

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

Love that you are speaking about countries that typically aren’t in mainstream headlines.

@ur_fav_swiftie_11 Ай бұрын

Omggggg i love that emoji sm!!!

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@leonineKelter Ай бұрын

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

@elisakrivas Ай бұрын

@@jennifers5560 oh, I was gonna ask

@Helena_meow_UwU Ай бұрын

@@jennifers5560 PRIDE ITS A SIN SUCH A IRELIGIOUS !

@RulerOfArniskad Ай бұрын

WAKE UP EVERYONE WE'RE GOING TO URUGUAY

@sushikissa7777 Ай бұрын

You men uruGAY🏳️‍🌈

@RulerOfArniskad Ай бұрын

@@sushikissa7777 absolutely 💅

@ecurewitz Ай бұрын

🇺🇾

@wthrf_l Ай бұрын

TAKE ME WITH YOU 😭

@umi2751 Ай бұрын

Here comes the gringos to gentrify

@qtnshy Ай бұрын

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.

@mkra7769 Ай бұрын

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?

@maitesoto1953 Ай бұрын

Oh, Argentina, such a beautiful country. Saludos de La Plata

@maitesoto1953 Ай бұрын

@BostonElton he's sure trying his hardest

@blameitoncapitalism Ай бұрын

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.

@antonioscendrategattico2302 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

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)

@emmanewton39 Ай бұрын

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?

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@LunaJonesTarot 4 күн бұрын

Vamos Uruguay 😊🎊

@bladeofwyll5482 Ай бұрын

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 😬

@titichartay7216 Ай бұрын

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.

@rosericmercedes2460 Ай бұрын

Waaayyy! Soy de República Dominicana, y Uruguay nos pone en vergüenza, en definitiva 😅😅😅😅 cualquiera empieza buscar trabajo pa' lla 🤭😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

@Xubuntu47 Ай бұрын

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.!

@bladeofwyll5482 Ай бұрын

@@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 🙏

@bladeofwyll5482 Ай бұрын

@@titichartay7216 omg thank you!! 🥹

@jofrn294 Ай бұрын

I love seeing my country get mentioned 🇺🇾🇺🇾

@QuiteFamiliar Ай бұрын

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 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

@pinkflowers_sagetea Ай бұрын

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). 🇺🇾🇺🇾

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

Sí, tal cual, coincido con lo que decís. Para los NB aún falta, pero estimo que llegará

@charbird20 Ай бұрын

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.

@theawecat27 Ай бұрын

@@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

@michaelbarry6489 27 күн бұрын

@@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.

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

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.

@shiv8993 Ай бұрын

Time to start packing...i'm moving to Uruguay 🏳️‍🌈

@-Est3lle- Ай бұрын

Same here.

@ithinkiknowme6450 Ай бұрын

Lmao sameee 🥲

@rhyscruz 27 күн бұрын

Please leave. America needs more normal people

@-Est3lle- 26 күн бұрын

@@rhyscruz you a homophobe or smth?

@-Est3lle- 26 күн бұрын

@@rhyscruzisn't no one in America normal??? Homophobic much?

@marietheotaku94 Ай бұрын

Every Uruguayan watching this: mom I'm on tv! But for real it's always nice to see our country doing well ❤

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

Jajajaja tal cual

@emiliocespedes3685 Ай бұрын

🇺🇾 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 😊

@i_ate_the_context Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for the info!

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

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.

@francescafrancesca3554 17 күн бұрын

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!!!

@tw8464 Күн бұрын

Wow that's amazing! Thanks for sharing all that information

@sebsational123 14 күн бұрын

As a South American it makes me so so happy to hear about LGBT-friendly Latin countries, we're getting there!!

@alexandertato Ай бұрын

Ftm trans here and from Uruguay! So glad to have you know about our country

@lucyapanda6499 Ай бұрын

How is it there with getting HRT? Especially if you're ftm? Im guessing enbies cant get HRT unless they lie they are binary?

@alex_blue5802 Ай бұрын

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.

@dantevito1193 23 күн бұрын

@@alex_blue5802 pretty sure it's just by informed consent

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

@@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.

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

@@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

@jimbeetron Ай бұрын

hmmm… this is good to know as someone living in the -hell- texas….. ✍️✍️✍️

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

❤

@Miss_Kisa94 Ай бұрын

Same 😂 although New Mexico has some amazing laws. I'm thinking of going there.

@AskThe7 Ай бұрын

Same

@victoriaeads6126 Ай бұрын

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!

@Miss_Kisa94 Ай бұрын

@@victoriaeads6126 Wait y'all couldn't even adopt to same sex households? Dang that's pretty bad.

@samuelline9573 14 күн бұрын

Loved the "Greenland is playing by European Rules"

@DINGD0NG... 10 күн бұрын

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...

@dannagy546 Ай бұрын

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???

@blue-uv4mh Ай бұрын

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

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

It depends so much on State laws right now. There is such a disparity between liberal and conservative states.

@rezzy8590 Ай бұрын

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! 🌠

@elspethfougere9683 Ай бұрын

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.

@erin6945 Ай бұрын

Like what, what law is negatively affecting you?

@carolbuzelim Ай бұрын

The urgay joke was a good one hahaha well im not from there but we are neibhoors so i feeling proud for my hermanos

@InvisiblerApple Ай бұрын

It's so nice to see that joke done in a positive, rather than pejorative way!

@aleserizo Ай бұрын

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

@namtellectjoonal7230 24 күн бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

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.

@terryf6696 Ай бұрын

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 😊

@Noxthesergal Ай бұрын

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.

@terryf6696 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@lemolea9571 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@terryf6696 Ай бұрын

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 😊

@ZoeRazzino30 Ай бұрын

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! 🏳️‍🌈❤️

@ZimVader-0017 Ай бұрын

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)

@clearlieme Ай бұрын

Does Uruguay need Spatial Data Analysts and Nurses? Asking for a room-mate...

@alexandertato Ай бұрын

Nurses are always needed, and we're very welcoming towards foreigners

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

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

@clearlieme 20 күн бұрын

@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.

@BalKwazii 18 күн бұрын

YES IM A URUGUAYAN LOVE THE SHOUTOUT

@Nevaeh_Jackson Ай бұрын

Honesty its ironic that there name is that and is rather fitting 😌👍🏽 🏳️‍🌈

@aspinthesnake5636 Ай бұрын

Awwww, I can’t tell you how happy I was to open KZfaq 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! 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

@fedepereiraa Ай бұрын

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 🇺🇾🫶🏻✨

@aimeescherner7755 13 күн бұрын

Damn, Uruguay really did it, good for them

@basil1964 Ай бұрын

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 ❤️🏳️‍🌈

@AurumDoesStuff Ай бұрын

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!

@basil1964 Ай бұрын

@BostonElton WHAT-

@jwolternova1051 Ай бұрын

(((((It's called noun-adjective and noun-verb agreement)))))

@Jean10_30 16 күн бұрын

Ca devait certainement être des hooligans anglais ou suédois qui ont arraché le poster lgbt dans ton école

@vulpes7079 12 күн бұрын

@@Jean10_30certainement, parce que les Français sont parfaits et ne peuvent pas se tromper

@thekween9037 Ай бұрын

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.

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

❤

@emma-wx3ne Ай бұрын

that's awful, i'm so sorry you have to deal with that. sending love and solidarity 💗🤍💙

@014editsolg Ай бұрын

cry

@Ufo3208_ Ай бұрын

Im sure there was more to the story than "man gets upset at his satanic 'daughter'"

@joinjaffanow 24 күн бұрын

@@014editsolg wahh wahh trans people!!!!

@sushicat999 15 күн бұрын

Literalmente con mi grupo de amigos (todos lgbt+) estamos como "tenemos que mudarnos a Montevideo" luego de que ganara Milei

@miliz5942 15 күн бұрын

Same 🥲

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

🗿 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

@zodariidae 17 күн бұрын

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.

@NekoPanda122 Ай бұрын

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

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

We will always be discriminated against simply because we are different. Thankfully it could become rarer

@AbigailZe Ай бұрын

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 ❤

@TinasArtPage Ай бұрын

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…

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

Fellow Illinoisan here, I agree. It is good now, but if a Republican Governor would get in, I think lots of things would change.

@DyHi_ Ай бұрын

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.

@growingtreecreations2900 21 күн бұрын

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 😢

@CarysCantDance Ай бұрын

Now all I can think of is Homer Simpson reading “Uruguay” as “U R Gay”.

@yaboi9183 Ай бұрын

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

@Zaft_K Ай бұрын

I have wanted to visit Uruguay for awhile. Now I want to visit even more!

@PhoebeFayRuthLouise Ай бұрын

Yay! That’s so cool for the Rainbow People!

@emmettroden5621 16 күн бұрын

One way ticket to Uruguay please 😁

@unfunnyducky 15 күн бұрын

...more like Urugay- wait that's taken

@excellent8105 Ай бұрын

That's how my sister insists on pronouncing Uruguay, no matter how much she's corrected

@saishuu.u5717 Ай бұрын

As an Uruguayan. Let her be, she has my permission

@Fantasy_Nerd Ай бұрын

Pack your bags guys! We're moving to Uruguay!

@manuelrandomer Ай бұрын

Uruguay!🇺🇾 that’s my country!

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

Que lindo ver más uruguayos en este canal!

@elspethfougere9683 Ай бұрын

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!

@Mr-DNA_ 15 күн бұрын

Uruguay is based?? 😮

@star_S33k3r 14 күн бұрын

Based Uruguay 🔥🔥

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

Based Uruguay 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@NicoleFlores-hq5nh Ай бұрын

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

@Ufo3208_ Ай бұрын

*heavy sigh*

@AramatiPaz 17 күн бұрын

Best thing Uruguay did was get rid of Brazil. Meanwhile in Brazil they were Tring to re criminalize same gender marriage.

@MrPenetroso 15 күн бұрын

I'm not really surprised, seeing how evangelical that country can be.

@vulpes7079 12 күн бұрын

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

@escwilde222 18 күн бұрын

Uruguay keeps surprising me! Little gem 🇺🇾

@ahmadhamzah7238 15 күн бұрын

Nice, but I just wanna say… Her voice is so gentle it scares me lol

@Mister_Dollz 16 күн бұрын

I love that cheesy joke from the beginning of the video.

@seashell3403 Ай бұрын

NO WAY ITS ACTUALLY GAY THATS LITERALLY HOW I REMEMBERED THE NAME FOR MY SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM 💀

@ConstanzaRigazio Ай бұрын

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).

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

Our ID doesn't have gender tho, so at least non binary people don't have to see the wrong gender on it

@IsomerMashups Ай бұрын

Love how so many English-speakers are talking about moving to Uruguay rather than Canada... lol.

@sopita2236 Ай бұрын

Te amamos Uruguay 🇺🇾 💛

@ericvicaria8648 23 күн бұрын

I have nothing to add except that the outfit is incredible. The pattern with beige hat and skirt makes the pattern stand out.

@quicksilveryt4000 15 күн бұрын

I snorted so loud at the intro joke and i am ashamed of myself

@hensgrej Ай бұрын

I see my country, I comment

@florbalsamo4727 Ай бұрын

Same!

@Ari_C 19 күн бұрын

well done Uruguay! i might have to look in to visiting some time!

@ace-nt2sb Ай бұрын

first 5 seconds was me my entire 7th grade history class

@CluelessBubbleEater Ай бұрын

US QUEERS ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN!

@Just_Mila Ай бұрын

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.

@emma-wx3ne Ай бұрын

that's absolutely terrible, i'm so sorry. my heart is with you, sending so much love ❤❤❤

@Mrs_Muns0n 20 күн бұрын

Lgbtq friendly AND away from my family. Welp... time to move

@prurido Ай бұрын

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)

@saulcontrerasOfficial Ай бұрын

quite progressive despite being heavily liberal? wdym? that's like saying something is very dark of being black.

@xtrff2024 Ай бұрын

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. ❤🏳️‍🌈🇺🇾

@jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 Ай бұрын

My grandparents got married in Montevideo because, living in Argentina at the time, "mixed marriages", between a Methodist and a Catholic, weren't allowed!

@stephenmacdonald3727 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jessicaoutofthecloset Ай бұрын

Thank you so much xxx

@stephenmacdonald3727 Ай бұрын

@@jessicaoutoftheclosetYou're welcome Jessica! Thanks very much for the content you create!

@LivingFoxZ 24 күн бұрын

And this is why they are my top place to move to if things are looking like crap as november get's closer.

@Mojo_3.14 Ай бұрын

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.

@yournerdiness3135 Ай бұрын

When I was younger I genuinely used to think that's how you said Uruguay.

@Amy-xk1ms Ай бұрын

❤🏳‍🌈

@profpartout6609 Ай бұрын

GO Uruguay!

@BEE-oz7yd Ай бұрын

What a pleasant surprise!😁

@asmrbookishness Ай бұрын

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.)

@danielamaus Ай бұрын

Sad nonbinary noises... But maybe, hopefully they will fix that, too.

@user-od8jo5he2u Ай бұрын

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

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

It is an expensive country to live, but we do have free healthcare and education (even university).

@fluidicrift 20 күн бұрын

Wishing more queer content creators had your panache and style. Truly sophisticated and pleasant 😮 I am left impressed with each of your videos.

@una_loba_en-6994 Ай бұрын

As an Uruguayan whom is also trans, this is beautiful to see

@acy4259 Ай бұрын

Do you think that you could do one of these about Nonbinary people? I want to know where to move!

@curlyscraziness9660 Ай бұрын

My country (India) has abysmal LGBT rights

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

❤

@emma-wx3ne Ай бұрын

i'm so sorry, sending love 🫶🫶

@scal2025 Ай бұрын

Bien hecho Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

@kitanamonroe2689 Ай бұрын

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.

@CEO-of-money Ай бұрын

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.

@DyHi_ Ай бұрын

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.

@_-luke-_ Ай бұрын

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.

@DyHi_ Ай бұрын

@@penguin112yt4 no. I don’t think I will do that.

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

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

@RivLoveshine Ай бұрын

Time to learn Spanish (I think that's what they speak) and move to Uruguay.

@cecilia.santana Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@cecilia.santana Ай бұрын

@@florbalsamo4727 thanks for the confirmation ❤️ Latin America is so huge that I'm always unsure who among us still have minority-spoken indigenous languages

@tiredcatman7381 21 күн бұрын

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.

@nebulabunny8633 10 күн бұрын

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

@tbbcch1039 Ай бұрын

As an Uruguayan I have to say I never realized myself how good we have it; but it’s true.

@tbbcch1039 Ай бұрын

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.

@jae4520 Ай бұрын

love love LOVE the term “gender self-determination”

@i_ate_the_context Ай бұрын

Same here!

@i_ate_the_context Ай бұрын

@@penguin112yt4 bruh wdym

@jae4520 Ай бұрын

@@penguin112yt4 girl who asked you

@i_ate_the_context 29 күн бұрын

@@penguin112yt4 why not though?

@JaharNarishma 20 күн бұрын

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.

@Kimmaline Ай бұрын

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?????"

@canny_linguist Ай бұрын

My go-to line is "same sex marriage is a legal reality in 36 countries. Crying about it on the internet is cringe behaviour."

@thecoolaxolotlnova8523 24 күн бұрын

Its literally 2 letters from ur gay are we really surprised?

@thecoolaxolotlnova8523 24 күн бұрын

Also hell yea Uruguay taking Ws

@brickDOTbrock Ай бұрын

I love how America *loves* to feel progressive and its whole thing is "FREEDOM FOR ALL CACAW" but is literally so behind 💀

@BalKwazii 18 күн бұрын

🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾

@stalkingdragon8574 Ай бұрын

“More like UrAGay” TOOK ME OUT-

@bangmirae3457 Ай бұрын

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!!❤❤❤

@svberlin2 20 күн бұрын

uruguay is so advanced! if you wanna live in latin america pick that or costa rica

@Celticelery Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Wine? No no no, wine = Chile my dear !

@_-luke-_ Ай бұрын

@@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!

@Baby_Dinosaur323 21 минут бұрын

I lived in Uruguay for a year for a teaching abroad program, and I always felt comfortable whenever I went out looking fruity. The towns and cities in the Interior (oversimplified but basically anywhere not Montevideo) do feel a lot more like small American towns with the “everyone knows each other” and the social mess that comes with that; all the queer kids I met had plans to move to Montevideo once they graduated high school. HOWEVER, legal protections are SO important, so Uruguay is definitely doing better than most countries in that way!

@ashleyredsheep Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry this is unrelated to what you're talking about but I'd love to know where you got that top/what you'd describe that style as. I'm so into vintage fashion and that style is 😘👌

@jennifers5560 Ай бұрын

It is from British Retro. She is wearing it in the “Why are there tiny bows on our all of our underwear?” video. The link to it is in the description.

@alejandromonteroborbon5696 Ай бұрын

I can’t believe I’m this early :O

@SaszaDerRoyt Ай бұрын

It was the first country my granddad and his family made port in a Jews fleeing Germany in the 30sa so I've alwayd thought of it like a haven of sorts