巴西一市长与同性伴侣喜结连理

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.

这是一段长达13年的恋情。就在周末，巴西小城林斯的市长终于在300位家人和朋友的见证下结婚了。

"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.

“这不是一种政治行为，”埃德加·索萨说道，“这就是为我们举行的婚礼仪式。我们已经等待了太长时间！当然，这也算是属于政治的。”因为索萨和他的长期男性伴侣---亚历山德罗·卢西亚诺·特林达德结婚了。

"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."

“市长举行自己的同性婚礼，这在巴西是首例！”索萨大笑着说道。“我们想让同性恋婚姻透明化，鼓励其他人行使自己的权利。”

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

他表示，虽然收到了一些恐吓信，但是社交媒体上大部分还是支持他的。

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.

巴西国家司法委员会于2013年认可了全国同性情侣结婚的权利，之后同性婚姻在巴西合法化。合法后近三年来有14000多对同性情侣登记结婚。

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.

过去拉丁美洲国家是保守的天主教国家，而在阿根廷、乌拉圭、墨西哥城的带领下，协同巴西，拉丁美洲国家现在已经成为了同性恋权利的开拓者。

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年市长竞选时，索萨成为了第一个公开的同性恋市长候选人。在当地立法机构三次成功任期的基础上，索萨竞选市长成功。