Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Gay Couple Arrested for Kissing in Public

UPDATED APRIL 24, 2014

Mexican police arrested and fined a gay couple Sunday for kissing, according to Gay Star News.

Authorities say the two men, Jorge, 24, and Alan, 26, were "disturbing the peace" when they kissed on a street corner in La Paz, the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, around 10 p.m. on April 20.

According to the couple, a police officer approached them, hurled an anti-gay slur towards them and told them to go with him to the police station. The men refused, however, and the officer allegedly "violently" forced them into . . .

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