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Despite a traditionally macho culture, Mexico has become very gay-friendly in some areas, including the resort community of Los Cabos Los Cabos is a municipality located at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur. It encompasses the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, as well as the Resort Corridor that lies between the two. . So it came as a shock to many when two gay men claimed they were thrown out of a luxury hotel there for kissing in a swimming pool.

"It was a two-second kiss; we didn't even touch lips," Gerardo Eliud, 27, told the Reuters news agency. Eliud said he and his partner, Samir Habdu, 24, were beaten up by security guards at the Hotel Presidente InterContinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal  
adj.
1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation.

2.
 in December and thrown into the street with their luggage. A spokesman for the hotel countered that the place was gay-friendly and said the couple was actually thrown out for "making inappropriate advances at other guests."

Upon hearing of the incident, leftist left·ism also Left·ism  
n.
1. The ideology of the political left.

2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left.



left
 deputies in the Mexican congress demanded an investigation. But conservative legislators argued the subject was unfit unfit

not properly prepared, e.g. physically incapable of performing hard work as in racing, because of lack of training. Said also of food prepared unhygienically.


unfit for human consumption
 for discussion and quickly shelved it.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 14, 2006
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