Much has changed for the better, in my country in some cities is legalized civil unions called homoaffectiva, but of course is far from ideal, to illustrate I just I read a news that made me sad, unfortunate that these things still occur, just hope that some day the world becomes a place at least tolerable for calls people 'different' from the ordinary.
Sorry, this news is so sad, really it's far from ideal.
Transvestite elected 'Princess Gay' of Rio de Janeiro is beaten and thrown into train line.
Thiago Freitas, known as Melissa, left the rehearsal of 'Youth'
Victim was shot by two men on a catwalk and is hospitalized.
http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2013/02/travesti-eleito-princesa-gay-no-rio-e-espancado-e-jogado-em-linha-de-trem.html