Day: January 11, 2016

Jan 11
Chinese Court Accepts First Lawsuit Against Same Sex Marriage Ban

Filed by a gay man in Changsha, the lawsuit names a civil affairs bureau in the capital of the Hunan Province, for refusing to receive his marriage registration application. The lawsuit is believed to be the first to challenge the lack of equal marriage opportunity in China. The man, who used the pseudonym Sun Wenlin, […]

Jan 11
Auckland Grammar Responds to Gay Students’ Concerns

Auckland Grammar’s headmaster has reassured the school’s community that work is being done to provide more support for gay, bisexual and transgender students. The secondary school released a statement on its website on Saturday in response to media coverage of blog GrammarPride, set up by former students to address what they said was a climate […]