Tag: homosexual law reform
In April, the Cook Islands finally decriminalised homosexual acts after a long battle between conservative MPs and advocates. YOUR ex speaks to Valery Wichman and Dean Tangata, the two trans women at the forefront of the victorious battle.
Te Tiare Association (TTA) president Valery Wichman is a barrister and solicitor...
Cook Islands' Prime Minister Mark Brown called Friday’s decriminalisation the ‘historic day’ the Cook Islands ‘stomp out discrimination of the LGBT community.’
The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that made homosexuality illegal.
Talking to express magazine, Pride Cook Island’s President Karla Eggelton, who has been campaigning...
The Barbados High Court has overturned the island nation's prohibition on same-sex relationships in a historic decision.
After determining that two provisions of the Sexual Offences Act that criminalised "buggery" and "severe indecency" were unconstitutional, the court issued an oral judgement on Monday abolishing those portions.
Men who engage in same-sex...
Homosexuality has finally been legalised in the city-state
Gay rights activists in Singapore are celebrating “a triumph of love over fear” as the city-state abolished a colonial-era law that made homosexuality illegal.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the decision on national TV, backtracking on the government’s previous position to...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has said he intends to redraft the Crimes Act to remove homosexuality, if successful in the next election.
The Cook Islands’ general election will take place at the beginning of next month and current Prime Minister Mark Brown has pledged to redraft 1969’s Crime...
The Prime Minister of Norway has made a formal apologised to the nation's rainbow community for the historical persecution of gay men.
Marking the 50th-anniversary of the repeal of section 213 of the penal code, which criminalised sexual relations between men, the nation's Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, apologised to...
The UK government has announced further plans to help individuals obtain official pardons for historical convictions of gay and bisexual men convicted of consensual gay sex prior to homosexual law reforms.
Agreeing to amend the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the UK government aims to help expunge the records...
To mark the 35th anniversary, express’ Wellington correspondent Richard Tait speaks to the MP who sponsored the Homosexual Law Reform bill, Fran Wilde, about the successful campaign, the opposition to it and the gains made since the law change.
35 years ago, the NZ Government passed a private member bill...
