Category: Around the World
Hundreds of GLBT Japanese have taken legal action in a bid to legalise same sex marriage in Japan. Hundreds of GLBT Japanese have filed an unprecedented request Tuesday with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) in a bid to legalise same sex marriage, The Japan Times reports. The bid by 455 individuals is the first […]
Iranian actor Bahram Raden has been forced to apologise for voicing his support for same sex marriage. Bahram Radan was reportedly called into questioning by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic guidance for questioning after he tweeted his support for the US Supreme Court verdict which made same-sex marriage a legal right across the United States. The […]
The White House has confirmed that President Barack Obama will raise the issue of GLBT rights during his upcoming visit to Kenya. White House Press Secretary Joshua Earnest confirmed that President Barack Obama will not be backing away from his commitment to advancing GLBT rights during his visit to Kenya later in July. Earnest reiterated […]
Finland has granted a Russian couple asylum because of the anti gay persecution they faced in their home country. A Russian gay couple have been granted asylum in Finland because of the discrimination they faced at home over their sexual orientation, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reports. Vladimir Naumov and Vasily Kolesnikov applied for asylum shortly […]
The NRL has publicly announced its support for marriage equality in Australia, with South Sydney Rabbitohs player George Burgess saying those opposed to the move need to get over it. Just a few days before the State of Origin final, the National Rugby League has pledged its support for marriage equality. The NRL’s Chief Operating Officer […]
The decriminalisation of homosexuality it Mozambique makes it one of only a few African countries where same-sex relationships are legal. Mozambique has removed homosexuality from its penal code. The revised code, in force from Wednesday, drops a colonial-era clause outlawing “vices against nature.” While the law was never enforced, GLBT activists are claiming the official decriminalisation […]
Raymond Roea takes a look at the changing state of LGBTI rights in Japan. In April 2015, Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward made history by becoming the first jurisdiction in East Asia to recognise same-sex couples, through partnership certificates. This was followed within the same month by another landmark step for Japan, when the Ministry of Education urged […]
An assembly of U.S. church leaders have voted overwhelmingly to accommodate gender neural language in their marriage canon. The Episcopal church has voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The vote came in Salt Lake City at the denomination’s national assembly.Presented at the church’s triennial […]