Category: Around the World
The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of equal marriage rights in an historic decision on Saturday, ending more than a decade of bitter legal battles. The ruling means the 14 states with bans on same-sex marriage will no longer be able to enforce them. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that the plaintiffs asked “for equal […]
AT 10am Washington time, the news came through that the Supreme Court had ruled US states could no longer bar same-sex couples from marrying. The ruling means the US is now the world’s 22nd country to embrace marriage equality — a move that further isolates Australia. This morning, Prime Minister Tony Abbott reiterated his low […]
The proposed measure will not be appearing on Californian ballot papers next year. A California judge has thrown out a proposed ballot initiative authorizing the execution of gay and lesbian people, calling the suggested measure “unconstitutional on its face.” The “Sodomite Suppression Act” to the voters. Declaring it is “better that offenders should die rather […]
Two gay men have been sentenced to four months imprisonment for posing close together while taking a photograph in Morocco. Two Moroccan gay men have been sentenced to four months each in jail after they were arrested for standing too close to one another as they posed for a photograph in front of a historic […]
The smallest nation on earth now has marriage equality. The Pitcairn Islands has legalised same sex marriage. With only 56 residents, Pitcairn is the smallest nation on earth in terms of population, with the majority descendant from Fletcher Christian and his fellow 18th-century mutineers from HMS Bounty. Tourism accounts for 80% of Pitcairn Islands income, with […]
Hundreds of thousands have rallied in Rome to oppose the introduction of civil unions for same sex couples in Italy. An estimated 300,000 Italians gathered in Rome on Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to civil unions for same sex couples and the teaching of gender theories in schools, as Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tries to […]
Prominent GLBT rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has raised the possibility that Jesus Christ was involved in a homosexual relationship with a young man. A leading UK GLBT and social justice campaigner has reopened the debate around Jesus Christ’s sexuality, raising the possibility that Jesus was engaged in a relationship with a young man he “raised […]
The gay pride parade to be held in Seoul later this month will now go ahead as planned, South Korea’s gay pride organisers are celebrating after the Seoul Administrative Court overturned the police ban on the pride parade to be held later this month. Police had originally cited ‘safety concerns’ and traffic disruptions as a […]