Category: News
Two women face up to six years in jail for holding a wedding in Costa Rica – despite a ban on same sex marriage. Laura Florez-Estrada and Jazmin Elizondo successfully registered their marriage in Costa Rica due to a clerical error that lists Ms Elizondo as male on her birth certificate. The marriage has since been […]
Two Tokyo districts have began issuing Japan’s first certificates officially recognising same sex partnerships. The certificates are only available for residents in two of Tokyo’s 23 wards — and nowhere else in Japan. Mostly symbolic, the certificates are supposed to encourage businesses to grant rights equivalent to marriage. Setagaya and Shibuya are the two districts […]
Over 10,000 marched in Hong Kong calling for GLBT equality. Demonstrators paraded through downtown Hong Kong, with many complaining that the city lags behind other major Asian hubs in terms of GLBT rights the South China Morning Post reports. Among those marching were a number of diplomats from the United States, Britain and France and other […]
New Zealand retailer Hallensteins has sparked outrage from some of its customers after asking them how they feel about same sex marriage. stuff.co.nz reports that in a lengthy online customer survey, the company asked people questions to find out “a little bit more about what makes you tick”. Customers were then asked to rank their […]
The Harbour Party will not be returning for 2016. In a statement, Sydney Mardi Gras said it would be axing the waterfront party for 2016. “This is a significant shift from our traditional approach,” Mardi Gras said, but a necessary one in a “tough commercial and licensing environment”. The news comes after a $336,000 loss as […]
Ukraine’s parliament has scuppered the country’s chances of visa-free travel to most EU nations by refusing to pass legislation that would have banned discrimination against gay workers. Passage of the legislation was a condition set by the EU that had to be met before Ukraine would be able to join the Schengen zone -a club of […]
Colombia’s constitutional court has legalised same sex adoption in a landmark ruling. Columbia’s highest court has instructed adoption agencies not to discriminate against gay men and lesbians, ruling gay couples could adopt just as heterosexual couples could, as long as all legal requirements were met BBC reports. “A person’s sexual orientation or gender are not […]
Houston voters have rejected a ordinance which would have outlawed anti GLBT discrimination. The measure failed by a vote of 61 percent to 39 percent. Conservative opponents of the law allege that it would allow men dressed as women, including sexual predators, to enter women’s restrooms Proponents of the measure, including the city’s lesbian Mayor […]