by John | Jul 16, 2012 | News, World news
A law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in Argentina celebrates its second anniversary this week. Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage after President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner signed the law on July 21,...
by John | Jul 13, 2012 | News, World news
TAIPEI (AFP) – Two women plan to tie the knot next month in Taiwan’s first same-sex Buddhist wedding, as gay and lesbian groups push to make the island the first society in Asia to legalise gay marriage Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both 30, will...
by John | Jun 30, 2012 | News, World news
France’s new Socialist government is to legalise marriage and adoption for same-sex couples, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday, reflecting a shift in public attitudes in the majority Catholic nation. President Francois Hollande, who took office...
by John | Jun 28, 2012 | News, World news
A law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in Spain celebrates its seventh anniversary this week. Socialists made good on their promise to legalize such unions with a final vote on June 30, 2005. The law took effect on Sunday, July 3, 2005, making Spain...
by John | Jun 23, 2012 | Australian news, News
AUSTRALIA has more than 1300 same-sex couples who wed overseas, with the census counting the marital status of gay and lesbian partners for the first time. And the national snapshot also reveals 2822 lesbian couples have children, in comparison with 336 male same-sex...
