#Thailand gaining #marriageequality
The #law, passed by #parliament in June, takes effect 120 days after signing, so the first #samesexmarriages should take place in January.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Thailand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
How #China-#Taiwan #samesexmarriages get caught in #politics.
#Taiwan's first cross-strait, #samesex #married #couple #celebrated their #vows at the annual #Pride #event. #Activists say the #battle is about #overcoming #homophobia as well as #China-#Taiwan #tensions.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.dw.com/en/china-taiwan-same-sex-marriages-get-caught-in-geopolitics/a-70619598
#California has over 162,000 #samesexcouple #households
#Samesexmarriages climbed across the #state leading up to and following the #SupremeCourt's 2015 #decision #legalizing #MarriageEquality #nationwide.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture #LoveWins
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2024/06/21/california-same-sex-couples
#Methodists end #antigay #bans, closing 50 years of #battles over #sexuality for #mainline #Protestants.
It took just a few days for #UnitedMethodist #delegates to remove a half-century's worth of #denominational #bans on #gay #clergy and #samesexmarriages.
#Thai #trans #people #push to be 'truly' #accepted
#LGBTQ #activists won a major #victory last month when #Thai #lawmakers #passed a #bill that should see #samesexmarriages become #legal later this year -- a first in #SoutheastAsia.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Thailand #Transitioning #GenderRecognition #Representation #Culture
‘Make #LGBT #rights a #foreignpolicy #priority’ to mark #samesexmarriage #milestone
#Samesexmarriages have #increased year-on-year since being #legalised 10 years ago on Friday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #LoveWins
In not finding room for #samesexmarriages in the #SpecialMarriageAct, the #SupremeCourt #misinterpreted the #Constitution and failed to look at its own #precedents.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-grave-error-in-the-law/article67535658.ece
#India’s #LGBTQ #community #battles #samesex #marriage ‘#heartbreak’ from #court after it abrogates their #responsibility to ensure that no one is #denied #equal #rights under #law
India’s #SupremeCourt last week acknowledged the #discrimination the #LGBTQ #community #faces, but #refused to #approve #SameSexMarriages
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
#Legislation seeks to #repeal the #NavajoNation’s #ban on #samesexmarriages.
Despite being #legal in the #US since 2015, #samesex #unions are still #prohibited in one of the largest #tribal #nations in the country.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #IndigenousPeople #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality
#Firms #Urge #Czech #PM To #support #SameSexMarriages
Dozens of #Czech #firms and the local branches of #foreigncompanies including #CocaCola, #Ikea and #Microsoft called on the #primeminister on Wednesday to press for #passage of #legislation #enabling #samesex #marriages.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #CzechRepublic #Business #Allies #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage
https://www.barrons.com/news/firms-urge-czech-pm-to-back-same-sex-marriages-7e5e9327
#Granting More #rights to #LGBTQ #people could help #Asia #financial #hubs draw #global #talent
In #HongKong's #highest #court, five #judges are #deliberating whether to #recognise #samesexmarriages #conducted #overseas.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage
#NewZealand a #popular #destination for #samesexmarriages, #decade after #law #change.
Almost 3000 same-sex couples have come to #Aotearoa to #marry since #marriageequality became #legal here 10 years ago.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism
#Samesex #couples and #LGBTQ+ #rights #activists in #Nepal celebrate interim #court #ruling.
#LGBTQ+ #rights #activists and #couples in #Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim order issued by the country's #SupremeCourt enabling the #registration of #samesexmarriages for the first time.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthAsia #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
#Activist #Detained in #HongKong Begins #Final #Appeal for #Recognition of His #Overseas #SameSexMarriage.
#JimmySham, a prominent pro-#democracy #activist during the 2019 protests that roiled #HongKong, first asked for a #judicialreview five years ago seeking a #declaration that the #city's #laws, which don't #recognize #foreign #samesexmarriages, violate his #constitutionalright to #equality.
#Navajo #Council #Delegate #SethDamon introduces #legislation to #recognize #samesexmarriages on the #NavajoNation. It would repeal a prohibition enacted in 2005.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #IndigenousPeople Diné #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2023/jun/27/damon-introduces-legislation-recognize-same-sex-ma/
Pew Research Centre: 53% of Adults in India Support Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriages
The survey also examined how attitudes of people vary by geography, demographic factors, political ideology and religion.
#survey #PewResearch #SameSexMarriages #MarriageEquality #LGBTQIA #LGBT #queer #QueerRights #CivilRights #HumanRights #religion #india
#SupremeCourt rules #Namibia must recognise #samesexmarriages from other #countries
While same-sex marriage remains #illegal in #Namibia, the country ruled to recognise the #unions of #samesex #couples who were #married in countries where #samesexmarriage is #permitted
