Same-sex marriage now legal in 31 countries
3 years, 1 month ago

Same-sex marriage now legal in 31 countries

Live Mint  

On Tuesday, Chilean lawmakers approved a same-sex marriage bill, by a landslide vote. A batch of petitions in Delhi High Court are seeking same-sex marriages to be legalised under the special, Hindu and foreign marriage laws in India. The Czech government has backed draft legislation that would make the country the first post-communist member of the European Union to legalise same-sex marriage, but its fate is uncertain. However the United States' first gay marriage actually took place in 1971, when a Minnesota couple obtained a marriage licence thanks to an overlooked legal loophole. Chile legalised gay civil unions in 2015, and its congress on Tuesday passed a bill legalising full-blown same-sex marriage.

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Nepal Registers First Same-Sex Marriage
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Nepal Registers First Same-Sex Marriage

The Diplomat  

On November 29, Nepal registered its first same-sex marriage between Ram Bahadur Gurung and Surendra Pandey. The registration occurred in Dordi Rural Municipality in Lamjung district after the Supreme Court issued an interim order to register same-sex marriages and keep temporary marriage records. In 2007, Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the government to recognize a third gender category, audit all laws …

These are the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ communities
1 year, 7 months ago

These are the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ communities

Live Mint  

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month is being celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, 64 still criminalise same-sex acts, according to International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans, and Intersex Association Here's a list of countries where same-sex acts are considered illegal: AFRICA: Of the 52 countries, …

List of countries where same-sex marriage is legal
1 year, 8 months ago

List of countries where same-sex marriage is legal

Hindustan Times  

A five-judge Supreme Court bench Tuesday, began hearing a batch of petitions regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriages in India. While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government has been opposing the pleas, terming them as merely reflecting “urban elitist views”, the petitioners argued that the LGBTQIA+ community deserved wider constitutional entitlements based on the right to life and personal liberty, …

'I Do': Will India become the next country to approve of same-sex marriages?
1 year, 8 months ago

'I Do': Will India become the next country to approve of same-sex marriages?

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of India will today hear a batch of pleas seeking legal recognition of same sex marriages. Canada Although though the Canadian federal government granted same-sex couples common law marriage privileges in 1999, it wasn’t until 2005 that the Canadian Parliament made same-sex marriage legal across the country. Following the introduction of gender-neutral wording in revisions to the …

DC Edit | As world changes, let’s be open to same-sex unions
1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | As world changes, let’s be open to same-sex unions

Deccan Chronicle  

Most Indians are still reeling under feelings of pride, nationalism and the delightful secondary glow of global acknowledgement after the “Naatu Naatu” win at the Oscars in Los Angeles, but most of them might have totally missed what it was all about, or by an extension of that logic, what we, as citizens, must be standing for, within the realm …

Centre Says 'No' to Same-sex Marriage; A Look at Countries Where It’s Legal
1 year, 10 months ago

Centre Says 'No' to Same-sex Marriage; A Look at Countries Where It’s Legal

News 18  

The Government of India has opposed the legal recognition of same-sex marriages in the country. Greenland Greenland’s parliament voted unanimously to legalize same-sex marriage and granted adoption rights in 2015. France France’s highest court threw its weight behind a bill allowing same-sex marriage and adoptions by same-sex couples in May 2013. Spain The Spanish Parliament legalized same-sex marriage and granted …

Same-sex marriage becomes legal nationwide in Mexico
2 years, 2 months ago

Same-sex marriage becomes legal nationwide in Mexico

Al Jazeera  

The state of Tamaulipas voted to recognise same-sex marriage, making it legal in all 32 states. The congress of Mexico’s northeastern border state Tamaulipas has voted to recognise same-sex marriage, making it legal across the country. Recently, the states of Mexico, Sonora and Sinaloa voted to legally recognise same-sex marriage, as it has been a long-awaited mark of progress for …

Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law
2 years, 2 months ago

Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law

Associated Press  

SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary office, their hands clenched and shaking. It became a possibility just three weeks before on the island when Cuba’s new Family Code – opening up everything from equal …

Love is Love: Cuba joins a growing list of nations that have legalised same-sex marriages
2 years, 3 months ago

Love is Love: Cuba joins a growing list of nations that have legalised same-sex marriages

Firstpost  

Cuba has voted to legalise same-sex marriages. This will now hold true for all couples in Cuba as the country has legalised same-sex marriages. Costa Rica In 2020, Costa Rica lifted the ban on same-sex marriage nearly two years after the country’s Supreme Court said banning gay marriage was unconstitutional. Ecuador Ecuador’s apex court passed an order to recognise same-sex …

Same-sex marriage and surrogacy: Where is it legal?
2 years, 3 months ago

Same-sex marriage and surrogacy: Where is it legal?

Hindustan Times  

Cubans have voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage, making the country the 33rd to stop defining marriage as being exclusively between a man and a woman. Here is a global overview of same-sex marriage and surrogacy: - Europe, gay marriage pioneers - The Netherlands in 2001 became the first country in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry. But …

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry
2 years, 9 months ago

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry

The Independent  

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‘Historic day’: Chile passes marriage equality legislation
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Historic day’: Chile passes marriage equality legislation

Al Jazeera  

Years in the making, the new law includes recognition of parental ties and adoption rights for married same-sex couples. Chile’s Senate voted 21-8 in favour of the marriage equality legislation around midday on Tuesday, with three abstentions. Push for marriage equality Chile is the ninth country in the Americas to pass marriage equality legislation, joining Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, the …

Switzerland approves same-sex marriage and adoption in referendum
3 years, 3 months ago

Switzerland approves same-sex marriage and adoption in referendum

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Swiss voters have decided by …

Two decades since the world's first legal same-sex marriages, where do we stand now?
3 years, 9 months ago

Two decades since the world's first legal same-sex marriages, where do we stand now?

Firstpost  

By David Crary and Mike Corder Twenty years ago, just after the stroke of midnight on 1 April, the mayor of Amsterdam married four couples in City Hall as the Netherlands became the first country in the world with legalised same-sex marriages. The pairs were among four couples to get married under a new law which took effect April 1, …

Costa Rica allows same-sex marriages in first for Central America
4 years, 7 months ago

Costa Rica allows same-sex marriages in first for Central America

Al Jazeera  

Costa Rica becomes the sixth country in Latin America and first in Central America to legalise same-sex marriage. Costa Rica gave the go-ahead to same-sex marriages on Tuesday, making it the first country in Central America to do so after a landmark court ruling came into effect at midnight. “Costa Rica is celebrating today: marriage equality has become a reality …

Ecuador Constitutional Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage [Read Judgment]
5 years, 7 months ago

Ecuador Constitutional Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark ruling, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has recognized same-sex marriage. The case reached the Constitutional court as a same-sex couple Efraín Enrique Soria Alba and Ricardo Javier Benalcázar Tello, challenged the refusal by the registry to register their marriage on the ground that marriage exists only between a man and a woman " The court found that …

Gay sex no longer a crime under Section 377: Here's a look at countries where homosexuality is legal
6 years, 4 months ago

Gay sex no longer a crime under Section 377: Here's a look at countries where homosexuality is legal

India Today  

A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court gave a historic judgment today, i.e. Highlights: Of the 25 countries that have legalised homosexuality, at least 10 legalised it after the Supreme Court's 2013 verdict On February 4, 2014, Scotland legalised gay marriage as well as gave its churches and religious groups the freedom to decide whether they want to conduct …

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