Tag: gay marriage

One police graduation got a beautiful surprise in the form of a marriage proposal. 78 new police officers in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand finished their training with a graduation ceremony last week. As the event for the Wing 315 went on smoothly, Constable Erik Meechan, who was honored with the Commissioner’s Award for Leadership, slowed the program down to ask an important question. The Constable asked his boyfriend of five years, Matty Judd, to step forward. When Judd appeared from the crowd,...

CBC’s Jessi Cruickhank sat down with a panel of youngsters to talk about gay pride, coming out of the closet, gay marriage, and gay celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Neil Patrick Harris, Anderson Cooper, Ricky Martin, and more.

Christian Siriano and Brad Walsh have broken up after two years of marriage. It was Walsh that revealed the two are no longer together through an Instagram story on Monday (June 25). “Bit more than a month ago my husband and I separated. I was contacted by a writer for a website who somehow found out, so rather than let them break it, I’m telling you myself. It’s nobody’s business and I don’t want to discuss, but that’s what up,” the...

The Czech Republic is one step closer to legalizing gay marriage. A few hours ago, news broke that the Czech Republic’s government decided to support a parliamentary bill that will legalize same-sex marriage. The draft that was introduced to parliament earlier today will give the same rights that straight couples have to same-sex couples. This includes the right to a widow’s pension, equal guardian rights over children, and access to family care. Since 2006, the country has been allowing gay and lesbian...

Gay Democratic mayor in Indiana is tipped by Obama to be a rising star in the party, and could even one day be president The mayor of an Indiana city has married his partner and celebrated at a Pride event. South Bend mayor Peter Buttigieg, 36, and Chasten Glezman, wed in Indiana at the weekend. Buttigieg was named by President Barack Obama as a rising star in the Democratic Party. In the article for Politico, he was even tipped as a possibility...

The American Civil Liberties Union is trying to get an undocumented gay man from Pennsylvania freed from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s clutches. Back in January, Jose “Ivan” Nuñez was captured by ICE officials while he was in a meeting with his husband, who’s a U.S. citizen, to talk to U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) about obtaining a visa. Ice officials apparently, “stormed into the room” and detained Nuñez. He’s been in their custody ever since. Last Week, the ACLU of...

A seven-year-old girl will now have her name registered and recognized by the Ecuadorian government, and that has some fantastic repercussions for gay marriage in the country. A historical Constitutional Court decision was made recently in Ecuador in relations to the rights of a young girl. The court decided in favor of seven-year-old Satya Amani Bicknell Rothon who was in court to decide if her rights had been violated. The court ultimately agreed so and ordered the Civil Registry office to...

The maths professor who students were shocked to find out used to be a gay porn star is getting married – to an actor he met on set. Ruggero Freddi, whose stage name was Carlo Masi, is set to marry fiancé Gustavo Leguizamon on May 4. Speaking to PinkNews, Ruggero – who teaches at La Sapienza University in Rome – said that when he and his partner first saw each other, they clashed. “Gustavo and I met during the shooting of his...

Costa Rican citizens are still celebrating the surprise presidential win of gay marriage supporter Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Many were surprised when the novelist and former labor minister won, because most were expecting his opponent, Fabricio Alvarado Munoz, to come out victorious. This is because Fabricio Alvarado won the initial round of voting back in February. That said, many are now saying that Fabricio Alvarado’s loss (with only 39% of the population’s support) is due to his aggressive campaigning. Fabricio Alvarado came on...

The 'Hello' singer planned the whole thing, apparently. Alan Carr has revealed he got married in Adele's back garden. The Chatty Man host married long-term partner Paul Drayton back in January, and he revealed yesterday (April 1) that the couple tied the knot in Adele's back garden in Los Angeles. Carr appeared on The One Show yesterday and explained how the award-winning British singer planned the entire event, Digital Spy reports. "It was Adele, she planned it - it was in her back...

Australian rugby superstar Israel Folau is under fire after replying to a follower in an Instagram post who asked, “what was gods plan for gay people?” In the comments section of the post, Folau, who plays for New South Wales Waratahs, replied, “HELL.. Unless they repent of their sins and turn to God.” Folau, a devout Christian raised as a Mormon who converted to the Assemblies of God fellowship with his family in 2011, made headlines last September during Australia’s debate...

This Amazon ad has a very understated but clear message in support of gay marriage, and we can’t help loving it. The ad for Amazon's Fire TV has two scenes merging into one. On the base level, we seen one of the final scenes from the Oscar Award winning film Moonlight. In it, (spoilers) two childhood friends meet again in a diner after having drift apart. But the old flame between them still burns strong as the two soon realize they...

Gay marriages are the least likely to end, a new study has shown. Two men who get hitched in the US have better odds of making it than their counterparts in lesbian and straight marriages, according to research by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. The study, which tracked more than 500 couples in Vermont over the course of 12 years, also revealed that women in same-sex marriages were the most likely to break up. Unhappy lesbian couple sitting...