Tag: #MarriageEquality

Photo by Alvin Mahmudov on Unsplash That fight for marriage equality goes on. Unfortunately, Supreme Court rulings aren’t the end-all solution in the fight for marriage equality. As we discovered earlier this week with American indigenous people, there are legal exemptions and technicalities that can overrule a Supreme Court Ruling bringing in gay marriage to wide areas and nations like the U.S. Unfortunately, the same can be said for Mexico. According to Fronteras and Rio Salado College’s KJZZ, there are many...

Photo by Andrew James on Unsplash An American indigenous tribe in South Dakota has become the first one in the state to legalize same-sex marriage. The Oglala Sioux made the announcement earlier this month to triumphant applause. The decision was made by the tribal council, which approved a same-gender marriage ordinance in a vote of 12 to 3 (with one abstention). The new ordinance amends martial and domestic law that has not changed on the Pine Ridge reservation since 1935, according...

(image via Depositphotos) Lawmakers in Parliament have voted overwhelmingly to extend same-sex marriage rights to LGBTQ citizens of Northern Ireland. The vote, by a lopsided margin of 393 to 73, will bring marriage equality to the only part of the UK or Ireland that does not currently recognize same-sex marriage. The issue has been shelved in Northern Ireland since January 2017, when Stormont – the Northern Ireland Assembly – collapsed. Since that time, the country has basically been run by civil servants. The...

Photo by Alvin Mahmudov on UnsplashSame-sex marriages are coming to Ecuador. 5 out of 9 judges in the South American country’s Constitutional Court ruled in favor of legalizing marriage equality after a long legal battle over the issue. The winning party in the court battle was a group of several couples and LGBTQ rights advocates. According to Deutsche Welle or DW, plaintiff Efraín Soria celebrated the announcement by saying it was, “a joy...

Hidamari ga kikoeru / Image via Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K.Could marriage equality be the next triumph for LGBTQ people in Japan? Japan’s major opposition parties have submitted a bill this past Monday that calls for marriage equality. While the bill will probably be stalled and stopped by the ruling conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party, this bill sparks a coming change in Japan. Members of the Liberal Democratic Party, who have been...

Leland Gebhardt Photography Gay Couple That Created “Same Sex Barbie Wedding Set” Gets Married!   Scottsdale, AZ:  Matt Jacobi and Nick Caprio said their “I Do’s” over Memorial Day weekend. The couple made international news in December when they created a custom “Same Sex Barbie Wedding Set” for their 8-year-old niece’s birthday. Jacobi and Caprio wanted to give their niece, something special for her birthday since she and her little sister, would be flower girls in the couple’s wedding day. When the...

Filipino Web Series “Hanging Out” / Image via YoutubeAnother country in Asia might be considering gay unions and marriage equality. Last week, Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriages. The country’s lawmakers updated national law after the Supreme Court gave them two years to do so through a historic 2017 ruling. Now, the world is wondering which Asian countries will follow Taiwan’s lead. Thailand is already on the journey towards...