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UK Parliament Approves Marriage Equality In Northern Ireland • Instinct Magazine
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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.
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Gay Indigenous MP delivers powerful speech in Parliament
Chansey Paech opens 13th Parliament of Northern Territory with powerful speech about being the first openly gay Indigenous parliamentarian.
"Madam Speaker, I am young, I am gay, I am black, a true blue Territorian. I am a Centralian man, I am the nation's first openly gay, Indigenous parliamentarian. I am eternally proud of who I am and where I come from, I own it and wear it with pride."
MP Chansey Paech has delivered a powerful maiden speech during the opening...
