Tag: same-sex couple

How is this still happening in 2018? In an article posted by Miami's Local 10 News, a first-grade teacher in Miami has been fired after posting pictures on her social media of her wedding to another woman. Jocelyn Morfii, a teacher at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School, where she had worked for seven years, says she was abruptly fired after making her marriage public. "This weekend, I married the love of my life and, unfortunately, I was terminated from my job...

We definitely know what fries we are going to beeline for the next time we are in the supermarket. McCain Fries, one of the world's largest distributors of frozen fries, has produced yet another LGBT-inclusive commercial after receiving a ton of outrage from homophobes due to an earlier one that they made in September 2017. The first one featured two gay dads, and the brand was attacked by homophobes and bigots alike for featuring a same-sex couple in their ads. The real-life...

"Together we are paving the way for couples around the world to know that their love and commitment is to be celebrated equally," said the head of Celebrity Cruises For what’s believed to be the first time, a same-sex couple married aboard a cruise ship in international waters. Celebrity Cruises reports South Florida residents Francisco Vargas and Benjamin Gray tied the knot aboard the line’s 2,850-passenger Celebrity Equinox in a ceremony officiated by Captain Dimitrios Manetas. “There are only so many firsts...

"There's a Coke for every single one of us." Coca-Cola just dropped its 2018 Super Bowl ad, and we’re definitely here for it. “The Wonder of Us,” produced by Wieden-Kennedy ad agency, features people of different races, religions, sexualities, and gender identities, including a same-sex couple and a person who uses they/them pronouns. “For this particular message, it is a strategic choice for us,” Coca-Cola North America’s creative VP Brynn Bardacke told AdWeek. “It’s such a big audience, and we want to...

The former U.S. ban on same-sex marriage has made citizenship for the children of same-sex bi-national couples difficult—and it’s led two couples to sue the U.S. government. Immigration Equality, an LGBT immigrant legal advocacy group, and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP filed two lawsuits on Monday against the State Department on behalf of LGBT parents and their children. “The State Department is refusing to acknowledge the citizenship of children whose parents are same-sex married couples. This policy is not only illegal, it...

Exclusive: 'In Georgia, gay men are told they cannot wear chokha because they are not “men”. I wanted to challenge that.' A same-sex couple is making history by marrying in the chokha, a traditional male wedding outfit from Georgia. David Shubladze, 31, an activist from Georgia, married 41-year-old Matthew Gandolfo, from New York City. The couple married in their home in Queens, NYC on 27 November. They are the first to have a same-sex marriage in the traditional costume, a formal coat symbolizing...

A Catholic Vicar just said that families with gay loved ones and same-sex couple can be denied funerals by the Catholic church. Vicar James Bartylla sent out a memo that focused on “Consideration of Funeral Rites for a Person in a Homosexual Civil or Notorious Union.” As you probably imagined, the memo was not good news for gay couples. The memo stated that if one person in a gay couple died, the living partner: “Should not have any public or prominent role...

Col. Leland Bohannon was on the verge of being promoted to a one-star general but it seems that those plans are now on the backburner. Bohannon has been suspended from command and orders came down to prohibit him from being promoted. The reason? Last May the colonel declined to sign a certificate of spouse appreciation for a retiring master sergeant’s same-sex spouse. To do so, he would have to go against his religious beliefs. Now, it looks like not doing so may...

Same-sex marriage laws in the country come into effect from today Gay men Bodo Mende, 60, and Karl Kreile, 59, just became the first same-sex couple to marry in Germany. As of today (1 October) same-sex couples can tie the knot but Mende and Kreile didn’t waste any time. In a ceremony at the Schoeneberg town hall in Berlin, the couple exchanged vows and then cut into a fabulous rainbow cake with the words ‘Marriage Equality’ written on top. Speaking at a press...

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan, for allowing adoption services to refuse same-sex couples. Michigan pays private agencies to provide child welfare services, providing children with foster care and looking to find them foster and adoptive families. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is allowing these services to turn away homes for the children on the grounds of religious objections, because the prospective parents are gay. Despite Michigan having 13,000 children in...

Second ever same-sex couple to win the Canadian version of the reality TV show Paul Mitskopoulos and Sam Lambert just won the Canadian version of reality television show, the Amazing Race. It’s the fifth Canadian season of the hit global show and the pair are the second ever same-sex couple to win after last season’s victors Steph LeClair and Kristen McKenzie. The Amazing Race’s format sees couples travel all around the world competing in various challenges and eliminations. As the first to reach...

'Actually, it's a postal survey' Australia could potentially have marriage equality by the end of 2017, but that all depends on the result of a national vote. ‘Actually, it’s a postal survey’ Australia is not voting in a compulsory plebiscite or referendum on marriage equality. But rather a non-binding postal survey. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was commissioned to hold a national poll on the issue. From September 12 every eligible voter – about 16 million people – will receive a postal survey...

EXCLUSIVE: You’ll be amazed at the planning that went into capturing this beautiful moment As same-sex marriage rolls out across the world, we’re seeing more and more couples commemorating their engagements with some beautiful photo shoots. We think this one, posted recently by Instagram user @latuskrf raises the bar – not least because of the stunning backdrop. GSN reached out to the couple concerned to find out more details. They are 28-year-old Richard Latuska and 25-year-old fiancé Nicholas Kuhl. Both are involved in...

The German government has made a major error in processing same-sex marriage. Despite a swift and clear vote in favour of introducing the equality legislation earlier this year, the new law could take much longer to be fully introduced. A major technical glitch in Germany’s systems means happy same-sex couples will have to register as ‘man and woman’ to acquire their marriage license. Couples will be able to wed from October, after Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed the equal marriage law back...