Tag: same-sex couples

'I need this on a shirt' People are freaking out over how accurately a viral tweet sums up why we find ourselves staring at LGBTI couples in public. And lets face it, we’ve all been there. Posted by bisexual teenager Kait, she wrote: ‘Any gay couple holding hands in public who caught me staring at you: I’m gay and jealous, not homophobic.’ We know exactly what she means. And so do thousands of other people. At the time of writing, the viral tweet has...

“The policies that we’re seeing that are still in place continue to be gendered, and that’s really problematic.” While American businesses have made strides in improving parental-leave policies, many still reinforce the stereotype that parenting is woman’s work. That can leave gay men in dire straits if they decide to start a family. Many gay dads are forced to use workarounds—like saving up sick time and vacation days, using unpaid time off—to care for a new baby. Surrogacy and adoption, the...

'You haven't voted yes, until you've posted yes'. Send your votes back today! The team running the ‘yes’ campaign for marriage equality in Australia are ‘delighted’ with the number of ballots returned in a national survey on the issue. Australians are being asked whether they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The government is holding a national, non-binding postal survey to gauge Australians view on the issue. It commissioned the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to...

Awesome news for our LGBT people in Germany! Today, October 1st, makes it the first official day that German same-sex couples can marry! Congratulations! Germany became the 23rd country in the world to do so back in June, with 393 politicians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage while 266 voted against. Per Pink News, Same-sex couples from October 1st will be able to have all the rights connected to existing marriage laws. This includes joint adoption. The German legal code now...

The first gay couples in Germany will begin marrying this weekend, reports say. Back on June 30th, lawmakers voted on whether the country should legalize marriage equality and same-sex couples were happy to see the vote pass in favor of it. The law now reads "marriage binds two people of different sexes or the same sex for life,” and that change allowed an estimated 94,000 couples the right to marry each other. As you can imagine, several of those couples have been...

The first same-sex marriages in England, Scotland and Wales took place in 2014, but couples had been entering into civil partnerships for nearly a decade prior to this. Passed in 2004, the Civil Partnership Act was a halfway house. It gave same-sex couples the same rights and responsibilities as marriage, but civil partnerships were not marriages. Under the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, couple were able to convert their civil partnerships to marriages, and same-sex couples were able to get...

Hong Kong courts just ruled in favor of same-sex couples. A British woman referred to as QT moved to Hong Kong back in 2011 when he was offered a job with a tech company. When QT moved, she also brought her partner SS who she’d been in a civil partnership. Problem is that Hong Kong’s laws don’t acknowledge same-sex marriages or even civil partnerships, so SS didn't recieve any spousal benefits that straight couples do. To combat this, QT filed a judicial...

Mayor Darcy Byrne has announced that he would like to make same-sex marriages free if Australia decides to legalize them. Darcy Byrne just recently won his mayoral seat with the Inner West Council, a local government council in control of the inner western region of New South Wales in the city of Sydney, Australia. Just days after that win, Cr Byrne in a Facebook Live session made the announcement saying that he will use council resources to help same-sex couples. "We have...

"The situation is crying out for better, current up-to-date statues." A gay couple denied the chance to have a baby says Utah’s surrogacy law is discriminatory against gay men. Utah statute dictates that a surrogacy agreement can only be approved if the prospective parents proves a pregnancy would risk the health of the “mother.” Such wording clearly discriminates against male couples looking to have a child, argues attorney Edwin Wall, who is representing Jon and Noel. After Fifth District Judge Jeffery C....

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet introduced a bill proposal on Monday to legalize gay marriage. Bachelet is sending the proposal over to Congress at an upcoming ceremony in the presidential palace. The plan for the proposal is to expand the definition of marriage from only between a man and a woman to “a union of two people.” In addition, it will give new rights to same-sex couples such as making it easier for them to adopt. "We do this with the certainty that...

There are few greater gifts someone can give another human being than the gift of life. One woman did just that for two gay dads-to-be on the opposite side of the world. Angie from Ontario, Canada met French couple Sam and John through Canadian Fertility Consulting, Metro reports. You may ask why the men decided to have a baby with a surrogate mother almost 4,000 miles away rather than someone closer to home. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXssPyMlttl/ In France, all forms of surrogacy have been illegal since...

'From now on, no spouse will have to face the indignity of having their relationship denied.' South Australia’s reforms for recognition of same-sex couples married overseas and anti-discrimination against intersex people came into effect today. The changes to the law happened after UK citizen David Bulmer-Rizzi died on his honeymoon in South Australia in 2015. His husband Marco Bulmer-Rizzi was initially not recognised as Marco’s husband on his death certificate. This led to practical difficulties organising funeral arrangements and other sensitive matters...

Germany’s parliament will hold a vote on same-sex marriage this week. The last-minute decision comes just days after German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly softened her stance on marriage equality, with a free vote expected to take place in the Bundestag this Friday. If passed, the bill will allow same-sex couples to marry with the same rights as opposite-sex couples, including the potential to jointly adopt children. And it’s expected to pass, as all of Germany’s other main parties – the Social Democrats,...

From checking out guys together to leaving the toilet seat up ... A new video from Buzzfeed has explored all the amazing perks that only same-sex couples can appreciate. There are number of upsides to being in a relationship with another guy, the most appealing of which is being able to check out other guys together. Elsewhere, we don’t have to worry about the drama of toilet seat politics that straight couples have been enduring for eons, and us gays are more...