Tag: same sex marriage

Same-sex couples can now book their marriage registration in Taipei, Taiwan, the city announced on Tuesday (April 23). According to a press statement by the city’s Department of Civil Affairs, the government has decided to take in-person and phone bookings for marriage registration ahead of same-sex marriage being legalised on May 24. Excluding same-sex marriage is unconstitutional In mid-2017, Taiwan’s constitutional court decided that the articles in the Civil Code which prohibited same-sex couples from marrying were unconstitutional. The court asked authorities to...

Marriage equality has come to the British Overseas Territory via a judge's ruling in favor of a same-sex couple. Marriage equality has come to the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands ruled on Friday that the government was wrong to have refused a marriage license to Chantelle Day and her partner, Vickie Bodden Bush. Chief Justice Smellie determined the action was discriminatory, saying it violated Cayman’s constitution by interfering with the right to a...

One more place in the world has marriage equality In a landmark ruling, the Cayman Islands has legalized same-sex marriage across its territory. Chief Justice Anthony Smellie of the Grand Court ruled on Friday (29 March) morning that defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional. He also added that it violated numerous rights. Chantelle Day and her partner Vickie Bodden Bush brought the initial ruling challenging the original law. Smellie’s ruling stated the law must change in all areas...

Australia’s Cardinal George Pell, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage becoming legal in the country, abused two 13-year-old choirboys Australia’s former Cardinal, George Pell, 77, faces jail time for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys. Up until his arrest and trial, he was the Roman Catholic Church’s most senior figure within Australia. He also had a leading role as the Vatican’s treasurer. The church suspended him as cardinal in June 2017 and removed him from office in December 2018. His term as treasurer...

Organizers report a recent increase in interest in surrogacy among gay Asian couples, especially in China. A gay parenting “boot camp” will host its first ever event in Asia, in response to growing demand for surrogates, organizers have told Reuters. New York-based non-profit Men Having Babies (MHB) holds events across the globe that, according to its website, has “helped thousands of gay men worldwide become parents,” by offering advice and support. It also adds that while gay men are the target...

Saint Helena has seen its first ever same-sex wedding. Swedish national Michael Wernstedt tied the knot with native citizen Lemarc Thomas in a beautiful ceremony on December 31 2018. The event came just over a year since Governor Lisa Phillips signed marriage equality into law on December 20 2017, the Saint Helena Independent has reported. Registrar Karen Yon oversaw the historic gay wedding on the tiny British territory, which is home to 4,500 people and sits in the South Atlantic Ocean island...

Amer Alhaggagi was a young, aspiring terrorist in Oakland, California with dreams of blowing up a San Francisco gay bar, selling cocaine mixed with strychnine (rat poison), starting a massive hill fire to destroy homes and blowing up the UC Berkley dorms with backpack bombs. “I’d like to kill the students,” he says to an undercover FBI agent on a recently released tape. “I’ve been so excited about it. I’ve been hyped up.” Then he laughs. In July, the 23-year-old pleaded...

It's called the 'contact effect' A new study found if you know someone who’s gay or lesbian, you’re more likely to support marriage equality. You’re also more likely to support LGBTI causes in general. It’s a phenomenon known as the ‘contact effect’. Daniel DellaPosta is an assistant professor of sociology at Pennsylvania State University. He said coming out as gay or lesbian and being open about it can accelerate an attitude change about issues affecting the LGBTI community. He analyzed data from the General...

Remember that gay porn star couple who got engaged right after filming a gang bang scene together? We cannot get enough of these adorable LGBTI marriage proposals from this year. Love was in the air for LGBTI couples all over the world in 2018 and luckily, someone was there with a video to record it. So here’s a list of all of the sweet LGBTI marriage proposals. (Warning: You may need a box of tissues for some of these!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgFOdBzv7w The sound of love Kerry Kennedy...

Jakub Kwiecinski and Dawid Mycek are back, and this time they’re getting engaged… 100 times. Instinct Magazine has covered this Polish Lip Syncing Couple several times before. From when they made a tribute to George Michael, to when they got surprised at the International LGBTQ Awards Show, to when they got married in Portugal, and when they initially said goodbye to video making. But, it looks like the boys are back again, and this time it’s to make a point about...

A gay Mexican couple who got married in New York City will be the first to see their same-sex union recognised in their home country. Daniel Berezowsky and Jaime Chávez Alor got married on November 26 after winning a legal challenge against the Mexican government. The couple, who first moved to the US in 2016 to pursue their master’s degrees at Columbia University, first applied for a marriage licence in May at the General Consulate of Mexico in New York. Their request...

Taiwan’s race towards same-sex marriage has just reached a major obstacle. We’ve kept you updated on the entire situation surrounding Taiwan and its legal battles towards marriage equality. Despite the country’s highest court stating that the Civil Code’s definition of marriage, being between a man and a woman, was unconstitutional, religious groups are fighting to keep the definition that way. After making that historic ruling in 2017, Taiwan’s parliament, the Legislative Yuan, was tasked with creating a new law that would...

Several major corporations have signed on to a letter urging the UK Parliament in London to introduce legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. Marriage equality has been the law of the land in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014, and the Republic of Ireland voted for marriage equality via public referendum in 2015. That leaves Northern Ireland as the only part of Western Europe to not allow LGBT couples to marry. The only legal recognition available for same-sex...

He also called one of the men a 'n*gro' People are calling for the resignation of Austrian politician Bruno Weber after he used homphobic and racial slurs. Weber made the remarks on a Facebook post showing an advertisement from ÖBB, the country’s nationalised railway service. The photo shows an interracial gay couple with a child. Weber is a member of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). His fellow member, Manfred Pühringer, made the initial post, asking: ‘It’s not nice, is it?’ Weber commented: ‘That’s...