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As if our community didn't have enough problems, it seems some couples may have to divorce in a very bizarre twist of events across the pond in the U.K. and France. Per PinkNews, at least a dozen loving same-sex couples have been told that they need to get divorced if they want legal rights. It is a confusing and annoying legal tangle between the French and British governments. Take for instance Leandro Barreto and Francois Souyri, who are approaching their tenth...

'Today the government broke the hearts of gay and lesbian people in Australia' Australia’s Liberal Party government has just voted to retain its policy to decide marriage equality with a public vote – known as a plebiscite. The party has just finished an emergency meeting to resolve the issue. Only seven out of 83 Liberal politicians voted for a free vote. Last year the government tried to pass plebiscite enabling legislation but it was shut down in the Senate. Since then, Prime Minister...

Congratulations Malta! Malta has decided to make same-sex marriage legal today (12 July). The small southern European island, largely made up of Catholic people, now has one of the leading LGBTI rights laws in the world. The wording in civil ceremonies of ‘you are now husband and wife’ will now be changed to ‘you are now spouses’. There was only one voice of opposition in government, with one politician claiming it was ‘morally unacceptable’. A victory celebration of same-sex couples and LGBTI people is...