By Minwoo Park SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Koreans Kim Eun-ha and Park Cho-hyeon would like to get married and have children, a plan that fits in with government ambitions to boost the world’s lowest fertility rate. The catch is that same-sex unions remain illegal in South Korea, and doctors refuse to perform artificial […]
Sailors decorate the mess decks in observance of Pride month aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Atlantic Ocean on June 16, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theoplis Stewart II) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pardon U.S. military veterans who were discharged or convicted under […]
Sailors decorate the mess decks in observance of Pride month aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Atlantic Ocean on June 16, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theoplis Stewart II) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pardon U.S. military veterans who were discharged or convicted under […]
Sailors decorate the mess decks in observance of Pride month aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 16, 2022. Jason Dunham is operating in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and […]
Sailors decorate the mess decks in observance of Pride month aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham in the Atlantic Ocean on June 16, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theoplis Stewart II) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pardon U.S. military veterans who were discharged or convicted under […]
Krzysztof Alcer and Grzegorz Lepianka have been waiting for Poland to officially recognise their relationship for 21 years. But as the wait drags on, their anger is growing, their patience wearing thin. The Catholic country’s main ruling party had pledged to legalise civil unions. Six months into its tenure however, same-sex couples still cannot marry […]
220616-N-UP745-2011 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 16, 2022) Sailors decorate the mess decks in observance of Pride month aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) in the Atlantic Ocean, June 16, 2022. Jason Dunham is operating in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order […]
Ten same-sex couples have tied the knot in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong. The semi-autonomous former British colony does not formally recognise such unions, but offers them legal protections. The event was timed to mark Pride Month, with a registered celebrant from the American state of Utah making the marriages official. […]
(Bloomberg) — Thailand’s same-sex marriage bill cleared its final hurdle with the Senate endorsing it in a special session Tuesday, putting the nation on course to be the first in Southeast Asia to guarantee marriage equality. Most Read from Bloomberg The 250-member upper house voted with 130 in support of the bill that was already […]
Thailand’s senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a marriage equality bill, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in south-east Asia to enact such a law. The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 130 of the 152 members of the Senate in attendance, with four voting […]
Footage of two grooms waiting for their brides at a double wedding ceremony was viewed tens of thousands of times in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the pair getting married in Indonesia, where gay marriage is not allowed. The religious affairs ministry in Wonosobo, where the wedding took place, confirmed the video […]
Monday, May 20 will mark 10 years since same-sex marriage became legal in Pennsylvania. A state lawmaker is now taking extra steps to protect those rights and remove outdated legal language that could make some marriages invalid. State Rep. Jessica Benham (D-South Side) co-chairs the state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus. She’s a sponsor of a recently introduced […]