#SameSexMarriages
#Thailand gaining #marriageequality
The #law, passed by #parliament in June, takes effect 120 days after signing, so the first #samesexmarriages should take place in January.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Thailand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
How #China-#Taiwan #samesexmarriages get caught in #politics.
#Taiwan's first cross-strait, #samesex #married #couple #celebrated their #vows at the annual #Pride #event. #Activists say the #battle is about #overcoming #homophobia as well as #China-#Taiwan #tensions.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.dw.com/en/china-taiwan-same-sex-marriages-get-caught-in-geopolitics/a-70619598
#California has over 162,000 #samesexcouple #households
#Samesexmarriages climbed across the #state leading up to and following the #SupremeCourt's 2015 #decision #legalizing #MarriageEquality #nationwide.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture #LoveWins
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2024/06/21/california-same-sex-couples
#Methodists end #antigay #bans, closing 50 years of #battles over #sexuality for #mainline #Protestants.
It took just a few days for #UnitedMethodist #delegates to remove a half-century's worth of #denominational #bans on #gay #clergy and #samesexmarriages.
#Thai #trans #people #push to be 'truly' #accepted
#LGBTQ #activists won a major #victory last month when #Thai #lawmakers #passed a #bill that should see #samesexmarriages become #legal later this year -- a first in #SoutheastAsia.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Thailand #Transitioning #GenderRecognition #Representation #Culture
‘Make #LGBT #rights a #foreignpolicy #priority’ to mark #samesexmarriage #milestone
#Samesexmarriages have #increased year-on-year since being #legalised 10 years ago on Friday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #LoveWins
In not finding room for #samesexmarriages in the #SpecialMarriageAct, the #SupremeCourt #misinterpreted the #Constitution and failed to look at its own #precedents.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-grave-error-in-the-law/article67535658.ece
Same-sex verdict compels queer couples to lead dishonest lives, review petition tells Supreme Court
‘No contract or forceful State action can curtail an adult’s fundamental right to marry,’ the review petition said.
#SupremeCourt #SameSexMarriages #MarriageEquality #LGBTQIA #LGBT #RightToMarry #sexuality #india
#India’s #LGBTQ #community #battles #samesex #marriage ‘#heartbreak’ from #court after it abrogates their #responsibility to ensure that no one is #denied #equal #rights under #law
India’s #SupremeCourt last week acknowledged the #discrimination the #LGBTQ #community #faces, but #refused to #approve #SameSexMarriages
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
#Legislation seeks to #repeal the #NavajoNation’s #ban on #samesexmarriages.
Despite being #legal in the #US since 2015, #samesex #unions are still #prohibited in one of the largest #tribal #nations in the country.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #IndigenousPeople #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality
#Firms #Urge #Czech #PM To #support #SameSexMarriages
Dozens of #Czech #firms and the local branches of #foreigncompanies including #CocaCola, #Ikea and #Microsoft called on the #primeminister on Wednesday to press for #passage of #legislation #enabling #samesex #marriages.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #CzechRepublic #Business #Allies #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage
https://www.barrons.com/news/firms-urge-czech-pm-to-back-same-sex-marriages-7e5e9327
#Granting More #rights to #LGBTQ #people could help #Asia #financial #hubs draw #global #talent
In #HongKong's #highest #court, five #judges are #deliberating whether to #recognise #samesexmarriages #conducted #overseas.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage
#NewZealand a #popular #destination for #samesexmarriages, #decade after #law #change.
Almost 3000 same-sex couples have come to #Aotearoa to #marry since #marriageequality became #legal here 10 years ago.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism
Nepal’s top court has ordered the legal registration of #samesexmarriages. The ruling makes Nepal the 1st country to recognise same-sex marriages in conservative South Asia & joins #Taiwan as the only other country in Asia to do so.
@CarolineMalaCorbin What if the Federalist Society's Supreme Court majority gives zero fucks for the commitment to equality, diversity & the Equal Protection Clause, like it appears to do?
#Samesex #couples and #LGBTQ+ #rights #activists in #Nepal celebrate interim #court #ruling.
#LGBTQ+ #rights #activists and #couples in #Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim order issued by the country's #SupremeCourt enabling the #registration of #samesexmarriages for the first time.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthAsia #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
#Activist #Detained in #HongKong Begins #Final #Appeal for #Recognition of His #Overseas #SameSexMarriage.
#JimmySham, a prominent pro-#democracy #activist during the 2019 protests that roiled #HongKong, first asked for a #judicialreview five years ago seeking a #declaration that the #city's #laws, which don't #recognize #foreign #samesexmarriages, violate his #constitutionalright to #equality.