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Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Hundreds wed as Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force

The new marriage law uses gender-neutral terms in place of "men", "women", "husbands" and "wives", also clearing the way for transgender people to wed, and grants adoption and inheritance rights to all married couples.

Entertainment 5 years ago

UK's 'Strictly' to feature first same-sex dance partners

One of the most popular programs on British television, "Strictly Come Dancing", is to feature the first same-sex pairing in its 16-year-history, the BBC said Wednesday.

World 5 years ago

Poland will not let EU ‘force’ it into allowing gay marriages: Justice minister

Poland's justice minister said on Monday the European Union may be in a position to force Warsaw to legalize gay marriage if EU leaders make financial aid conditional on upholding democratic norms, and warned that this was unacceptable.

World 5 years ago

Northern Ireland to get religious same-sex marriage

Same-sex religious marriages will be allowed in Northern Ireland, the British government said on Thursday, bowing to pressure from LGBT+ campaigners after the first secular lesbian wedding in February.

National 5 years ago

Same-sex newlyweds in South Sulawesi arrested for forgery

A same-sex couple who recently held a wedding ceremony in Soppeng regency, South Sulawesi have been arrested and accused of falsifying their sexual identities prior to their marriage.

World 5 years ago

Gay weddings boost US economy by $3.8 billion since landmark ruling

Gay and lesbian weddings have boosted state and local economies by an estimated $3.8 billion since same-sex marriage was legalized nationwide in the United States in 2015, according to a study published on Thursday.

World 5 years ago

Defying pandemic, gay couples hold first marriages in Costa Rica

Marco Castillo and his boyfriend, Rodrigo Campos, waited just a few hours to take advantage of a new law in Costa Rica that made the country the first in Central America to allow same-sex marriage.

World 5 years ago

Japan firms back same-sex partnership certificate campaign in gay rights push

The Famiee Project said it wanted to spur change by tapping into growing business support for LGBT+ rights in socially conservative Japan and aims to sign up 100 businesses by the time it launches the scheme in July.

SE Asia 5 years ago

Singapore court upholds colonial-era law that criminalizes sex between men

Singapore's high court upheld on Monday a rarely-used law that criminalizes sex between men, dismissing three appeals that argued it was unconstitutional.