Tag: marriage equality

More than 60% of Swiss voters have backed marriage equality according to exit polls. Switzerland is on the verge of legalising same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum held over the weekend.  With polls closed, polling agencyGFS Bern have projected voters are going to back same-sex marriage with the measure passing 64%...

The outgoing National MP’s gay son welcomed the apology saying “people can learn and their views can change.” Former Cabinet Minister Nick Smith has apologised to the LGBT community for voting against same-sex marriage in 2013. Mr Smith gave his valedictory speech late last week and says he made and ‘error’...

While stopping short of marriage equality, the bill will make Thailand’s one of the most LGBT-friendly places in Asia.  Thailand is set to legalise same-sex civil unions, with the nation’s cabinet approving draft legalisation, set to be introduced to the nation’s parliament in coming weeks. While the bill is still pending,...

Northern Ireland's rainbow community is finally celebrating the legalisation of same-sex marriage, after over a decade of fighting for the same rights as the rest of the United Kingdom. The new law which was passed by the U.K Parliament follows over a decade of attempting to move forward on...

Following becoming the first Asian nation to allow same-sex marriage, Taiwan has seen over one thousand same-sex weddings in just one month. Announcing the success of the new legislative change, Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior confirmed that in its first month of marriage equality, 790 female couples and 383 male...

Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten says that he "cannot stand silent" when religion is used to discriminate against GLBT people.  In a speech delivered to the Australian Christian Lobby national conference in Canberra, Bill Shorten has come out swinging against religious belief being used as a means to justify discrimination against...