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Mexican Supreme Court: American Cases Demand Marriage Equality
In a sweeping ruling striking down a ban on same-sex couples' marriages in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico's Supreme Court says U.S. Supreme Court cases support marriage equality. A gay couple takes part...
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Two European Courts Protect Same-Sex Couples' Adoption Rights
Germany's high court and the European Court of Human Rights both issued rulings Tuesday striking down adoption laws that discriminate against same-sex couples. Image by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images...
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American Christian Legal Group Exports Anti-LGBT Agenda To Brazil
The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson, is now funding anti-LGBT work in Brazil. The group already has expanded into Africa and Eastern Europe. Image by Clem...
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Lesbian Couple Tries To Marry In China
Wedding official retreats into a back room after facing a wedding request from Mayu Yu and Elsie Liao. Elsie Liao, right, and Mayu Yu kiss in an alley outside the registry office where they asked to...
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Queer Fiction From Africa Collected In New Magazine
A new fiction collection from the Burkina Faso–based Q-zine aims to “decolonize the mind” by capturing the experiences of LGBTI Africans. "The project of LGBTI liberation … is a process of...
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Gay Ugandan Refugees Marry In Sweden While The UK Returns A Malawian Asylum...
Lawrence Kaala and Jimmy Sserwadda, the first Ugandans known to legally marry, have been granted asylum in Sweden. But the United Kingdom has deported Malawian Peter George Liwewe, however, despite...
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Pope Francis Brings Lessons Of Argentina's Marriage Fight To Rome
Then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio bungled the fight against Argentina's “Equal Marriage Law” in 2010. “Let's not be naive,” he wrote of same-sex marriage. “This is not a simple political fight; it...
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Victory For Gay-Friendly Mayor Of Lima Still Troubles LGBT Activists
Leftist Lima Mayor Susana Villarán survived an evangelical-backed recall election on Sunday. LGBT activists, though, say their cause was sacrificed to keep her in office. Image by Karel Navarro / AP...
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What Would You Do To Become A Father?
Meet Roy Daiany and Fabrice Houdart. In seeking out fatherhood, the Washington couple faced many hurdles in building their family beyond simply getting their union recognized. Roy Daiany (left) and...
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Could A Win On Marriage Weaken LGBT Organizations?
“After marriage passed in the Netherlands, the movement more or less collapsed,” said the lawmaker who sponsored the Dutch marriage equality bill. Could that happen in the United States? Image by...
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Latin America Expects First Marriage Equality Votes Under New Pope
Key votes on same-sex couples' marriage rights are scheduled within days in Uruguay and Colombia. These will be the first tests for marriage equality since Pope Francis became the first pontiff from...
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Nepal, Once A Leader On LGBT Rights, Is Backsliding
“A climate of fear and intimidation” is now pervasive, says a leading Nepali activist. This is a dramatic reversal in a country whose Supreme Court created broad protections for LGBT people in a 2007...
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Trans Woman Wins Right To Marry In Malta
Joanne Cassar's seven-year legal battle against the government of the tiny Mediterranean country of Malta ended this week. The government agreed to allow her to wed, averting a showdown in the...
View ArticleColombian Senate Cancels Debate On Same-Sex Marriage Bill
After an LGBT rights protestor interrupted an appearance of the Colombian attorney general, the president of the country's senate put a hold on a same-sex marriage bill scheduled to be debated on...
View ArticleWatch This Video Of First Gay Zulu Wedding
South Africans Tshepo Cameron Modisane and Thoba Calvin Sithole married this weekend in what's being called the first Zulu same-sex wedding. “The whole notion is to quash the idea that being gay is...
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Court In Singapore Upholds Sodomy Law
The lawsuit to strike down the sodomy law was a central plank of LGBT advocacy in the Southeast Asian country. Judge says this is a question for the legislature to decide. People with LED lights take...
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Colombian Senate To Debate Same-Sex Marriage Bill On April 17
Senate President Roy Barreras announced the new date for the debate after a meeting with LGBT leaders on Monday. Colombia's Constitutional Court has set a June 20 deadline for action giving same-sex...
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Father Sets Son On Fire For Being Gay And HIV Positive In Peruvian Amazon
The attack highlights the widespread problem of hate crimes in the country, activists say. Source: peru21.pe Forty-nine year-old Hitler Baneo Núñez doused his son in gasoline and set him on fire for...
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Colombian Marriage Bill Appears Likely To Fail
The Senate adjourned Wednesday night without voting on the bill to grant same-sex couples full marriage rights. Absent an unexpected development, all signs suggest it won't pass when the Senate takes...
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Watch The Gay Sitcom That Has Become A Sensation In Vietnam
The series about gay 20-somethings in Vietnam has become a YouTube sensation. Huynh Nguyen Dang Khoa posted the first episode of "My Best Gay Friends" in early April. Since then, the series featuring...
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