by Jen | Jun 28, 2013 | News, World news
The Scottish Government has published the Marriage and Civil Partnerships Bill (Scotland) that will enable same-sex couples to marry in Scotland. The bill follows many of the same changes in law that the British Government seeks to make in England and Wales with a...
by Jen | Jun 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Today’s two Supreme Court rulings involving same-sex marriage were a huge and gratifying victory in the long struggle to end government-sanctioned discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans. It is sad, this deep into the national conversation about equal rights,...
by Jen | Jun 24, 2013 | Australian commentary, News, World news
Could you be the first lucky gay Australian couple to be married in New Zealand? Picture: AFP Tourism New Zealand is on the hunt for a same-sex couple looking to put a ring on it and be a part of history in the making. The tourism body announced today it will fly one...
by Jen | Jun 24, 2013 | News, World news
The LGBT rights movement has made significant progress in the nation in the past few years. In an unusually progressive move, Vietnam’s National Assembly has agreed to begin debate on legalizing same-sex marriage this year. Although the nation has a poor human rights...
by Jen | Jun 24, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The Scottish Equality Network, the key LGBT group campagining for equal marriage north of the border, has launched a video campaign modelled on the English Out4Marriage campaign to help convince the public and politicians of the need for same-sex marriage. ‘It’s Time’...
by Jen | Jun 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, World news
Twenty years after being dubbed “Bigots’ Island”, Tasmania is shaking off its reputation as a bastion of conservatism so successfully that it now seems more like Progressive Central. It looks set to be the first place in Australia to legalise...
