same-sex marriage
Taiwan leads way again: lesbian couples in mass military wedding
As so often before, Taiwan yesterday again demonstrated the country’s dedication to diversity and inclusion. Ahead of today’s LGBT Pride 2020, two lesbian military officers married their same-sex partners in a mass military wedding at Army Command headquarters. Scroll down for video The two officers both married civilian brides. They wore dress uniform for the …
Pope Francis declares support for same-sex civil unions
Pope Francis declared support for same-sex civil unions in a documentary released earlier today. He made the remarks during the discussion of various social issues in the film Francesco, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They’re children of God and have a right to …
Queensland ‘Christian soldier’ David van Gend up for LNP preselection
Queensland doctor David van Gend, who believes homosexuality is “disordered behaviour” and “potentially treatable”, may win Liberal National party preselection in a federal seat. The sitting member, federal Coalition MP John McVeigh, resigned last month. Now voters in the federal electorate of Groom, in Toowoomba, will go to the polls for a byelection on November …
Gay groom’s wedding flash mob to Lady Gaga’s ‘Stupid Love’ goes viral
A US fitness instructor has surprised his new husband by busting out choreo with their wedding party in a flash mob to Lady Gaga’s “Stupid Love”. On National Coming Out Day, Brock Dalgleish posted videos to social media of he and groom Riley Jay Barrington walking down the aisle. Dalgleish then stops, pulls off his …
Council candidate apologises for anti-marriage equality campaign
A Bendigo man who campaigned against same-sex marriage has apologised and claims his views have changed, as he campaigns for a seat on his local council. Lewis Freeman-Harrison ran a Facebook page named “Vote No Australia” during the divisive 2017 postal survey. But the 25-year-old now says he no longer holds those views. He posted …
Queensland couple’s historic wedding suits immortalised in museum
The Queensland gay couple who made history with their same-sex wedding have donated their suits for a new Queensland Museum exhibition. Craig Burns and Luke Sullivan made history with their ceremony just minutes after midnight on January 9, 2018. It was the first Queensland wedding on day one of same-sex marriage in Australia. Now their …
Sister says dishonest to call Abbott a homophobe and misogynist
His sister accused critics of the former PM Tony Abbott of ‘scoring cheap political points’ in a weekend tweet. Christine Forster castigated those who describe the new British trade advisor as a ‘homophobe and misogynist’ without knowing him. However, Forster neglected to address the many incidents and comments that inspired the accusations. Abbott’s appointment proved …
Netflix tear-jerker ‘Say I Do’ is ‘Queer Eye’ with weddings
A US gay couple, Randy and Skyler, celebrate the wedding they didn’t think was possible in heartwarming Netflix reality show Say I Do. The new show comes from the producers of Netflix favourite Queer Eye and is in some ways similar. In it, three gay experts help plan spectacular weddings for eight deserving couples. Each …
Thailand moves to allow same-sex civil unions
Thailand’s cabinet has backed a bill that would recognise same-sex civil unions – but not same-sex marriages – in the South East Asian country. The proposed Civil Partnership Act would allow same-sex couples to legally register their union if at least one is a Thai citizen. However the partnerships would be separate to “marriages”, despite …
Lesbian couple weds on live TV as Costa Rica legalises same-sex marriage
Costa Rica has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the 29th country in the world to do so. In 2018, the country’s Supreme Court ruled that banning same-sex couples from marriage was unconstitutional. The court set a time limit of 18 months for lawmakers to pass same-sex marriage legislation. They failed to do so, so same-sex marriage …