The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that EU nations must mutually recognise same-sex marriages.
The Court said in a statement on Tuesday that any refusal to do this ‘is contrary to EU law’ and ‘infringes not only the freedom to move and reside, but also the fundamental right to respect for private and family life.’
#SameSexMarriages #LGBTQ #Court #EU #Legal #FreedomOfMovement
Boo, hiss! #Belarus seeks to copy neighboring #Russia’s repressive #LGBTQ+ policies, #activists say
By YURAS KARMANAU
Updated 11:27 PM EST, December 5, 2024
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — "As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers didn’t hide that the crackdown was aligned to similar moves in neighboring Russia.
"The students, Andrei and Sasha, said security forces demanded that they unlock their smartphones and surrender the names of 'gays in Minsk and Moscow.'
"'They slammed our heads against the door frame, threatened to report us to the university and said that this was just the beginning,' said Andrei, 20, who like other #gay and #transgender #Belarusians interviewed by The Associated Press insisted on being identified only by his first name because of safety concerns.
"'They wanted to expose an ‘underground network’ of gay people in Belarus, following the example of Russia,' he said of the autumn raid. 'They openly told us that if it is banned in Russia, then it should be banned in Belarus too.'
"Belarus decriminalized #homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the deeply conservative country under #authoritarian President Alexander #Lukashenko doesn’t recognize #SameSexMarriages, and there are no laws protecting LGBTQ+ rights."
Belarus is cracking down on its LGBTQ+ community, detaining and beating nearly three dozen of them in the last three months. Authorities also are weighing repressive measures to ban “gay propaganda,” similar to laws passed in recent years in close ally Russia under President Vladimir Putin. One activist says Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko uses repression against the LGBTQ+ community to shore up support among more conservative members of his population and win praise from Russia. Some who have been beaten during raids say security forces demanded that they give the names of gay friends in their smartphones to help police create a database.
#Thailand gaining #marriageequality
The #law, passed by #parliament in June, takes effect 120 days after signing, so the first #samesexmarriages should take place in January.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SoutheastAsia #Thailand #MarriageEquality #SameSexMarriage #LoveWins
The King of Thailand signed a marriage equality bill into law in September. The law, passed by parliament in June, takes effect 120 days after signing, so the first same-sex marriages should take place in January. Thailand becomes the third country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after Taiwan and Nepal. But Thai law will […]
How #China-#Taiwan #samesexmarriages get caught in #politics.
#Taiwan's first cross-strait, #samesex #married #couple #celebrated their #vows at the annual #Pride #event. #Activists say the #battle is about #overcoming #homophobia as well as #China-#Taiwan #tensions.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.dw.com/en/china-taiwan-same-sex-marriages-get-caught-in-geopolitics/a-70619598
#California has over 162,000 #samesexcouple #households
#Samesexmarriages climbed across the #state leading up to and following the #SupremeCourt's 2015 #decision #legalizing #MarriageEquality #nationwide.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture #LoveWins
https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2024/06/21/california-same-sex-couples
#Methodists end #antigay #bans, closing 50 years of #battles over #sexuality for #mainline #Protestants.
It took just a few days for #UnitedMethodist #delegates to remove a half-century's worth of #denominational #bans on #gay #clergy and #samesexmarriages.
#Thai #trans #people #push to be 'truly' #accepted
#LGBTQ #activists won a major #victory last month when #Thai #lawmakers #passed a #bill that should see #samesexmarriages become #legal later this year -- a first in #SoutheastAsia.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Thailand #Transitioning #GenderRecognition #Representation #Culture
‘Make #LGBT #rights a #foreignpolicy #priority’ to mark #samesexmarriage #milestone
#Samesexmarriages have #increased year-on-year since being #legalised 10 years ago on Friday.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #LoveWins
In not finding room for #samesexmarriages in the #SpecialMarriageAct, the #SupremeCourt #misinterpreted the #Constitution and failed to look at its own #precedents.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Representation #Culture
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-grave-error-in-the-law/article67535658.ece
Same-sex verdict compels queer couples to lead dishonest lives, review petition tells Supreme Court
‘No contract or forceful State action can curtail an adult’s fundamental right to marry,’ the review petition said.
#SupremeCourt #SameSexMarriages #MarriageEquality #LGBTQIA #LGBT #RightToMarry #sexuality #india
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