Gay marriage
Pope says he supports civil unions for gay couples
In the film, 'Francesco' by Evgeny Afineevsky, the Argentine pope says that gay people have the right to be in a family.
South Africa is the sole nation on the African continent to allow gay marriage, which it legalised in 2006.
Two couples -- one male, one female -- were the first to arrive at a government office in downtown Taipei.
The island's lawmakers comfortably passed a law allowing same-sex couples to form 'exclusive permanent unions' and a second clause that would let them apply for a 'marriage registration' with government agencies.
South Africa has travelled a difficult road since the first all-race elections in April 1994 ended more than three centuries of white domination.
In 2015, the church gave its blessing to same-sex marriages but officials then changed their minds a year later, saying that these relationships do not meet Christian guidelines.
Bermuda’s government said it is appealing the matter to London’s Privy Council, the highest court of appeal for British territories because the matter is of general public importance.
The 7.5-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami smashed into the coastal city of Palu, on Sulawesi island, on 28 September.
The marriage between two men was set for this Saturday after a top Latin American human rights court earlier this month ruled that countries in the region should legalize same-sex unions, pushing back against opposition from the Roman Catholic church.
This graphic shows where same-sex marriage is legal, or an agreement has been made to make it legal.
Map showing countries where same-sex couples may marry or enter into a civil partnership.
The country’s Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten, said it was the law that had to change, not the gay community.
The case was brought by three same-sex couples, backed by campaigners who are trying to pressure the region's largest party, the socially conservative DUP.