Same sex marriage
SAHRC takes Beloftebos wedding venue to court for rejecting same-sex couple
Megan Watling and Sasha-Lee Heekes were told that the Beloftebos Wedding Venue would not host their special day in April 2021, because of their sexual...
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Freedom of Religion SA backs wedding venue for turning away same-sex couple
Cape Town couple Megan Watling and Sasha-Lee Heekes wanted to celebrate their marriage at Beloftebos in Stanford in April next year.
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Contralesa president opposes extending lobola practice to same-sex couples
Contralesa president Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena insists that extending the practice of lobola to same-sex couples goes against African traditions.
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NYC prepares for huge Gay Pride on Stonewall's 50th anniversary
New York's Gay Pride - a month of events marking Stonewall every year - has long been a lure for tourists, drawing hundreds of thousands of people, plus politicians and celebrities, each year.
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Ecuador's highest court approves same-sex marriage
The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing.
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Anti-gay laws widespread in Africa despite gains
The death penalty is on the books, under sharia, in Mauritania, Sudan and northern Nigeria, although there have been no known executions in recent times.
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Taiwan the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage
Graphic showing places where gay marriage and civil unions are legal.
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EXPLAINER: Botswana joins list of African countries reviewing gay rights
Botswana’s High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country.
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Donors cut aid to Tanzania after rights crackdown
The European Union, Tanzania's biggest development partner, and the World Bank have recently taken measures to sanction repressive policies.
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[ANALYSIS] 5 reasons why South Africa still hasn’t won LGBTQ+ equality
Rivonia Pillay says there lies a stark contrast between the written policies dealing with LGBTQ+ rights and lived experiences.
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Home Affairs to now officiate over same-sex marriages as bill is passed
The National Assembly passed the second Private Members' Bill on Thursday afternoon.
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Romanian constitutional ban on same sex marriage fails on low vote turnout
Data from the national election bureau showed voter turnout stood at 20.4% when the polls closed at 1800 GMT, below the 30% required for it to be valid.
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Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couple
David Mullins and Charlie Craig were planning their wedding in Massachusetts in 2012 and wanted the cake for a reception in Colorado, where gay marriage was not yet legal.
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Australia’s Sydney Harbour Bridge sees first same sex wedding
The couple took their vows in front of family and friends gathered on the structure dubbed the ‘coat hanger’, 134 metres above the city’s main harbour.
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Draft proposals in Indonesian Parliament aim to ban extramarital sex
The parliamentary committee drawing up recommendations to change the Dutch colonial-era criminal code has still to finalise its proposals.
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Cope challenges section of Civil Union Act
The Congress of the People says marriage officers should not object to same-sex marriage on any ground because it’s an infringement of the couple’s rights.
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Cope lodges complaint over provision in civil union amendment bill
Cope says same-sex couples seeking the services of a marriage office have been turned away from some home affairs offices, particularly in rural areas.
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Costa Rica's first gay marriage suffers bureaucratic hitch
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.
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Latin American human rights court urges same-sex marriage legalisation
A number of Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, do not allow same-sex marriage.
