Same-sex Couples

• Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples if they don’t resemble marriage

  The radical change in Vatican policy insists that people seeking God’s love shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.

  World

  Dec 18, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia legislature discusses modernizing birth registration process, parental recognition

  Calls to modernize Nova Scotia's birth registration process come amid concerns around the rights of same-sex female couples to display both names on a child's birth certificate.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2023
  
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• Lawyer files constitutional challenge against Manitoba for outdated parentage laws

  A Winnipeg lawyer is filing a constitutional challenge surrounding how the Manitoba government defines legal parentage for couples who have children through assisted reproduction.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2020
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• ‘It was very overwhelming’: LGBTQ2 couple opens up about journey to have children

  About one-eighth of same-sex couples have children.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 30, 2019
• In vitro fertilization, surrogacy present class divide for LGBT parents in China

  LGBTQ families with children are rare in China, since in vitro fertilization and surrogacy is not affordable for many.

  World

  Dec 24, 2018
• London mayor to apologize to LGBTQ2 community

  Decades after the Ontario Human Rights Commission determined former mayor Dianne Haskett and the city discriminated against HALO, the city will apologize.

  Politics

  Jan 4, 2018
• Kim Davis, Kentucky clerk opposed to gay marriage, to run for 2018 re-election

  Kim Davis could face a familiar foe.

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2017
• Identity of Canada’s gaybourhoods fading as cities change, attitudes shift

  Neighbourhoods in Canadian cities that have been enclaves for gay men and lesbians are losing their identity, census data shows. 

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2017
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• Kentucky clerk Kim Davis asks court to dismiss appeals in gay marriage lawsuit

  Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis stopped issuing all marriage licenses after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively legalized gay marriage last year.

  World

  Jun 21, 2016
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• Mississippi signs law allowing businesses to refuse service to gay couples

  Mississippi's governor signed a law Tuesday that allows religious groups and some private businesses to refuse service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people based on religious beliefs.

  World

  Apr 5, 2016