UK Civil Partnerships May be Conducted in Religious Premises by the End of the Year

United Kingdom, 2 Nov 2011 - The Home Office has confirmed its decision to allow religious buildings to host civil partnerships by the end of 2011. When civil partnerships were...

Top Brazilian Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage

Brazilia Brazil, 25 October 2011 - On Tuesday, Brazil's Supreme Appeals Court overturned the rulings of two lower courts and held that two women can be legally married....

Denmark to Legislate for Same-Sex Marriage by 2012

Denmark, Oct 24 2011 - The Danish government has announced that it will introduce same-sex marriage by 2012. Same-sex couples will also be allowed to marry on Church of Denmark...

Equality and Justice: The Book Is Out!

  ABOUT THE BOOK Equality and Justice. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the XXI Century Edited by Alexander Schuster – With an introduction by Stefano...

German Court applies antidiscrimination principle only from 2009

Germany, 28 Sept 2011 – The Administrative Court of Kassel - Hessen [official website] ruled that civil servants living in a German civil partnership (Lebenspartnerschaft...

Swiss National Council turns down equal adoption rights

Switzerland, 30 Sept 2011 – The Swiss Nationl Council has voted today 97-83 against a bill introduced by citizens that aimed at allowing same-gender couples to adopt [ZOL...

Germany: Full equality for federal civil servants

Berlin, 23 Sept 2011 – The Bundesrat, Germany's Federal Chamber, definitely approved today a bill  [full text on Bundestag wesbite, in German], that grants equal...

European Commission States that Blanket Ban on Gay Blood Donations is Contrary to EU Law

Brussels, 8 September 2011 - The European Commission has affirmed that a blanket ban on blood donations from gay men and MSM (men who have sex with men) would be contrary to...

Women Defy Same-Sex Marriage Ban to Marry in Nancy

Nancy, France, 5 Jun 2011 - Stephanie Nicot married her partner Elise in town hall ceremony in the city of Nancy in eastern France. Stephanie a transwoman declined to lodge...

Swiss Supreme Court Rejects Application for Second Parent Adoption by a Lesbian Couple in a Registered Partnership

Switzerland, 5 May 2011 - The Supreme Court rejected an application  by a lesbian woman for second parent adoption of her partner's child. One hurdle for...

LGL partialy wins a court case on Baltic Pride 2013

LGL partialy wins a court case on Baltic Pride 2013

Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) today partialy won their appeal against the decision of the Vilnius City Municipality not to allow the upcoming Baltic Pride march to be held on Gediminas Avenue, the main street of Vilnius. Vilnius Regional Administrative Court ruled that the decision of the Municipality was not legal. The organizers of Baltic Pride and the Municipality must now restart the process of negotiating the location for the Baltic Pride march.

Uruguay Senate Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Uruguay Senate Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Uruguay’s Senate today voted overwhelmingly in favor of marriage equality. The Senate voted 23-8 in favor of the same-sex marriage bill. Uruguay’s lower house passed the bill in December of last year. The lower house is expected to approve modifications to the bill in the coming weeks. President Jose Mujica has already expressed his plans to sign the bill into law. If approved, Uruguay will follow Argentina as the second nation in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. [Human Rights Campaign Report]

The European Parliament wants to outlaw homophobic crime and speech in the EU

The European Parliament wants to outlaw homophobic crime and speech in the EU

Today the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution on strengthening the fight against racism, xenophobia and hate crime. The text calls on the European Commission to add homophobia and transphobia to the list of EU-sanctioned hate speech and violence. Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Justice, discussing the resolution Since a 2008 Framework Decision, the European Union foresees specific, higher penalties for racist and xenophobic speech and crime.

German Constituional Court on adoption rights

German Constituional Court on adoption rights

(19 February 2013) LSVD (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany) welcomes the positive judgement of the Federal Constitutional Court. The judgement made public today strenghtens the rights of children in same-sex families. From now on, adopted children in rainbow families finally have the same rights as children in heterosexual families. We demand legislators to dispose of remaining disparities in adoption law. This can be effected fast and unbureaucratically by repealing the ban on joint adoption which is now possible via sucessive adoption in two steps anyway.

Denmark again leads the way

Denmark again leads the way

The Danish government is in front when it comes to the recognition of rainbow families In Denmark a lot of lesbians, gays and bisexuals establish their own families. But so far the legal rights of those families have been very bad.

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