Tag: same-sex couples
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Gay fathers face stigma and mistreatment as parents
Even as parenting by same-sex couples becomes more common in the U.S., many gay men and their families still experience discrimination and are stigmatised by relatives, neighbours, salespeople and other members of their communities, a study suggests.
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Northern Ireland same-sex adoption rate lowest in UK
Fewer same-sex couples who apply to adopt in Northern Ireland have a child placed with them than LGBTQ couples in other parts of the UK, figures obtained by BBC News NI suggest.
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Brazil: same-sex couples rush to the altar ahead of homophobic Bolsonaro’s inauguration
Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right politician who will be the country’s next president, has called himself a «proud homophobe».
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USA : Support Taiwan Marriage Equality
A coalition of Taiwanese-American and LGBTQ organisations will jointly sponsor an event on November 2, 2018 to raise resources and visibility for the campaign to make Taiwan the first country in Asia to win the freedom to marry.
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Indonesia: Fresh Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric, Arrests
Indonesian officials should uphold the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) people in the face of renewed anti-LGBTQ statements and discriminatory policy proposals, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to Governor Ridwan Kamil of West Java province.
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Tokyo: New Law Bars LGBTQ Discrimination
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has passed a bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Human Rights Watch said today.