BANGKOK: Thailand‘s House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would legalise same-sex marriage, bringing the measure a significant step closer to becoming law.The bill passed 400-10, with a handful of abstentions, and now the legislation goes to the Senate. If it passes there, and if Thailand’s kingContinue Reading
HONG KONG -Hong Kong’s top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ activist for recognition of same-sex marriages, calling for new regulations for gay couples to protect their basic social needs. The ruling by Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal followed a five-year legal battle foughtContinue Reading
MOUNT DORA: Some central Florida lawmakers said they were considering “all legislative, legal and executive options available” to stop business owners in a small town from voluntarily displaying rainbow decals in their windows indicating that they are “safe place” for LGBTQ+ people who feel threatened. Four Republican lawmakers wrote aContinue Reading
KAMPALA: Uganda has passed strict legislation for homosexual relationships in the country which criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.This law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer because Uganda’s parliament just passed comprehensive anti-gay legislation that imposes harsh newContinue Reading