184 European Members of Parliament Sign Gay Rights PledgeJan 27th, 2012184 MEPs, including the President of the European Parliament came together this week to sign a pledge in support of LGBT rights, following a two-day long awareness event.
Martin Schulz MEP, president of the European Parliament, along with dozens of MEPs gathered over Tuesday and Wednesday to show support for LGBT rights, at an event to mark the halfway point of... read_more Australia: Gay MP Ian Hunter to Marry Partner in SpainJan 21st, 2012THE first openly gay state MP, Ian Hunter, will marry his long-term partner, Leith Semmens, in Spain at the end of the year.
It is believed Mr Hunter will be the first sitting gay politician of any Australian parliament to be married, although the ACT's Andrew Barr has entered a civil union with his partner, The Advertiser reported.
Mr Hunter and Mr... read_more Spain's Outgoing Prime Minister Proudest of Marriage Equality PassageDec 26th, 2011Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's former prime minister, says passing a gay marriage law is his proudest achievement.
Mariano Rajoy and his conservative Popular Party (PP) won control of Parliament in a landslide victory last month as Spain shifted hard to the right while struggling under piles of debt and sky-high unemployment.
The power shift could be the undoing of the nation's... read_more French Gay Couple Files Suit for Recognition of Their Spanish MarriageDec 24th, 2011
A gay couple has filed a legal challenge to have France recognize their Spanish marriage, France's Liberation reported.
Manuel de Aguirre, a Spanish engineer living in France since 1969, and Antonio Damieta, who holds dual French and Spanish citizenship, were married last February in the Spanish consulate in Cape Town, South Africa. Spain legalized gay marriage in 2005.
The couple attempted to... read_more Spanish Princess Endorses Gay MarriageNov 26th, 2011Letizia, the Princess of Asturias, an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, on Wednesday said she supports gay marriage, Chilean daily La Tercera reported.
During their first official trip to Chile, Letizia and her husband, Prince Felipe de Borbon, visited Santiago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) to inaugurate an exhibit of works by Spanish photographer Chema Madoz.
The couple were accompanied... read_more Conservative Landslide in Spanish Elections Triggers Fears for Gay Marriage LawNov 22nd, 2011The election of a conservative, Mariano Rajoy, as Spain's prime minister has some LGBT activists worried he will try to repeal the nation's marriage equality law.
Rajoy's Popular Party has filed a suit challenging the law, and he has said he believes it is unconstitutional and that he prefers civil unions to marriage for same-sex couples. However, during the campaign he... read_more Spain's Gay Community Fearful Conservatives Will Repeal Marriage Equality After Election (Expatica)Nov 16th, 2011Isabel Descals and her girlfriend raced to get hitched before Sunday's general elections in Spain almost sure to be won by the anti-gay marriage conservative opposition.
The Popular Party (PP) has appealed to the Constitutional Court against Spain's gay marriage law, which has allowed over 20,000 gay couples to wed since it was passed by the Socialist government in 2005.
Opposition leader... read_more Spain: Ricky Martin to Marry PartnerNov 4th, 2011Singer Ricky Martin is preparing to marry boyfriend Carlos Gonzalez in Spain. Martin on Friday secured citizenship in Spain, one of 10 countries where gay marriage is legal.
Chief government spokesman Jose Blanco said during a new conference that the Spanish government had granted citizenship to the 39-year-old pop star, the AFP reported. (Blanco's announcement in Spanish is embedded in the... read_more
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