The court this week that it was unconstitutional for Austria to allow unmarried straight couples to adopt and not extend the same rights to same-sex couples.
Arguing that section 377A is constitutional, the Attorney-General argues that the law applies to all men, not just self-identified gay men, who have sex with other men; the law “reflects public morality”; and "because there is a scientifically-established difference between the public health risks associated with sex between men and sex between women."
LGBT Capital and Financial Partners have announced the launch of LGBT Wealth, the first wealth management operation focused on the LGBT community in Asia.
As part of the “Amazing Thailand, Amazing Romance” campaign, Thailand is extending an invitation to same-sex couples alongside opposite-sex ones to use the “premium (immigration) lane” when entering Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok in February.
French MPs on Saturday approved the main clause in a bill to legalise same-sex marriage, despite huge protests earlier in the month that saw hundreds of thousands of people in Paris oppose the measure.
Members of the LGBT community in Singapore today expressed their disappointment and outrage over the prime minister's reasoning as to why section 377A of the Penal Code which criminalises gay sex should remain.
An elderly couple in Beijing, China who came out as gay and announced their upcoming marriage on Weibo, the popular Chinese microblogging social network, has attracted thousands of comments and gained over 5,000 fans in days.
President Barack Obama on Monday became the first US president to use the word “gay” and express his support for full equality for gay men and lesbians in his inauguration speech at the presidential swearing-in ceremony.
A second pastor, who appealed to his church members to support another church in its call to lobby the government to retain a law which criminalises sex between men, has deleted references to the issue from his statement.
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