Tag: France
Paris Wins Bid to Host 2018 Gay Games
Paris has won the bid to host the 2018 Gay Games, the lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender community’s answer to the Olympics.st
The gay games: coming to London, Paris or Limerick!
The city is hoping its world-class sports facilities will clinch an ambitious bid.
Russian parliament considers banning adoptions by foreign same-sex couples
The head of a Russian parliamentary committee says the legislature is ready to prevent adoptions by foreign same-sex couples.
Vatican newspaper says French president ignored opposition
The French government ignored many of its citizens and made an ideological choice in legalizing same-sex marriage, the Osservatore Romano said Wednesday.
France Becomes Latest Country to Embrace Marriage Equality
France is poised to become the fourteenth nation to embrace marriage equality, following a successful vote in the National Assembly. The law, which is supported by French President François Hollande, will allow gay and lesbian couples to marry and adopt children. HRC President Chad Griffin released the following statement:
French parliament says “OUI” to marriage equality
Today, the French National Assembly adopted in the final reading a law extending the right to marriage and entitlement to apply for joint adoption to same-sex partners. The law needs to be signed by the French President to come into force.