Tag: Isle of Man
Isle of Man: Convicted gay men to be pardoned in Pride Month June
Men convicted of historical homosexual offences on the Isle of Man will be pardoned in June, the Justice and Home Affairs Minister has said.
Shaun Dellenty Makes History on the Isle of Man
On Monday 15th January Shaun Dellenty began a three to five year suite of work supporting the Isle of Man Department for Education, Schools and Culture to help the Island’s thirty-two primary and five secondary schools to become more fully inclusive for LGBT+ students and for those perceived to be ‘different’ in a manner that renders them vulnerable to bullying.
Appeal Court rules against heterosexual civil partnerships
But judges say civil partnership discrimination is not sustainable.
Isle of Man avoids segregation of English same-sex marriage law
“The government of the Isle of Man plans to incorporate same-sex marriage within the island’s main marriage legislation, the Marriage Act 1984. It will not replicate the flawed and discriminatory same-sex marriage law that was enacted for England and Wales in 2013, which created two separate marriage laws – the previously existing 1949 Act for opposite-sex couples only and the new 2013 Act for same-sex couples only.
Queen urged to throw out gay marriage Bill
An island-based Christian group has written to the Queen calling on her to refuse to give royal assent to a Bill which would allow same-sex marriages in England and Wales.