Tag: Marriage Equality
Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua tells Margaret Court that gay’s normal
Gay Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua is poised to strike the ultimate blow in the fight for same-sex acceptance, but has just one simple message for homophobic sporting legend Margaret Court.
Martina Navratilova : Margaret Court a ‘homophobe’
Martina Navratilova has written an open letter criticising Margaret Court’s comments about same-sex marriage and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Tennis Players May Refuse To Play On Margaret Court
Sam Stosur hinted yesterday that players could refuse to compete on Margaret Court Arena at next year’s Australian Open after Court’s latest comments about gay marriage.
Taiwan Votes to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage
On Wednesday, 24 May 2017, the Judicial Yuan, Taiwan’s highest court, ruled that restricting marriage to only a man and a women was unconstitutional, voting in favour of marriage equality.
Ireland : Over 1,000 same-sex marriages in 2016
Last year there were 1,056 same-sex marriages in the Republic of Ireland, 606 of these were male unions and were 450 female.
Germany’s Social Democrats fight to pass same-sex marriage bill before election
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s biggest rivals in the upcoming national election in September are set to put pressure on her conservative party to pass same-sex marriage ahead of the vote.