Tag: same-sex couples
Strasbourg Court: family reunification rights also count for same-sex couples
Yesterday, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that refusing same-sex couples residence permits with the purpose of family reunification on the basis of their sexual orientation is discriminatory.
High Court rules against heterosexual civil partnerships
A High Court judge, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE, this morning ruled that the government’s discrimination against opposite-sex couples by denying them access to civil partnerships is legitimate and justified.
Thousands march in Rome for gay rights
Thousands of people marched in Italian cities Saturday to demand legal recognition for gay couples and their children, days before lawmakers begin addressing the deeply divisive issue.
Time for straight equality in civil partnership law
A historic, landmark legal challenge against the UK government has begun in the High Court in London. It seeks to overturn the legislative ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships.
Landmark gay adoption case gets Italy okay
An Italian appeals court has upheld the right of a lesbian woman to adopt her partner’s biological child, a gay rights group said on Wednesday, in a landmark case for the Catholic country as it considers granting rights to same-sex couples.
Civil unions to become a reality in Cyprus
The Cypriot parliament has voted in favour of the Civil Partnership Bill, meaning that same-sex couples in Cyprus will be legally recognised for the first time.