Tag: same-sex couples
Despite opposition, Parliament takes stock of LGBT equality in new report
Today the European Parliament voted its annual report on fundamental rights in the European Union. The report includes an extensive overview of the situation for LGBT people, and recommendations to reach European equality standards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Welcome progress on marriage; but urgent action needed on civil partnerships and Trans rights
LGBT Labour yesterday welcomes the Government’s announcement of the date for the first same sex marriage in England and Wales.
Greek civil unions law only for heterosexual couples violates European human rights law
In a judgment in the joint cases of Vallianatos and Mylonas v. Greece and C.S. and others v. Greece delivered today, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by excluding same-sex couples from a “civil union”, restricted in Greece to heterosexual couples.
Military Same-Sex Spouses Eligible for Benefits Today
Today the same-sex spouses of military service members become eligible to receive a range of federal benefits, thanks to a Department of Defense policy change that was announced last month implementing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognised For Federal Tax Purposes
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a ruling that will ensure all legally-married same-sex couples, regardless of where they live, will be recognized for federal tax purposes.
Lord Alli reaches deal with government on review for same-sex pension rights
Waheed Alli today secured a government review of occupational pensions scheme for same-sex couples during the final debate in the House of Lords on the Equal Marriage Bill.