Tag: Wales
Equal marriage receives Royal Assent
Moments ago the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent.
UK parliament legalises same-sex marriage
Britain’s same-sex marriage bill was approved by lawmakers on Tuesday, meaning gay couples will be able to marry in England and Wales as of 2014.
Unprotected sex driving rise in numbers contracting HIV
The number of gay and bisexual men contracting HIV rose over the past 20 years because of a rise in the number having unprotected sex, new research shows.
HIV stays high as safe sex funds fall
A dramatic fall in spending on safer sex campaigns for homosexual men has been blamed for a failure to cut the number of HIV cases in the last decade.
Catholics hand out 1 million anti-gay marriage postcards
A million anti-gay marriage postcards were handed out at Catholic masses over the weekend as the Roman Catholic Church began a last-ditch mobilisation of opposition to the equal marriage bill.
Stonewall urges equal marriage supporters to contact MPs today
As the Government finally publishes its Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill to introduce equal marriage, Stonewall has urged supporters in England and Wales to write to their MPs calling on them to support the measure when it is debated on 5 February.