Japan's Tokyo High Court upheld the country's ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional, diverging from several earlier rulings that found the lack of recognition unconstitutional. Plaintiffs seeking damages were rejected, and a Supreme Court decision on the issue is expected next year.<
The accused, Bharathi, wife of Suresh from Chinnatti village near Hosur, had given birth to her third male child five months ago. Police investigations revealed that Bharathi was in a same-sex relationship with her unmarried neighbour, Sumithra.
Rapper Snoop Dogg has voiced his discontent over the representation of LGBTQ relationships in children's films. In a recent appearance on a podcast, Snoop Dogg opened up about his thoughts while mentioning 2022's 'Lightyear.'
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Central government regarding a petition urging for the creation of guidelines to legally recognise non-heterosexual partners as medical representatives, thereby allowing them to give consent on each other's behalf in medical situations.
Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying knots in Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legalize marriage equality, according to a report by CNN.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a batch of petitions seeking review of its judgement by which it had denied to recognise same-sex marriage.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Surya Kant, BV Nagarathna, PS Narasimha and Dipankar Datta said it found no error apparent on these earlier judgmen
"The exclusion of same-sex married couples from Hong Kong's housing policies cannot be justified and that welfare benefits should be distributed on a rational and justifiable basis, free from discrimination," Chief Justice Andrew Cheung stated on Tuesday.
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Kapil Sibal hailed Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud for taking up complex issues during his tenure like Article 370, same-sex marriage, and electoral bonds while addressing farewell function for CJI on Friday.
A Khap panchayat held in Jind, Haryana, brought attention to significant social issues, including live-in relationships, same-sex marriage, and love marriages.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is part of the five-judge Supreme Court bench, on Tuesday, recused from hearing a review petition challenging top court judgement declining legal recognition of queer couple marriages.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday did not agree to give an open court hearing on the review petition challenging the top court judgement that refused to legally recognise same-sex and queer marriage.
A same-sex couple, Ryan and Righ from Taiwan and China have launched a second legal challenge against Taiwan's authorities in a bid to have their marriage legally registered in Taiwan and allow Chinese partners to immigrate to Taiwan.