Same-sex marriage

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Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres has swapped Hollywood for the Cotswolds – revealing she moved to the UK the day after Donald Trump was re-elected and now calls life in Britain “just better”.

21 July 2025

Culture news

In pictures: LGBTQ couples in Thailand celebrate equal marriage rights

Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage, with hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples registering their marriages under the new Marriage Equality Act.

23 January 2025

World News

First same-sex partnership officailly registratered in Latvia

Latvia formally passed the legislation last November, following a successful legal challenge by 46 same-sex couples seeking recognition as family units.

2 July 2024

Culture news

Citizen Queer: Thessaloniki celebrates LGBTQI+ documentary cinema

Greece's Citizen Queer film festival aims to pay tribute to the origins of LGBTQI+ representation in cinema, along with its pioneers. For so long hidden in the shadows, now the art form is finally getting to shine in the spotlight, writes Elise Morton.

10 March 2024

Greece

Greek parliament approves legalisation of same-sex civil marriage

Greek legislators passed a law to legalise same-sex marriage, positioning Greece as the first Orthodox Christian nation to do so.

15 February 2024

Greece

Same sex-marriage recognition divides Greek public

Greek lawmakers are set to vote on Thursday to legalise same-sex marriage, in a rare show of cross-party collaboration. But the decision is being met with pushback from the Orthodox Church.

13 February 2024

Greece

Greece faces Orthodox Church opposition over same-sex marriage plans

Greece would become the first Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage if the law passes.

25 January 2024

Greece

Greece set to legalise same-sex marriage with backing by opposition

A plan to legalise same-sex civil marriage and adoption pushed by the centre-right Greek government is set to be approved by Parliament thanks to the backing of the left-wing opposition, despite backlash from the Orthodox Church.

12 January 2024

Vatican

Pope Francis authorises Catholic church to baptise trans people

The children of gay couples will also be baptised, with trans people permitted to serve as godparents and wedding witnesses.

9 November 2023

Vatican

Pope Francis suggests blessings for gay unions are possible

The Vatican published a letter in response to the cardinals just ahead of a major three-week synod at which the place of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the church will be on the agenda.

3 October 2023

Vatican

Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

28 August 2023

Estonia

Estonia votes to legalise same-sex marriage

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says the new legislation will take effect next year.

20 June 2023

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Watch: Thousands of Israelis celebrate Pride in Jerusalem

It is the first time that Pride has been held under the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

2 June 2023

Ukraine

Ukraine's same-sex marriage drive: 'We're not like homophobic Russia'

A move to legalise same-sex relationships is before parliament, as activists say the lack of equality endangers LGBT+ couples risking their lives in wartime.

11 March 2023

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Here's why a gay couple doesn't feel welcome in the Church of England

Gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry in church, and clergy should be free to do so as well, Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain argues.

14 February 2023

United Kingdom

Church of England refuses to back change allowing same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage has been legal in England and Wales since 2013

19 January 2023