Pressure has been growing to legalise same-sex unions after several district courts ruled that a ban on them was ...
The plaintiff in the lawsuit, Andrew High, and his Japanese partner registered their marriage in the United States in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized same-sex marriages.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, insisting that constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions, a ...
The Sapporo District Court ruled on Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not entitled to spousal benefits provided to a person in marriage or in a common-law marital relationship ...
Pope Francis has revealed he is open to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, as he reaffirmed the Church's ban on women priests, in answers to critical questions ahead of a major Vatican meeting ...
Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years. They’ve raised a child together. They wear wedding rings and refer to each other as ...
Hong Kong's top court partially approved on Tuesday a landmark appeal by an LGBTQ activist for recognition of overseas same-sex marriages, and called for new regulations for gay couples to cover their ...
The ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal stops short of recognizing same-sex marriage, but some experts see the outcome as a small step forward. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Hong Kong’s top ...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledges to begin outlining early next week the pillars of a new economic stimulus package that ...
Sept. 5 (UPI) --Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal said Tuesday the government must come up with a plan to recognize same-sex marriage after justices ruled that it had failed to constitutionally ...
Kaoru Sasaki, center, front row, heads to the Sapporo District Court on Sept. 11, 2023. (Kyodo) SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not ...
Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years. They’ve raised a child together. They wear wedding rings and refer to each other as ...