Finland

“We always wanted to do something simple and just the two of us,” Rippon revealed. “I’m glad we did it.”

The posters include the tagline, “Love Conquers All.”

Her LGBTQ family “was something that couldn’t be discussed” when she was growing up, but they’re “the foundation of everything.”

It turns out there isn’t just one gay gene. There are several.

Nine out of the top ten happiest countries in the world have laws that protect their LGBTQ residents.

Same-sex couples can now get legally married in Finland, after years of waiting for a law to take effect.

The petition was considered a last-minute attempt to revoke the law that made Finland the last Nordic country to allow gays to wed.

Finland’s president has signed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in the Nordic country, but because the reform will require wide-ranging changes in other legislation, the new marriage act will not take effect until 2017.

The initiative to legalize same-sex marriage was approved 101–90 by the full session of Parliament at its second reading on December 12.

HELSINKI — Finland’s parliament on Friday narrowly approved a measure granting marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.