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El Salvador approves measures banning same-sex marriage, gay couple adoption
A package of constitutional reforms approved Thursday night would ban same-sex marriage in El Salvador and also bar same-sex couples from adopting children.
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Mexico’s Supreme Court says laws prohibiting same-sex marriage are ‘discriminatory’
A strongly-worded statement the court posted to its website said the majority of the judges who considered a case that challenged portions of the state of Sinaloa’s family code defining marriage between a man and a woman found them to be unconstitutional.
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French court OKs adoption by lesbian partners
A French court has authorized four lesbian women to adopt children born to their wives abroad through artificial insemination.
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Egyptian court upholds decision to ban Libyan from entering country because he is gay
The student, who was not named, was barred from returning to Cairo from abroad in 2008 and had appealed the decision hoping to continue his studies at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.
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Chilean president signs same‑sex civil union law
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Monday signed a law that recognizes civil unions between same-sex couples, a sign of change in a country long regarded as one South America’s most socially conservative nations.
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Vatican mum on why France’s appointment of a gay diplomat has stalled
The Vatican has yet to approve the appointment of an openly gay French ambassador to the Holy See, prompting observers to interpret the silence as a rebuke of the man’s sexual orientation.
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Tokyo ward 1st in Japan to recognize same-sex marriage
With a landmark vote by the assembly of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, the district famous as a mecca for trendy youngsters became the first locale in Japan to recognize same sex partnerships as the “equivalent of a marriage,”
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United Nations rebuffs Russia resolution, approves benefits for spouses of gay staffers
The U.N. budget committee has approved Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s plan to give benefits to all spouses of gay U.N. staffers who are legally wed in a defeat for Russia and opponents of same-sex marriage.
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Russia moves to stop United Nations staff benefits for married, same-sex couples
Russia has asked a United Nations General Assembly committee to vote on its proposal to stop the world body extending staff benefits to all married same-sex couples.
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Trial begins in Philippines of U.S. Marine charged with trans woman’s murder
Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton is charged with murder, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. The court registered a not guilty plea for him last month after he refused to enter a plea.