An aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who was sacked over a homophobic tirade said some Japanese people would “abandon” their country if same-sex marriage was legalized. Japanese people are ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why I Adopted My Husband is a nonfiction manga about a gay couple in Japan choosing adoption because same-sex marriage isn't ...
Since then, Japan has introduced legislation prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and in a landmark case this July, the Supreme Court ruled that a government ministry's refusal to allow a ...
Same-sex couples have access to a host of Social Security benefits that they couldn't receive before, but there are still many questions unanswered. Same-sex couples have access to a host of ...
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 ...
Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favor of recognizing same-sex partnerships, including civil unions, but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city's LGBTQ ...
Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. Thirty-four other states and the District of Columbia followed suit before same-sex marriage became legal under federal ...
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 ...
Rahm Emanuel is making trouble for the Biden administration. We can only guess at his agenda, but we miss a mayor willing to ...
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 ...