Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage India's Supreme Court has, however, signaled it could challenge the government's position. World 03 Feb, 2023
Same-sex marriage around the world, 20 years after Dutch first During the two decades since the law took effect, thousands of gay and lesbian couples have wed in the Netherlands - representing 1.7% of all marriages, according to the national statistics bureau. World 01 Apr, 2021
Abused as 'dirty', same-sex newlyweds in Taiwan fear backlash ZHONGLI: Although Jovi Wu and Mindy Chiu made history last month as one of the first lesbian couples in Asia to marry legally, they are fearful that conservatives may reverse Taiwan's landmark law. The businesswomen and their six-year-old... Women 25 Jun, 2019
France may let lesbian couples use in-vitro fertilization PARIS: The French government is drafting legislation to give single women and lesbian couples access to in-vitro fertilization and related procedures in France instead of having to seek it abroad. French law currently restricts assisted... Women 24 Jun, 2019
French bioethics body backs IVF for all women who want children PARIS: Lesbian couples and single women who want to bear children should have access to medically assisted reproductive treatments such as in-vitro fertilisation, France's highest bioethics body said on Tuesday. The topic has stirred... Environment 26 Sep, 2018
Malaysian women to be caned for 'attempting lesbian sex' KUALA LUMPUR: Two Malaysian women convicted for attempting to have lesbian sex will be fined and caned, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, in a rare case against gay people in the Muslim-majority country. Islamic enforcement officers in the conservative... Women 14 Aug, 2018
Costa Rica votes for a new president amid row over gay rights SAN JOSE: Costa Ricans vote for a new president on Sunday in a race upended in the final weeks by a debate over same-sex marriage, as leading candidates in the crowded field fiercely opposed gay rights that have recently been expanding in Latin... Women 05 Feb, 2018
�Ja� at last: 1st same-sex couples in Germany to wed Sunday BERLIN: Almost 40 years after their first kiss, Karl and Bodo are getting hitched. The two civil servants from Berlin are expected to become the first gay couple to tie the knot in Germany when a law allowing same-sex marriages takes effect... Women 30 Sep, 2017
France eyes legalising assisted reproduction for gay women in 2018 PARIS: The right of lesbian couples and single women to have access to assisted reproduction was "a matter of social justice" and will likely be legislated next year, a French government minister said on Tuesday. The move would mark a... Women 12 Sep, 2017
LETTERS: Gender weakness Apropos of the news story “DeGeneres, Rossi trying to save marriage” (THT, March 11, Page 10), for us it sounds like a folklore from our much-loved ‘dantya katha’ that the marriage between two women or two men should go through the same... 13 Mar, 2017
100 gay, lesbian couples waiting to get married Morang, February 21 More than 100 gay and lesbian couples from Morang have been deprived of their right to marry in the absence of a law legalising their marriage, said Blue Diamond Society. More than 100 gay and lesbian couples in Morang are... Travel 22 Feb, 2017
Woman found to spread Zika through sex for 1st time NEW YORK: A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented. Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, and health officials have known for some... Environment 16 Jul, 2016
