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USA

US Supreme Court rules on same sex wedding cake case

Top court rules in favour of baker who refused service to same-sex couple

04/06/2018

Ireland

A heterosexual same-sex marriage in Dublin

Best friends Matt Murphy and Michael O'Sullivan got married in the Irish capital. They are heterosexual and decided to tie the knot so that O'Sullivan wouldn't have to pay inheritance tax on Murphy's house after his death.

23/12/2017

Bermuda

Bermuda to reverse same-sex marriage legislation

Bermuda will ban same-sex marriage months after it was legalised by the island's Supreme Court.

14/12/2017

Australia

Watch: Australian ambassador to France proposes to partner

The Australian ambassador to France popped the question in a video posted on social media

08/12/2017

World News

Celebrations as Australia allows same-sex marriage

Only four MPs voted against the move.

07/12/2017

World News

Austria legalizes same-sex marriage for 2019

The move brings Austria into line with many other European nations.

05/12/2017

World News

Australian MP proposes to partner during Parliament session

Victorian MP Tim Wilson proposed to his partner, Ryan Bolger, during Question Time in Parliament

04/12/2017

World News

Australia votes in favour of same-sex marriage

Officials declare the results of a nationwide postal survey after years of fierce public and political debate

14/11/2017

Germany

Gay Germans marry for the first time

01/10/2017

World News

Sydney holds Australia's biggest-ever LGBT marriage equality rally

Sydney holds Australia's biggest-ever LGBT marriage equality rally, while the Conservatives' Malcolm Turnbull comes out in favour ahead of postal plebicite.

10/09/2017

World News

Australians to vote on same-sex marriage

Australia's High Court has rejected two legal challenges to the centre-right coalition government's proposed postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage.

07/09/2017

World News

Legal challenge over Australian same-sex marriage vote

Australia's High Court has begun hearing a legal challenge against the government's plan to hold a postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage

05/09/2017

World News

Australia plans 'postal vote' on same-sex marriage

08/08/2017

World News

Which countries in Europe allow gay marriage?

More than a dozen European countries have legalised it since the turn of the century

13/07/2017

Malta

Malta says yes to same-sex marriage

The EU's smallest nation is the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

13/07/2017

Germany

Same-sex marriage approved in Germany

germany is the 14th in Europe and 23rd in the world to legalise same-sex weddings

30/06/2017

Czech Republic

Which countries are out of touch with citizens on gay marriage?

Questions marks over Czech Republic, Ireland, Finland, the UK and France.

30/06/2017

Germany

Germany to allow same-sex marriage

The parliament voted by 393 votes in favour of same-sex unions to 226 against.

30/06/2017

Germany

Will Germany vote on gay marriage this week?

SPD leader Martin Schulz says his party will push for a vote in parliament this week, before the start of the summer recess.

28/06/2017

Germany

Merkel paves way for gay marriage vote in Germany

It comes after other parties warned that an agreement on gay marriage would be a condition of any coalition deal with Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU).

27/06/2017