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6 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 7/30 open thread · 1 reply · +1 points

Have any countries jumped directly from no official recognition of Same Sex couples to Marriage Equality?

7 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 7/30 open thread · 0 replies · +2 points

I guess that's *something*. As far as I can tell this is, *when* we run out of hetero couples to adopt, we'll look at having gay/lesbian couples adopt.

7 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 7/30 open thread · 2 replies · +2 points

I know that there won't be Marriage Equality in Ukraine *soon*.Marriage being Hetero in baked into the Ukrainian constitution (Article 51: Marriage is based on the free consent of a woman and a man. Each of the spouses has equal rights and duties in the marriage and family.) *and* the constitution doesn't allow changes during a "State of Emergency" which they are most certainly in now (and I don't expect it to stop until at least a month after Russian Missiles stop landing in Kiev).

I'm not sure what the draft law would do, but it won't be full marriage equality. And I'm not sure that Ukraine would make the full jump to Marriage by another name at this point, but I'm hoping that Civil Partnerships would be close.

Note, of *all* of Ukraine's neighbors (Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia. ) only Hungary has Civil Unions (not equal to Marriage) and frankly I'm surprised that Orban hasn't succeeded in killing *that*.

7 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 7/30 open thread · 1 reply · +5 points

Sometimes I think that the Ukrainian liberalization on LGBT issues is half caused by higher publicity for LGBT Ukrainian soldiers and half caused by an absolute sincere desire to annoy the Russians in *any* way possible.

8 months ago @ Equality on Trial - SCOTUS rules in favor ... · 0 replies · +2 points

OK, according to Wikipedia, statewide bans either completely or using State/Federal Funds exist in (from West to East).. Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington State, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

(of those, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are a ban on State/Fed funds only)

8 months ago @ Equality on Trial - SCOTUS rules in favor ... · 3 replies · +4 points

Question under discussion at Wikipedia. Did the Nepal Supreme Court Decision take Nepal to Marriage Equality or not?

9 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 5/29 open thread · 0 replies · +2 points

Between Cracker Barrel and Chick Fil A moving a tiny bit closer to actually respecting LGBTQ people, is Hobby Lobby all that's left?

10 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 4/30 open thread · 0 replies · +2 points

I *think* that I figured out that the countries with no same sex recognition that have had "RuPaul's Drag Race" franchise shows are the Philippines and Thailand. Having said that, both countries even before they had their shows had Queens who were reasonably well known to the general public.

OTOH, I believe the most populous country with Marriage Equality that doesn't have a show in the Franchise (or one that is filming) is Colombia.

11 months ago @ Equality on Trial - 3/23 open thread · 0 replies · +2 points

As a Marylander, I (and most of the Political Establishment) would be completely shocked if Governor Moore didn't sign it. His campaign had an active reach out to the LGBTQ and frankly he could have simply said "I support the LGBTQ Marylanders right to *exist*" and that would have made him more LGBTQ friendly that his Republican opponent Cox. The repeal was proposed in the last session (this time of year in 2021), but frankly COVID-19 did more to block it than the Republicans did.

1 year ago @ Equality on Trial - 3/23 open thread · 0 replies · +2 points

I found https://www.bloomberglinea.com/2023/03/24/bolivia... , but at least when I translate it into English, it appears *quite* clear that Marriage Equality isn't there yet.