same-sex marriage

The measures were voted in earlier this week. Yesterday, Cuba voted 66.9% in favour of a new “families code”, which, according to The Guardian, contains over 400 articles relating to rights for same-sex couples, children, women, and older people. The referendum has been generally reported as redefining what family means in Cuba, but what is […]

4 years ago

They were only teenagers when they first met in secondary school in their hometown of Waterford – and little did Zoe and Casey Evans know back then that one day they would be married and the proud parents of a beautiful little girl. “We first knew each other from school, but Casey was two years […]

5 years ago

Children need loving parents. Parents who spend time with them, guide them, play with them and set boundaries for them. What matters, is that parents love their children. What matters a lot less, it seems, is the gender and sexual preferences of said parents. According to a new long-term study, research confirm kids raised in […]

7 years ago

What a horrible situation for them.

9 years ago

A judge in Ennis has approved Ireland’s first guardianship application for a child to a gay couple. The order by Judge Patrick Durcan means that Angela Cloke-Hayes is finally an official guardian of the four-year-old daughter she is raising together with her civil partner Marie Cloke-Hayes. Marie gave birth to the child after the couple chose […]

11 years ago

Suddenly losing a partner is a nightmare, and when young children are involved, it’s especially sad. Add to that the complications of being a same-sex couple in a country where the law doesn’t recognise you as legally married. Sydney woman Lara Ryan has spoken out in support of same sex marriage after her wife of ten […]

11 years ago