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In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.
To date, only 38 nations allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001.
A gay couple in South Korea is the first to be granted spousal benefits from state health insurance.
But did he really reject them? Some Catholics and other Christians say definitely not.
This National Adoption Month, an attorney for Family Equality highlights a different type of adoption: stepparent, second parent, and confirmatory adoption for LGBTQ+ parents.
Regarding transgender people, the document says a person who identifies as transgender can be baptized like any other adult, “as long as there is no risk of causing scandal or disorientation” to other Catholics.
"I’ve seen firsthand how Republicans are using these bills...to target marginalized communities for discrimination and exclusion," writes U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley.
This is why The Advocate uses "marriage equality" over "same-sex marriage" or "gay marriage."
Unlikely, but not impossible.
The "traditional" American family isn't so traditional after all.
People aren't scandalized by the blessing of an exploitative entrepreneur, but somehow they are by the blessing of a gay person, the pope said in a recent interview.
On the anniversary of Massachusetts's ruling on marriage equality, Mary Bonauto, the lead counsel for the same-sex couples involved in the case, writes about how LGBTQ+ history was made and how to keep going.
Eight city lawmakers on Wednesday backed a petition from conservative groups calling for the games to be scrapped, accusing the event of advocating for LGBTQ rights and spreading “Western ideology.”
The county justice of the peace sued after she was issued a formal reprimand in 2019.
The new law ensures that even if the Supreme Court reverses Obergefell, marriage equality will still be legal in Colorado.
Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.
Republican senators killed a bill Tuesday that would have protected IVF.
In the aftermath of recent Supreme Court decisions, same-sex couples are worried about their marriage rights.
The pope issued a clarification of sorts in an address at the Vatican Friday.
While gay marriage is still considered a sin in the Catholic church, Pope Francis has approved blessings for same-sex couples.
The ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court made Massachusetts the first in the nation with equal marriage rights.
