Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged lawmakers to engage in serious debate about constitutional reform, zeroing in on his cherished yet contentious goal during Friday's opening of an extraordinary Diet session.
France: Conservatives protest bill allowing IVF for lesbians
France debates allowing single women and lesbian couples access to IVF
Why IVF Has Divided France
Japan: MP makes waves by linking same-sex marriage to revising constitution
Japan: Caucus Chair meets with conservative politicians to champion marriage equality
Taiwan: Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Referendums on the Suicidal Ideation Rate among Nonheterosexual People
US: First Amendment trumps anti-discrimination ordinance in Arizona
China: Guardianship law still falls short for most LGBT couples
Same-sex couples have been able to register as each others’ legal guardians for the past two years, but so far only a handful of people have taken advantage of the change. Advocates say that while the change brings some benefits, it falls short of the protections that having the right to marry would bring
US: Refusal of Interracial Couple Shows How Slippery the Slope of LGBTQ Refusal Really Is
Czech Republic: Hundreds of people have demonstrated to legalize marriage for all
On September 12, 2019, several hundred people in Prague demonstrated for the enactment of an amendment to the Civil Code that would allow gays and lesbians to marry. The event on Malostranské náměstí was organized by the We Are Fair initiative. The protest wanted to point out that the draft amendment year and a quarter lies in the Chamber of Deputies and have not yet voted on it