“I realized if LGBT people don’t have the right to marry, we have no legal protections,” she said. “Others will also experience what I did — and be left with nothing.”
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Nigeria: 47 Nigerian men plead not guilty to homosexuality charge
Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year jail term. Homosexuality is outlawed in many socially conservative African societies where some religious groups brand it a corrupting Western import.
Japan’s Support for Gay Marriage Is Soaring. But Can It Become Law?
Thailand: Lesbian couple petition court, say marriage law is unconstitutional
Thailand: LGBT+ activists in legal bid to force marriage equality
Australia: Research shows religious debates taking heavy toll
UK: Couples to sue over Northern Ireland same-sex marriage delays
Suicides fall with gay marriage in Sweden, Denmark as stigma fades
South Korea: 1,056 LGBTQs in South Korea filed complaints to the Civil Rights Commission for recognition of rights for same-sex couples
Armenian Parliament Refuses To Hear Bill Banning Same-Sex Marriage
Armenia's parliament has rejected consideration of a bill seeking to expressly outlaw same-sex marriages in the Caucasus nation. A majority of lawmakers on November 12 dismissed consideration of a draft law proposed by the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), saying it was redundant given that the country's constitution already defines marriage as a union between "a woman and a man."