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Taiwan: Why has same-sex marriage legislation in Taiwan stalled?

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Last May, Taiwan’s top court ruled that preventing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. It gave the government two years to either amend current laws or introduce new legislation to bring about marriage equality. The landmark decision paved the way for the island to become the first country in Asia to legalise gay marriage. But a year down the line, progress has stalled. 

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US: Administration Eyes Defining Transgender Out of Existence

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The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.”

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Australia: Senate debates anti-discrimination protections for students and teachers

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On Wednesday parliament began debating a bill from The Greens that would bring in protections for both LGBTI students and teachers in anti-discrimination legislation.

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Australia: LGBTI groups, leaders and allies call on Government to protect trans and gender diverse students and teachers

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Today 50 organisations called on the Morrison Government to amend outdated anti-discrimination laws to ensure all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people are treated with fairness and equality.

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Vatican: Reflections on Two L.G.B.T. Questions at the Synod

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Questions about L.G.B.T. issues are being discussed at the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, currently underway in Rome, mainly because young people today are increasingly interested in questions about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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Australia: Read the full 20 recommendations from the religious freedom review

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Fairfax Media's exclusive report on Wednesday detailing sections of the religious freedom review commissioned by the Coalition government has triggered a political furore.

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Vatican: Recognition of ‘other forms of family’ called for by Youth Synod small group led by Cdl. Cupich

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Fourteen small groups of members of the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment discussed the Instrumentum Laboris (IL), or working document, guiding the Synod’s deliberations this week.