All posts tagged "same-sex couples"
-
GLAAD Releases Ads Urging LGBTQ People and Allies to Vote
The LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has released two new ads highlighting the stakes for LGBTQ Americans in the upcoming midterm elections in order to...
-
Slovenia Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption Rights
Slovenia’s parliament has legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the first Eastern European country to give same-sex couples rights equal to their heterosexual counterparts. The country’s Constitutional...
-
Senate Vote on Marriage Equality Bill Delayed Until After Midterms
The U.S. Senate will delay a vote on legislation legalizing same-sex marriage until after the November midterm elections following a request from a group of...
-
Slovenian Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A recent court ruling in Slovenia — a small eastern European country and former member of the Communist nation of Yugoslavia, has struck down bans...
-
Catholic Health Care System Restricts Same-Sex Fertility Benefits
OSF HealthCare, a Catholic hospital system out of Illinois, has restricted the employee health plan benefits it offers to LGBTQ employees. The health care system...
-
More Than 7 in 10 Americans Support Gay Marriage, Gallup Says
Same-sex marriage has never been more popular in the United States than it is today, according to a recent poll. According to Gallup’s annual Value...
-
FIFA Urged to Cancel Contracts with Anti-LGBTQ Hotels
With the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) World Cup coming up, FIFA is facing scrutiny for endorsing hotels that discriminate based on sexuality. As...
-
Gay male penguins raising chick they successfully hatched
A gay penguin couple at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo is raising the chick they successfully incubated and hatched.
-
Doritos threatened with boycott for ad with LGBTQ families
Religious conservatives in Israel have called for a boycott of Doritos over an LGBTQ-inclusive ad featuring various types of families.
-
New Jersey protects same-sex marriage from Supreme Court
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law enshrining protections for same-sex marriage permanently into state law.
-
Foster agency sues Biden administration so it can keep rejecting gay couples
A Tennessee foster care agency is suing the Biden administration over the right to refuse to place children with LGBTQ and unmarried couples.
-
Biden administration removes Trump policy allowing child welfare agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents
HHS will rescind waivers that allowed religiously-affiliated child welfare agencies to receive taxpayer money while discriminating against prospective parents.
-
Insurance giant Aetna sued for allegedly denying coverage for fertility treatments to LGBTQ couples
A New York woman has sued Aetna over a policy requiring LGBTQ couples to pay out of pocket before gaining coverage for fertility treatments.
-
Supreme Court sides with Catholic adoption agency refusing to place children with same-sex couples
On narrow grounds, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Catholic adoption agency's right tt refuse to place children with same-sex couples.
-
State Department will recognize citizenship of children born abroad to married same-sex U.S. residents
The U.S. State Department has changed its policy to grant automatic U.S. citizenship to children born abroad to married same-sex couples.
